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TORICAL 
GENEALOGY   COLLECTION 


.ALLEN  COUNTY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


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GENEALOGY 
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NEW    ENGLAND 

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PUBLISHED   QUARTERLY,    UNDER  THE*  DIRECTION    OF   THE 

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FOR    THE    YEAR  1864. 


VOLUME  XVIII. 


ALBANY : 

J.  MUNSELL,  78  STATE  STREET 

1864. 


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Hoitovs, 
W  I  L  L  1AM    B  L  A  K  E    T  R  ASK,  January  and  April. 
JOHN  WARD    DEAN,  July  and  October. 

Committee, 
JOHN    WARD    DEAN,  ELIAS    NASON, 

WILLIAM    BLAKE    TKASK,      WILLIAM    H.    WHITMORE, 
WILLIAM    SUMNER    APPLETON. 


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GENERAL  INDEX. 


[Index  ot  Names  of  Persons  at  the  end  of  the  volume.] 


I 


Adams  family,  244 

Addresses  historical,  prolixity  in,  230 

Agassiz,  Prof.,  geological  theory  of  regarding  Cape 

Cod  coast,  44 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  list  of  publications 

of,  217 
Americans    a  list  of  who  died  on  board  the  prison 

ship  at  St.  Lucia  (1781),  290 
Amesbury,  Mass.,  petitiou  to  the  General  Court  froin 

(1030),  7o 
Autographs— 

Barstow,  John,  370 

Cobb,  David,  1 

Cushman,  Henry  Wvles,  321. 

Mitchell,  Nahunij  221 
Uarnaby  or  ISarneby  family,  301 
Boal  family  items-,  205 
Bible,  Coverdale's,  early  copies  of,  305 
Bills,  issued  in  Massachusetts  (1722),  30$ 
Books  noticed— 

Address  at  celebration  of  N.  Y.  Historical  Soci- 
ety, on  the  200th  an.  of  the  birth  day  of  Wiu- 
Biadlord,  by  Wallace,  218 

Battle  lielii,  days  and  nights  on,  by  "Carleton," 
113,  Bird  family,  genealogical  sketch  of,  116 

Bronsou's  address,  before  medical  institution, 
Yale  Collego,  111 

Carolina,  History  of,  by  Lnwson, 315 

Colchester  records,  extracts  troiu,  by  Taintor, 
320. 

Cotton  manufactures  in  the  United  States,  in- 
troduction and  early  progress  of,  by  Batch- 
elder,  114 

Darlington,  William,  memorials  of,  by  Towu- 
seuu,  111 

Dawson's  Federalist,  110 

Delaware  County,  l'enn.,  History  of,  by  Smith, 
114. 

Dutch  nation,  narrative  of  the  conduct  of  the 
barbarous  natives  towards,  by  O'Callaghan, 
317. 

Duyckinck,  George  Long,  obituary  notice  of, 
by  Morgan,  111. 

Eddy's  sermon  on  religion  in  politics,  115 

Farrar  on  State  rights,  111 

Franklin,  Benjumiu,  Life  and  times  of,  by  Par- 
ton,  317 

Giles  Memorial,  by  Vinton,  310 

llalliwelTs  historical  sketch  of  the  Provincial 
dialects  of  England,  111. 

Harvard  College,  necrology  of  Alumni  of,  by 
Palmer,  320 

Historical  Magazine,  316 

Hyde  genealogy,  by  Walworth,  318 

Jewell's  discourse  on  the  death  of  Mrs.  llorro- 
biu,  116 

Lempriere,  monograph  of  the  House  of,  by 
Payne,  319 

Letters  of  Phillis  Wheatley,  304 

Massachusetts  Census  (I860),  with  remarks 
by  Chase,  315 

Mather's  early  history  of  New  England,  edited 
with  notes,  by  Drake,  310 

Popham  celetiration,  memorial  volume  of,  115 

Practical  strategy  of  Marshal  Traun,  by  De  Pey- 
ster,  115 

Proceedings  of  the  American  Antiquarian  So- 
ciety, at  the  annual  meeting  held  at  Worces- 
ter, (Oct.  al,  1803),  210 

Baud  s  Flowers  for  the  parlor  and  garden,  112 

Report  of  joint  special  committee  on  the  burial 
of  Massachusetts  dead  at  (iettysburgh,  with 
oration  of  Edward  Everett  at  consecration 
of  National  Cemetery,  220 

Report  of  Committee  of  Historical  Society, 
Pennsylvania,  of  their  visit  to  N*ew  York, 
May  20,  1863,  by  Jones,  218 

Rhode  Island  in  the  Rebellion,  by  Stone,  219. 

Skinner,  lion.  Richard,  adiscourse  on,  by  Wat- 
son, 314 

Secession  in  Switzerland  and  in  the  United 
States  compared,  by  De  Peyster,  315 

Spra^ue'ri  sermou  on  the  death  of  Bathboue, 
115. 

Track  of  the  Hidden  Church,  by  Waddingtou, 
219. 


Vicissitude    of   Families  and    other  essays,  by 

Burke,  220. 
Waldo  family,  notes  respecting  the,  318 
Wayne, (Jen   Anthony,  Assault  on  Stony  Point 

by  Dawson,  314. 
Whiting  on  the  war  powers  of  the  I  'resident, 

Ac,  111. 
Winthrop,  Gov.  John,  Life  and   fetters  of,  112. 
Worcester,  old  south  meetum  house  centennial 
ai,  by  Bacon  and  Barton,  317 
i  Books,  early  American,  295 

I  Boston,  .New  Uriel;  Church  in,  records  of,  237,  337  ; 
I      items  (1709).  220;   Records  of,  108,  330 
I  Bradford  Mass.,  early  marriages  in,  275,  349 

Brewster,  Flder  William,  the  true  date  of  the  birth 
;  and  deatli  of,  IS,  Deposition  of,  with  others  (lbOU) 
:      in  Dutch,  63 

I  Bunker  Hill  monument,  Greenough  designer  of,  61. 
I  Cape  Cod.  discovery  of  an  ancient  ship  at,  37 
I  Captives  by  the  Indians,  statements  of— 

Drew  Damson,  105.     Miles,  Hezekiah,  103. 
Eyers,  Moses,  166. 
Higiman  Grace,  161 
I  Jenkins,  Ann,  104 

J  Centenarians,  notices  of— 

Halleck  ,Dea.  Jabez,  201 ;  Mason,  Melatlah,  250. 
Centennials,  110 

Chebaivo,  parish  of  Ipswich,  now  Essex,  Mass.j  an 
account  of  the  buildiug  tin-  first  meeting  house  in 
(10S0),  72 
Cheever's  scholars,   llumnoy  Marsh,  now  Chelsea 

(1709-111),  109 
Clark  family,  202 
Olopton  family,  notes  on,  184 
Coats  of  Arms— 

Apthorp,  271.  Townsend,  270. 

Gedney,  270.  Trail,  270 

Pain,  271.  Vassall,  H71 . 

Savage,  271.  Wheelwright,  270. 

Shirles ,  271.  Winslow,  270. 

I  Steel,  270. 

Corrections,  110 
Current  Events,  107,  389 

Dane  and  Deane  farailes  of  Concord,  Mass.,  203. 
Davie  George,    Petition  to  the  Massachusetts  Gen- 
eral Court  (1070),  71. 
Depositions  and  evidence— 
Everill,  James,  08. 
Felton,  Nathaniel,  (1095),  152. 
Mint,  bklward  (1695),  151. 
(iaslull,  Samuel(1695),   150. 
Knight,  Hichard,  08. 
Needham...  Anthony,  (1095)  151. 
Osgood,  31  ry  (1096),  151. 


Osgood,  U  ry  (lo'Jo),  1; 
Roe,  Mary  (1004),  132. 
Scottow,  Joshua,  08. 


Southwick,  Daniel  (1095),  150. 

Traske,  John  (1095),  151. 

Wiswall,  John,  Jr.,  70- 
Dictionary,  Genealogical,  proposed,  116. 
Doop-Boek,  of  the  Dutch  Church,  Schenectady,   N 

Y.,  extracts  troiu,  148,  231,  357. 
Errata,  omissions  and  corrections,  320,  394. 
Field  family,  English  ancestry  of,  260. 
Forth  family,  notes  on,  184. 
Fowne.s  family,  notes  on,  185. 
Funeral  sermons,  researches  among,  288,  345. 
Gale  family,  189. 
Genealogy,  -74. 

Genealogical  waifs,  English,  81. 
Genealogies  American,  list  of,  continued,  242. 

Historical  and  Philosophical,  30. 
Genealogies— 

Barnaby,  301.  Mason,  245. 

Clopton,  184,  Tyndale,  185. 

Dane  and  Deane,  263.    Yickersor  Vickery,186. 

Forth,  184.  Watson,   303. 

Fownes,  185.  Weaver,  257. 

Gale,  189.  Winthrop,  182. 

Oilman,  258- 
Gleauings,  No.  9,  204. 
Gorges  and  Anhdale,  287. 
Greenwood  family  portraits,  30. 
Henshaw,  (.'apt.  David,  of  Leicester,  Mass.,  commis- 
sion to,  and  his  company  roll  (1776)  77. 
Heraldry,  report  ot  standing  committee  od,  268. 


IV 


INDEX. 


Hcrnlds'  Visitations,  334. 

Hinds  family  items,  '20(5. 

History  of  the  Register— additional,  88. 

Hubbard,  Key.  William,  the  historian,  3G9. 

liudsou  Eliezer,  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  will  of  (1727), 

79. 
Incorporation  of  the  Counties  in   Massachusetts, 

dates  of,  303. 
Indians  condemned,  opinions  of  Boston  ministers 

concerning  (1698),  195. 
Interments,  record  of,  295. 
Jeffrey  family  items,  205. 
Letters— 

Bartlett,  Dr.  Josiah  (1777), 31. 


Browne,  l>r.  James  (1777),  34. 
Cochran,  Ur.  John  (1777),  35. 
Craik,  Dr.  James  (1777),  34. 
Franklin,  Benjamin  (177b),  21. 
Gookin,  Daniel  (1686),  178. 
Hagan,  Dr.  Francis  (1777),  33, 
Hayes,  John  McNamara  (1777),  33. 
Johnson,  Dr.  Kobt.  (1777),  31. 
Livingston,  II.  Brockholst  (1776),  25. 
Mayhew.Rev.  Experience  (1720),  08. 
McCrea,  Stephen  IJ77G),  28. 
Peake,  William  (1671),  67. 
I'otts,  Jonathan  (1770),  27,  (1777),  29. 
Reed,  Joseph,  (1770,  24. 
-Shippen,  Dr.  William  (1777),  32. 
Shove,  Rev.  Seth  (1692),  09. 
Stewart,  Col.  Walter  (I;  77),  30. 
Stringer,  Samuel  (1770),  25. 
Tillotson.  Thomas  (177  0),  28. 
Trumbull,  John  (1770),  20  28. 
Warren,  Dr.  John  (1777),  30. 
Lovering  family,  330. 
Maiden  inscriptions,  181. 

Marriages,  89,  197.  240,  275,  285,  296,  333,  349. 
Martha's  Vineyard,  journal  of  proceedings  to,  by 

Samuel  Sewall  Jr.  (1712), 74. 
Massachusetts  artillery,  second  company  of  (1779), 

201. 
Massaehusettensis,  the  author  of,  291,  353. 
Members   of  the  New  England  llistorio-Genealogi- 
Cul  Society,  obituaries  of— 
Barstow,  John,  381. 
Botfield,  Beriah,  M.  P.,  304. 
Bradish,  Hon.  Luther,  200. 
Copley,  lit.  Hon.  John  Singleton,  (Lord  Lynd- 
hurst)  208. 

Cushman,  Hon.  Henry  Wyles,  381. 
Darlington,  Hon.  William,  94. 
Davis,  William  Jackson,  308. 
Dennett,  Thomas  Simes,  380. 
Duyckiuck,  George  Lout,',  93. 
Eudicot,  Capt.  Charles  Moses,  210. 
Henshaw,  Daniel,  99. 
I.Iildreth,  Samuel  Prescott,  M.  D.,  100. 
Lafontaine,  Sir  Louis  Ilypolite,  305. 
Lake  familv,  131. 
Martin,  Hon.  Noah,  98. 
Meriam,  Kbenezer,  306. 
Ticknor,  William  Davis,  3S1. 
Ward,  Andrew  Henshaw,  211. 
Wilson,  Hon.  William  Martin,  383. 
Memoirs  and  Notices  of— 
Barstow,  John,  370. 
Cobb,  Gen.  David,  5. 
Cushman.  Hon.  Henry  W.,  321. 
Lawson,  Rev.  Deodate,  87. 
Mason,  Sampson.  245. 
Mitchell,  Hon.  Nahum,  221. 
Potts,  Dr.  Jonathan,  21. 
Wentworth,  Elder  William,  49- 
Newcomb  family— Queries,  59. 
Newport,  R,  1.,  early  marriages  in,  240. 
New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society- 
Amendments  to  the  By-Laws,  385. 
Annual  Address  (1804)  of  the  1'resident,  133. 
List    of  papers   read    before,  by   members  in 
1803.  and  printed,  213 

Necrology  of  members,  93,  200,  304,  380. 
Officers  of,  212. 

Proceedings  of,  103.  213,  309,  384. 
Obituaries— see  quarterly  obituaries. 
Ode  on  Shakespeare's  birthday  312, 
Old  Church  at  Quincy  Mass.  history  of,  117 

Complete  list  ol  owners  and  occupants  of  pews 

in,  122 
Ground  plan  of,  119 
List  of  ministers  in,  129 
Oxenbridge,  Lev.  John  of  Hoston,  pedigree  of,  272 


Pelham,  Herbert,  will  of,  172 

Philadelphia   medical    school,    first  graduates    in 

(1708),  22 
Portraits— 

Barstow,  John,  371 
t  obb,  Hon   David,  5 
Cushman,  Hon.  Henry  W.  321 
Mitchell,  Nahum,  221 
Pratt  and  Trerice,  00 
Prison  ship-,  at  St.  Lucia  (1781) :  A  list  of  Americana 

who  died  on  board  of,  290 
Prolixity  in  historical  addresses,  230 
Quarterly  obituaries,  89,  197,  290  378 
Queries,  313 

Quincy,  Mass.,  history  of  old  church  at,  117 
Records— 

Boston,  108,  330;  new  brick  church  in,  237 
Springfield,  8'Z,  142 
Sudbury,  45,  139 
Wethei>field,  53,  179,  225 
Register,  additional  history  of,  88 
Relic  discovered  at  Valley  Forge,  105 
Reminiscencss,  228 

Rhode  Island,  important  documents  discover'd  in,80, 
Rogers,  Sparhawk  and  Crane,  243 
Roxbury  street,  Spring  in,  05 
Sale  of  a  negro  servant  in  Boston  (1724)  78 
Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  245 
Scituate,  Mass.,  marriages  at,  285. 
Shakespeare,  ter-centeuary    celebration  by  the  So- 
ciety, account  of,  310. 
Ship  discovery  of  an  ancient  one,  at  Cape  Cod,  37. 
Southern  Tour  (1830),  recollections  ot,  229. 
Spear  family  record,  158. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  records  of.  82,  142 
Subscribers  to  Prince's  Chronology,  memoirs  and 
notices  of— 
Adams,  John, 338. 
Adams,  Mathew,  388. 
Babbidge,  Benjamin,  387. 
Barnard,  Rev.  John,  380, 
Bass,  Benjamin,  389. 
Billings,  John,  387. 
Billings,  Richard,  387. 
.     Fessenden,  Benjamin,  388. 
Fiske,  Phinehas,  177. 

Puller,  Edward,  389.  •& 

Fuller,  Jonathan,  389.  JF 

Fuller  Joseph,  389. 
Oilman.  Nicholas, 258. 
Hide,  William,  389. 
Lewis,  Isaiah,  388. 
Lutwyehe,  Edward,  387. 
Lee,  John,  387. 
Moody,  Samuel,  389., 
Morse,  Ebeuezer,  389 
I  Morse,  Joseph,  389. 

Waldo,  Cornelius,  170. 
Wendell,  Jacob,  Asy. 
1  Sudbury  records,  45,  139, 
i  Suffolk  wills,  153. 


17. 


j  Sweetserand  Wigglesworth,  290. 

!  Testimony  of  Samuel  Gage  (1003), 

:  'lestimony  of  Thomas  Stanton  (1662),  80 

:  Thursday  Lecture,  Boston.  17. 

I  Tyndale  family,  notes  on,  185. 

j  Vickers  or  Vickery  family.  180. 

I  Views  and  plam — 

Cape  Cod  coast,  30. 

Greenough's  obelisk,  GO. 

Old  church  at  Quincy,  117. 

Old  ship,  Cape  Cod,  36. 
|  Waifs,  genealogical,  English,  81. 
I  w5*j}'  llcv-  Johu-  oi  Haverhill,  English  epitaph  of, 

I  Washington,  anecdote  of,  100. 
I  Watson  genealogy,  303. 
i  Weaver  family,  257. 

Wetherstield  records,  53.  179,  225. 
I  M  hi. more,  Benjamin,  will  of,  London  (1096),  86. 

\  Hudson,  Eliezer,  of  Newbury,  Mass.  (1727). 79 

Mason,  Sampson,  254. 
I  Pelham,  Herbert  (1072),  172. 

Suffolk,  153,  325. 

„,.   Whitmore,  Benjamin,  London  (1096),  86. 

Wing  family  items,  200. 
|  Winthrop  family,  notes  on,  182. 
|  woodruff  family,  202. 

I  Woodstock,  Conn.,  origin    of,  and  names  of  first 
1       planters,  227. 

Woodward  family  items,  205. 


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SOME  REMARKS  ON  THE  LIFE  AND  CHARACTER  OF  GEN. 
DAVID  COBB,  DELIVERED  AT  THE  TAUNTON  LYCEUM, 
JULY  2d,  1830. 

[By  the  late  Hon.  Francis  Baylies  of  Taunton,  Mass.]* 

To  pronounce  the  eulogium  of  a  man  of  worth,  distinguished  and 
honorable  in  public  and  private  life,  venerated  by  the  people,  and 
loved  by  his  friends,  is  a  work  grateful  to  the  heart — yet  is  also  a 
task  of  infinite  delicacy.  If  a  portrait  be  presented  in  which  a  gene- 
ral resemblance  is  perceived — yet  if  it  be  caricatured  into  deformity, 
or  embellished  with  beauties  unknown  to  the  original — all  will  dis- 
cover a  malignity  of  purpose,  or  a  complimentary  subserviency  to  the 
feelings  of  living  friends,  equally  at  war  with  truth. 

The  poet  Southey  wrote  a  beautiful  life  of  Horatio  Nelson.  He 
presented  his  subject  as  a  hero, — lofty,  magnanimous,  generous,  hu- 
mane, intrepid,  disinterested  and  patriotic — yet  he  shaded  the  pic- 
ture— and  by  relating  truly,  one  horrible  act  of  his  life,  the  dazzling 
brightness  of  his  splendid  character  was  fearfully  eclipsed.  He  laid 
open  the  terrible  operation  of  the  passions  on  a  pure  and  noble 
heart,  and  for  a  moment  exhibited  the  hero  of  the  Nile  as  a  tyrant 
and  a  ruffian, — yet  for  disclosing  a  solitary  dereliction,  for  directing 
the  eye  to  one  dark  spot  in  a  blaze  of  light,  Southey  was  thought  more 
bold  than  prudent, — more  honest  than  wise — but  had  he  withheld  the 
disclosure,  he  would  have  falsified  history,  and  lost  all  just  title  to 
public  confidence. 

When  it  is  the  happy  fortune  of  the  writer  to  be  able  to  present  a 
politician  without  deceit,  a  statesman  without  ambition,  a  patriot 
without  violence,  and  a  warrior  without  ferocity — to  exhibit  the  por- 
traiture of  genius  by  a  description  of  its  efforts  and  its  excellencies, 
without  being  compelled  to  display  the  ravages  of  t^ie  passions — the 
unblemished  page  of  such  history,  unstained  with  crime,  will  be 
unsullied  with  tears. 

The  distinguished  man  of  whom  I  am  about  to  speak  was  not  free 
from  faults,  but  his  faults  left  no  stings  of  remorse,  their  fruits 
brought  into  this  world  neither  present  woe,  nor  future  misery. 

*  Hon.  Francis  Baylies,  son  of  Hon.  William  Baylies,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Taunton, 
Oct.  16,  1783.  Was  Register  of  Probate,  Charg6  des  Affaires  to  Buenos  Ayres,  and 
Member  of  Congress,  lie  died  Oct.  28,  1852,  aged  GO.  He  published  in  1830, 
An  Historical  Memoir  of  the  Colony  of  New  Plymouth,  in  two  volumes,  octavo.  See 
Reg.  vii,  07  ;  Emery's  Ministry  of  Taunton,  i,  °25'2.  In  Williams's  American  Medical 
Biography,  pp.  82-100,  published  in  1845,  is  a  memoir  of  Hon.  David  Cobb,  fur- 
nished by  him,  we  presume,  at  a  later  date. — Editor. 

Vol.  XVIII.  2 


6  General  David  Cobb.  [Jan., 

Gen.  David  Cobb  was  born  in  this  town*  in  the  year  1748.  His 
lineage  was  ancient  and  respectable.  His  ancestors' were  amongst 
our  early  settlers,  and  lived  and  died  here. 

In  one  of  our  early  catalogues  of  proprietors  and  purchasers 
appears  the  name  of  John  Cobb,*  as  early  as  1656.  One  of  his  sons 
bore  his  name.  He  was  married  June  13,  1 616,  to  Jane  Woodward. 
One  of  his  sons  bore  the  name  of  Morgan,  who  married  a  Willis — he 
was  the  father  of  Thomas  Cobb,  a  magistrate  and  legislator,  born  in 
H05.  Thomas  Cobb  was  the  father  of  the  general.  The  mother  of 
General  Cobb  was  a  Leonard,  the  daughter  of  James  Leonard,  and 
the  granddaughter  of  James  Leonard,  for  many  years  a  representa- 
tive of  this  town  in  the  general  court,  who  died  in  1727.  The  last 
was  the  second  son  of  James  Leonard,  the  common  ancestor  of  that 
family,  who  came  to  these  parts  in  1652. 

It  is  easy  to  see  how  in  the  course  of  this  descent  he  became  con- 
nected by  the  ties  of  blood  with  the  greater  part  of  our  inhabi- 
tants, and  bjr  what  strong  attachments  he  was  bound  to  the  spot 
which  gave  him  birth,  and  which  was  also  the  residence,  birth-place, 
home — and  contained  the  graves  of  his  kindred. 

He  was  a  favorite  of  his  father,  who  designing  him  for  a  liberal 
education,  placed  him  early  in  life  at  school.  Master  Marsh,  a  cele- 
brated school  master  at  Old  Braintree  (now  Quincy)  prepared  him 
for 'the  college,  to  which  he  was  admitted  in  the  summer  of  1762, 
during  the  administration  of  President  Holyoke,  by  whom  he  was 
particularly  regarded,  and  highly  estimated,  both  for  talent  and 
moral  worth.  His  chum  or  room-mate  during  his  college  life  was  one 
who  was  afterwards  a  celebrated  popular  orator,  the  late  Dr.  Charles 
Jarvis.  He  was  graduated  in  1766.  After  leaving  the  university 
he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  at  Boston,  under  the  instruction  i 
of  Dr.  Perkins,  a  celebrated  physician  of  that  day.  An  industrious 
student,  and  possessing  a  peculiar  practical  aptitude  for  several 
branches  of  the  profession,  when  he  left  his  instructor  he  was 
accomplished  in  his  art  ;  knowing  in  its  ancient  lore  and  its  modern 
improvements.  His  excellent  education,  native  sagacity,  and  quick- 
ness of  mind  enabled  him  in  the  outset  of  life  to  compete  with  thoso 
whose  skill  had  been  perfected  by  years  of  practice  and  long  expe- 
rience. His  first  essay  was  made  at  Boston  under  flattering  circum- 
stances, and  with  hopeful  prospects  of  success. 

Induced  by  the  anxious  wishes  of  his  father,  he  abandoned  the  no- 
ble field  for  the  successful  prosecution  ofrthe  healing  art  which  Bos- 
ton afforded,  and  returned  to  this  county. 

While  pursuing  the  profession  in  our  village,  and  in  the  surround- 
ing country,  the  elements  of  the  revolution  began  to  move — ardent 
and  enthusiastic,  it  was  not  for  him  to  resist  the  workings  of  that 
mighty  spirit  wlijch  agitated  a  nation.  He  brought  to  the  contro- 
versy the  energies  of  youth,  a  deep  knowledge  of  our  political  rights, 

*  Gen.  Cobb  was  born  at  Attleborough,  Sept.  14,  1718.  Sec  Williams's  Medi- 
cal Biography,  p.  82,  and  Emery's  Ministry  of  Taunion,  i.  237.  He  was  not  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Cobb  as  above  stated,  bat  of  Austin  or  Augustine  Cobb.  John 
Cobb,  of  Taunton,  who  married  Jane  Woodward,  is  not  known  to  have  been  related 
to  Austin.  This  John  was  a  son  of  Henry  Cobb  of  Barnstable,  as  we  learn  from  a 
genealogy  of  the  Barnstable  Cobbs,  by  Amos  Otis,  Esq.,  published  in  the  Barn- 
stable Patriot,  Aug.  5  to  Sept.  2,  1802.     He  had  no  son  Morgan. — Editor. 


1864.]  General  David  Cobb.  7 

and  all  the  enthusiasm  of  one  conscious  of  right,  and  struggling  for 
liberty.  He  was  placed  in  the  very  front  rank  of  our  patriotic. citi- 
zens. Though  young,  the  eyes  of  the  people  were  already  turned  to 
-him.  He  was  one  of  those  bold  spirits  who  in  a  period  of  impending 
disasters  and  terrific  perils,  are  called  forth  with  their  loudest  voices 
to  assume  the  place  and  the  rank  which  in  such  days  nought  but  the 
highest  talent  can  assume,  and  which  then  will  be  confided  to  none 
except  to  such  as  can  show  the  legitimate  title.  The  bold-faced 
impudence  of  the  demagogue  then  quails  before  the  united  force  of 
talent  and  of  virtue.  The  pretenders  and  impostors  disappear — 
and  presumption  and  ignorance  are  no  longer  found  in  the  high  places 
of  society. 

The  general  court  which  assembled  in  May,  1174,  having  been 
dissolved  by  General  Gage,  then  the  Royal  Governor,  another  was 
summoned  to  meet  in  the  October  following,  to  which  he  was  elected 
from  this  Town,  as  the  colleague  of  Robert  Treat  Paine,  a  signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

It  was  not  for  him,  however,  to  be  satisfied  with  the  passive  sup- 
port which  could  be  given  to  a  good  cause  by  the  mere  services  of  a 
civilian.  He  sought  for  more  active  duties — he  was  impatient  to 
share  the  perils  and  the  glory  of  the  camp,  and  when  the  opposition 
assumed  the  character  of  regular  resistance  on  military  principles, 
he  assumed  the  sword,  and  entered  the  army  in  1777,  as  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  a  continental  regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Henry  Jack- 
son. In  this  regiment  he  encountered  some  hard  service,  particularly 
in  New  Jersey  and  on  Rhode  Island,  where  he  led  what  may  be 
called  a  forlorn  hope,  to  delay  with  20  men  the  progress  of  a  Hessian 
regiment  of  cavalry. 

His  activity  and  talent,  and  high  military  qualities,  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  commander-in-chief,  whose  peculiar  excellence  it  was 
to  judge  rightly  of  the  characters  of  men,  and  he  was  soon  called  to 
his  family  as  his  aid.  There  he  remained  until  the  termination  of 
the  war,  although  he  was  appointed  to  the  chief  command  of  the  regi- 
ment in  which  he  had  entered  the  service,  and  left  the  army  a  full 
colonel  anda  brigadier-general  by  brevet. 

He  was  with  Washington  during  all  Jiis  greater  operations — and 
during  many  of  the  trying  situations  in  which  that  great  commander 
was  placed.  He  was  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  treason  of  Arnold 
— the  capture  of  Cornwall's — and  when  the  army  maddened  by  neg- 
lect, had  resolved  to  turn  their  swords  upon  tfie  congress,  and 
redress  their  own  wrongs. 

The  councils  in  which  he  assisted  were  no  petty  caballings  for  the 
miserable  purposes  of  faction  and  of  office.  They  were  the  delibera- 
tions of  patriots  and  of  heroes  devising  schemes  to  emancipate  a 
nation,  and   rescue  millions. 

They  fought  no  battles  on  paper — they  issued  no  swelling  mani- 
festoes— they  applied  themselves  to  their  mighty  tasks  with  the  wis- 
dom of  sages  and  the  energies  of  demi-gods.  Early  in  1784,  General 
Cobb  returned  to  his  home  and  resumed  his  profession.  He  had  now 
seen  life  in  all  its  varieties — in  the  city,  in  the  country,  and  in  the 
camp — in  the  highest  circles  of  fashion,  and  in  the  obscurest  recesses 
of  poverty.  He  had  been  associated  with  the  men  of  other  countries — 


S  General  David  Cobb.  [Jan., 

the  warriors  of  Frederick  the  Great  whose  lives  had  been  passed  be- 
neath tents,  and  in  marches,  and  battles,  of  the  fiery-spirited  Polanders 
still  wearing  the  swords  which  they  had  aimed  at  the  bosom  of  their 
king" — but  striving*  here  to  sink  the  odious  character  of  assassins  and 
regicides,  and  to  take  that  of  the  champions  of  freedom.  He  was  the 
associate  too  of  many  of  those  remarkable  men  who,  in  the  early 
days  of  the  French  revolution  were  placed  at  its  head. 

He  was  not  only  the  associate,  but  the  intimate  and  confidential 
friend  of  Washington,  Green,  Lincoln,  Knox  and  Hamilton. 

By  this  extensive  acquaintance  with  every  variety  of  the  human 
character,  he  had  acquired  a  knowledge  of  motives,  and  an  insight 
into  the  means  by  which  men  might  be  influenced — and  he  soon  had 
occasion  to  call  into  use  all  the  advantages  of  his  experimental 
knowledge. 

Soon  after  his  return  from  the  army,  he  had  received  from  Gover- 
nor Hancock  an  appointment  to  the  bench  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas,  and  was  elected  by  the  legislature  to  the  office  of  major-gene- 
ral of  the  fifth  division  of  the  Massachusetts  militia — thus  uniting  in 
his  person  the  chief  civil  and  military  functions  of  the  county. 

A  generation  have  arisen  who  know  no  other  times  than  such  as 
are  peaceful,  tranquil  and  happy.  They  look  around  them,  they  see 
fair  and  cultivated  fields — the  labors  of  the  husbandman  crowned 
with  plenty — rewarded  with  competence.  They  hear  in  all  directions 
the  sounds  of  prosperous  industry.  The  splendid  mansions  of  the  man 
of  wealth  rises  in  all  its  imposing  grandeur,  adorned  with  all  the 
embellishments  which  wealth  can  bestow.  The  decorations  of  taste 
are  brought  home  to  the  huts  of  poverty — the  means  of  comfortable 
living  are  within  the  reach  of  all — want  is  driven  from  the  poor 
man's  door — all  lie  down  at  night  with  the  consciousness  of  security, 
and  rise  with  freshened  hopes  on  the  morrow,  to  commence  another 
day  of  prosperous  exertion. 

I  will  now  turn  you  back  to  other  times,  and  other  scenes. 

The  sacrifices  made  by  this  state  during  the  war  of  the  revolution 
were  immense — personal  property  had  disappeared — trade  was  unset- 
tled— manufactures  were  not  commenced — the  sources  of  wealth 
were  exhausted — the  state  debt  was  so  great  that  the  payment  of 
the  interest  only,  occasioned  ft  serious  embarrassment  in  the  finances 
— the  lands  were  deteriorating  daily,  as  there  was  no  market  for 
surplusses,  and  of  course  no  encouragement  to  cultivate — buildings 
were  falling  into  decay  from  the  want  of  means  to  repair  them — the 
paper  currency  which  had  flooded  the  country  had  sank  to  its  intrin- 
sic value,  which  was  nothing,  and  there  was  no  substitute.  Private 
credit  had  nearly  ceased,  and  there  was  little  confidence  between 
man  and  man.  The  public  credit  had  sunk,  and  was  rapidly  sinking, 
and  its  total  prostration  was  apprehended.  The  rich  were  unable 
and  unwilling  to  lend  ;  one  class  had  already  loaned  to  the  extent  of 
their  means,  and  were  pressing  for  payment,  the  other  put  their  gold 
and  their  silver  into  their  strong  boxes  and  their  iron  chests,  fearing 
the  ravages  of  the  tender  laws.  The  interest  of  the  public  debt  was 
accumulating,  and  there  were  no  means  of  payment  except  by  taxa- 
tion, and  no  objects  of  taxation  excepting  the  lands.  Many  were 
traversing    the  country  with    their    rags    fluttering    in    the    winds, 


1864. J  General  David  Cobb.  9 

squalid    with  want,   reeking  with   filth,    offending  the    senses,  and 
shocking  the  feelings. 

The  state  government  well  knew  that  any  further  delay  in  the  pay- 
ment of  the  interest  of  the  debt  would  produce  calamities,  which 
they  dreaded  even  to  anticipate,  and  ultimately  destroy  the  govern- 
ment. They  made  prodigious  efforts  to  sustain  the  public  credit ;  but 
taxation,  heavy  taxation,  was  their  only  resource.  They  were  well 
aware  that  this  measure  would  be  productive  of  temporary  distress  ; 
but  as  well  did  they  know  that  if  they  did  not  adopt  it,  the  escutch- 
eon of  the  state,  which  had  borne  none  but  honorable  emblems, 
would  be  stamped  with  bankruptcy  and  fraud,  and  that  the  edifice  of 
government  already  loosened  in  its  foundations,  would  tumble  into 
ruins.  In  one  year  taxes  were  imposed  to  the  amount  of  more  than 
half  the  income  and  available  means  of  the  people.  The  canker  of 
usury  was  already  eating  into  the  substance  of  the  farmers,  but  a 
crisis  had  now  arrived  when  the  usurer  closed  his  coffers,  and  refused 
to  lend.  The  circulating  money  was  not  sufficient  for  the  payment  of 
the  taxes — oxen,  horses,  cows  and  beds  were  seized  by  the  collectors 
and  sold  at  auction  for  a  pittance.  Creditors  attached  whatever  the 
collector  had  spared.  The  court  dockets  bore  interminable  cata- 
logues of  delinquent  names. 

The- deep  and  ominous  sounds  of  discontent  which  at  first  were 
breathed  in  low  murmurs,  as  the  pressure  increased,  became  louder, 
rose  then  to  the  tone  of  defiance,  and  at  length  the  cries  of  rebellion 
in  threats  and  imprecations,  in  screams  and  shouts,  wild,  discordant, 
and  dreadful,  rang  through  the  astonished  and  horror  stricken  land 
— the  clang  of  arms  was  heard — men  rose  to  resist  the  laws,  to  be- 
siege not  hostile  fortresses,  but  the  very  temples  in  which  the  laws 
were  administered — to  conquer  not  a  public  enemy — not  invading 
armies — but  to  conquer — Great  God — to  conquer  their  own  courts  of 
justice. 

The  county  court  was  to  have  been  holden  in  the  month  of 
June,  1186.  The  suits  already  commenced,  and  about  to  be  entered, 
if  forced  to  judgment  would  cause  the  ruin  of  many;  men  wild  with 
distress,  ferocious  with  despair  assembled  in  mobs.  They  were  not 
armed  it  is  true,  but  they  breathed  out* the  most  horrible  threats 
against  the  court,  whose  official  existence  they  were  determined  to 
annihilate.  Although  the  people  of  Massachusetts  will  bear  much 
before  they  resort  to  violence,  yet  many  were  then  ready  for  the  last 
and  worst  extremities.  The  court  bell  began  to  sound,  the  mob  be- 
gan to  rage  ;  but  to  give  some  appearance  of  moderation  to  their 
proceedings  they  despatched  a  deputation  to  confer  with  the  court. 
The  mind  of  our  warrior  judge  was  fertile  in  resource  ;  he  had  al- 
ready devised  a  plan  to  save  the  law  from  violation,  satisfy  the 
people,  and  preserve  peace.  His  plan  was  submitted  to  the  court ; 
they  all  concurred.  lie  proposed  to  the  deputation  that  the  court 
should  be  opened,  the  actions  entered  that  attachments  might  be 
preserved,  and  then  should  adjourn  without  entering  the  judgments. 
The  deputation  not  being  able  to  explain  to  the  mob  the  result  of 
their  conference,  a  call  was  made  for  Judge  Cobb.  He  instantly 
went  amongst  them,  alone,  and  unarmed,  and  with  that  ready  and 
clear  elocution  for  which  he  was  ever  remarkable  he  explained  the  ar- 


10  General  David  Cobb.  [Jan., 

rangement  and  convinced  them  of  its  advantages  and  its  propriety. 
They  dispersed  shouting  his  praises.  The  next  Court  was  to  be 
holden  in  September.  No  means  had  been  opened  for  the  relief  of  the 
people — their  debts  had  increased,  and  their  burthens  were  almost 
intolerable.  The  spirit  of  resistance  was  then  marked  with  deeper 
ferocity,  and  the  determination  that  the  courts  should  not  sit,  ap- 
peared to  be  general  amongst  all  malcontents  of  the  state.  Our  de- 
parted friend  was  no  temporizing  statesman.  He  saw  that  a  crisis 
had  arrived,  when  the  law  must  be  supported  by  force,  or  yielded  to 
anarchy.  He  was  equal  to  that  crisis.  None  felt  a  deeper  pity  for 
the  distresses  of  the  people — but  when  to  obtain  a  temporary  relief, 
they  sought  to  overthrow  the  laws  and  the  government,  the  tender- 
ness of  his  character  yielded  to  an  imperious  sense  of  duty,  and  he 
steeled  his  heart  against  the  workings  of  a  compassion  fraught  with 
woe  to  his  country.  He  would  not  believe  that  armies  involving 
treason  against  the  commonwealth  were  the  excesses  of  patriotic 
zeal;  the  destruction  of  social  order  a  redress  of  grievances,  or  that 
rebellion  and  civil  war  were  certain  evidences  of  the  true  spirit  of 
liberty. 

He  was  determined  to  support  the  court  and  the  laws  even  to  the 
shedding  of  blood.  The  militia  were  ordered  out.  Court  day  ar- 
rived. The  robe  of  the  judge  was  thrown  aside.  The  martial  garb 
was  resumed — again  the  plume  waved  over  his  head,  and  the  sword 
of  the  warrior  flashed  bright  in  the  sunbeams.  Sounds  ominous  and 
threatening  arose  from  the  mob.  The  blood  of  the  people,  the  blood 
of  the  people  is  to  be  shed,  was  the  cry,  to  the  onset — but  when 
steady  at  their  posts  the  citizen  soldiers  were  seen — extended  in 
double  lines  from  the  doors  of  the  Court  House — when  the  resolute 
demeanor  of  the  commander  was  observed — the  tone  of  defiance  sank 
to  that  of  remonstrance,  and  the  general  was  entreated  to  withdraw 
his  soldiers.  "  Away  with  your  whining,  was  his  determined  and 
memorable  reply.  I  will  hold  this  court,  if  I  hold  it  in  blood.  I  will 
sit  as  a  Judge,  or  I  will  die  as  a  General."  In  an  instant  all  was 
quieted — the  mob  stole  off  secretty  and  silently,  and  the  laws 
triumphed.  But  the  spirit  was  not  yet  quelled,  the  session  of  the 
supreme  court  was  to  follow  in  October.  All  the  western  counties 
were  in  rebellion,  and  the  rebels  were  in  arms.  The  spirit  extended 
here.  The  insurgents  rallied  their  whole  force,  armed  themselves 
and  appeared  in  battle  array  on  yonder  Gjreen,  with  the  avowed  in> 
tention  of  preventing  the  sitting  of  the  court  by  force — the  disaffec- 
tion had  spread  wide  and  far,  and  in  this  whole  county,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  one  town,  not  one  entire  company  could  be  rallied  to  the 
defense  of  the  government — but  these  were  no  times  for  intimidation. 
Now  look  back  to  that  scene.  Some  of  you  can  remember  it — aye  re- 
member it  as  you  remember  the  dark  day  of  1780.  It  was  nearly 
forty-four  years  since.  On  one  side  of  this  village  was  posted  a 
large  body  of  armed  insurgents — on  the  other  the  supporters  of  gov- 
ernment, the  defenders  of  the  laws.  The  cannon  were  planted — the 
matches  were  lighted  and  waving.  The  orders  were  peremptory  that 
the  court  should  sit — and  there  was  every  probability  that  they  could 
not  sit  without  a  battle.  Had  the  government  selected  for  their 
commander  one  who  was  either  rash  or  timid,  our   peaceful  village 


1864. J  General  David  Cobb.  11 

might  have  witnessed  transactions  equal  in  atrocity  to  the  most  hor- 
rible of  the  French  revolution.  The  responsibility  of  the  commander 
was  great,  but  unconscious  of  wrong,  he  felt  no  fear.  He  drew  a 
line  with  his  sword  on  the  ground — he  said  to  the  rebel  leader,  "pass 
that  line  and  I  fire,  the*blood  be  upon  your  own  head."  Again  the 
laws  triumphed — the  line  was  not  passed  and  the  court  sat  in  peace. 
In  the  night  the  insurgents  dispersed,  and  from  that  day  to  this,  in 
this  county,  not  an  arm  has  been  raised  to  resist  the  civil   authority. 

To  these  heroic  men  this  state  owes  an  everlasting  debt  of,  grati- 
tude. Entrusted  with  the  military  power  of  the  commonwealth,  they 
preserved  the  peace  and  the  laws,  the  liberties  and  the  lives  of  the 
people.  Never  were  men  invested  with  such  powers,  who  performed 
their  work  with  more  intrepidity,  or  with  less  severity.  Danger  they 
laughed  to  scorn,  and  yet  the  sight  of  distress  would  melt  either  of 
them  to  tears.  Like  the  war-horse  of  the  scriptures,  they  thundered 
over  the  fields  of  battle  and  of  blood,  yet  they  fled  even  from  the 
sight  of  the  merited  punishment  of  their  own  soldiers  for  offences 
against  discipline.  In  war  like  the  eagle  they  snuffed  the  carnage  ; 
in  peace  the  temper  of  the  infant  dove  was  not  more  gentle.  There 
was  no  mixture  of  ruffian  and  hero  in  their  hearts — like  the  knights 
of  chivalry  their  blows  were  for  giants,  their  tenderness  for  weak- 
ness, womanhood  and  infancy.  Their  names  were  Lincoln,  Brooks, 
and  Cobb,  three  of  the  major-generals  of  Massachusetts.  Long,  lung 
will  our  people  have  reason  to  bless  their  memories — their  mingled 
system  of  energy  and  gentleness  quelled  a  wide-spread  and  danger- 
ous rebellion,  and  left  no  stain  of  blood  behind.  Why  should  they 
have  exposed  themselves  to  the  perils  and  the  toils  of  a  civil  war  in 
defense  of  the  rights  of  property?  Like  the  other  heroes  of  the  revo- 
lution their  gains  in  that  service  had  been  poverty  and  suffering  and 
wounds  and  fears.  Had  the  rebels  succeeded  and  established  an 
Agrarian  law,  they  would  have  been  the  gainers.  Two  of  them 
(B.  and  G.)  led  harder  lives  to  earn  a  bare  subsistence  than  the  day 
laborer  who  lies  down  at  night,  and  enjoys  the  common  blessings  of 
man.  The  other  involved  in  responsibilities  fur  a  companion  in  arms, 
dragged  his  halting  limbs,  maimed  and  mutilated  in  the  battles  of 
his  country,  to  the  doors  of  a  prison.  The  sight  of  the  venerable 
prisoner  bending  under  the  weight  of  years,  his  head  whitened  in  his 
country's  service,  yet  bearing  the  laurels  of  many  fields  of  glory, 
softened  even  the  obduracy  of  men,  who  could  place  a  general  of  the 
Revolution  in  the  hands  of  a  sheriff,  to  extort  from  jthe.  compassion  of 
friends  the  amount  of  their  debts.  Shame  flushed  their  cheeks — the 
hero  was  released,  and  in  time  the  debts  were  honorably  paid. 

Poor  as  these  men  were,  the  considerations  of  gain  or  loss,  of  po- 
pularity or  unpopularity  never  entered  into  their  views.  They  had 
duties  to  perform  and  that  was  enough.  They  would  have  performed 
them,  they  would  have  defended  the  courts,  had  their  names  been 
borne  as  dependent  debtors  on  half  its  entries  and  had  its  judgments 
and  executions  left  them  to  pauperism  and  beggary. 

They  are  now  beyond  the  reach  of  envy,  and  calumny  can  no  longer 
riot  on  their  characters. 

General  Cobb,  in  May,  1789,  was  elected  the  sole  representative  of 
this   town  to  the  general   court,  and   was   instantly  elevated  to  the 


12  General  David  Cobb.  [Jan., 

speaker's  chair,  which  honorable  office  he  sustained  until  the  termi- 
nation of  the  session  which  commenced  in  January,  1793,  having 
served  four  years  as  the  representative  of  the  town  and  as  speaker 
of  the  house.  He  left  the  chair  in  consequence  of  having  been  elect- 
ed by  the  people  of  the  whole  state,  according  to  a  peculiar  mode  of 
choice  then  prevailing,  a  member  of  the  third  Congress,  and  took  his 
seat  in  that  body  at  the  commencement  of  the  second  term  of  Wash- 
ington's administration,  and  was  associated  in  legislative  labors 
with  Ames,  Dexter,  King,  Madison,  and  Giles,  and  many  other  states- 
men of  renown.  He  left  congress  in  March,  1795,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  removed  with  his  family  to  a  remote  part  of  Maine.  He 
now  disappeared  from  public  life,  and  devoted  himself  to  agriculture 
— the  cultivation  and  improvement  of  his  farm.  For  this  pursuit  he 
cherished  an  inclination  akin  to  enthusiasm,  and  nothing  more  de- 
lighted his  heart,  than  a  neat  and  thrifty  cultivation  of  the  land. 

He  was  destined,  however,  to  run  almost  the  same  career  in  public 
life  as  that  through  which  he  had  already  passed,  and  to  hold  the 
same  stations  when  an  inhabitant  of  either  extremity  of  the  state. 
In  1802  he  appeared  as  a  senator  from  the  Eastern  District  of  Maine 
and  was  immediately  elected  president  of  the  senate.  In  1808  he 
was  elected  to  the  council,  and  in  1809  became  the  second  magistrate 
of  the  6tate,  by  accepting  the  oflice  of  lieutenant-governor.  After 
a  short  intermission  he  was  restored  to  councils  of  the  state,  and 
during  the  war  of  1812  was  one  of  the  board  of  military  defence. 
While  a  resident  of  Maine  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas,  for  the  county  of  Hancock,  and  major-general 
of  the  10th  division  of  the  state  militia.  In  a  few  years  after  the 
termination  of  the  war  (1815)  he  retired  from  public  life,  and  after 
a  short  residence  in  Maine,  he  returned  to  his  natal  spot,  to  end  his 
days. 

Such  is  the  narrative  of  the  long  career  in  public  life  and  office  of 
General  David  Cobb.  He  was  perhaps  the  most  distinguished  of  our 
citizens.  Aside  from  the  gratitude  which  is  his  due  as  a  great  public 
benefactor  he  is  specially  entitled  to  ours.  If  we  were  sometimes 
vexed  by  the  tartness  of  his  reproofs  for  our  want  of  public  spirit, 
yet  candor  must  admit  that  his  rebukes  were  intended  for  good,  and 
that  he  had  given  the  strongest  evidences  of  his  attachment  to  our 
welfare.  He  was  the  parent  of  our  flourishing  academy  and  through 
his  influence  and  that  alone,  was  that  magnificent  donation  obtained 
from  the  state,  which  now  supports  it.  lie  devised  the  plan  of  a 
fund  for  the  support  of  the  ministry,  and  to  him  mainly  is  the  First 
Congregational  Society  indebted  for  its  present  ample  means. 
Whenever  any  public  good  was  to  be  effected,  whether  in  founding 
institutions  for  the  support  of  education,  the  advancement  of  morals, 
the  purposes  of  charity,  or  the  honor  of  the  public,  he  was  active  and 
efficient,  giving  all  his  services,  and  contributing  from  his  own  re- 
sources to  the  full  extent  of  his  means.  As  a  physician  he  was  saga- 
cious, learned  and  eminently  successful.  His  presence  brought  com- 
fort to  the  bed  of  the  sick,  the  alleviations  of  art,  the  soothings  of 
humanity,  the  words  of  solace  and  hope.  As  a  soldier  he  was  fearless 
and  intrepid,  calm  and  collected  in  danger,  rapid  and  decisive  in 
judgment,  and  prompt  in  execution. 


1864.]       .  General  David  Cobb.  13 

To  the  courts  he  brought  a  competent  knowledge  of  the  law.  Al- 
though he  was  not  a  lawyer,  his  clear  perceptions  and  strong  sense 
enabled  him  to  detect  sophistry,  and  to  remove  the  impediments 
with  which  artifice  and  legal  ingenuity,  too  often  contrive  to  embar- 
rass the  progress  of  justice. 

As  a  politician  he  was  distinguished  for  his  love  of  order,  and  his 
attachment  to  the  constitution.  He  was  never  turned  aside  from  an 
honorable  course  by  any  considerations  of  interest  or  popularity. 
He  met  all  questions  with  an  intrepid  heart.  He  looked  to  the  great 
and  permanent  interests  of  his  country  and  to  those  interests  he  de- 
voted himself  with  all  his  heart  and  all  his  soul. 

As  the  presiding  officer  of  a  public  body  he  was  unrivalled. 
Graceful  and  dignified  in  his  deportment,  quick  to  perceive  and  clear 
to  explain,  he  dispatched  the  public  business  with  ease  and  facility, 
and  won  by  his  impartial  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  chair,  even 
the  confidence  and  the  praises  of  his  adversaries. 

He  was  the  friend  of  genius  wherever  he  found  it,  no  matter  in 
what  association,  no  matter  in  what  party.  His  eagle  eye  could  dis- 
cover the  concealed  Ulysses  even  before  he  had  bent  the  bow,  and 
when  he  doffed  his  rags,  and  blazed  out  like  a  God.  The  trium- 
phant smile  of  the  speaker  announced  the  overthrow  of  dullness  and 
the  victory  of  intellect. 

It  is  generally  the  calamity  of  age,  as  time  paralyzes  the  strength 
and  tames  the  passions,  and  contemporaries  one  by  one  drop  away, 
to  disregard  the  social  comforts  and  enjoyments,  to  depreciate 
the  times  in  which  they  live,  by  constantly  forming  injurious  and 
querulous  comparisons  with  those  which  are  past,  drawing  their  soli- 
tary draughts  of  pleasure  from  the  fountains  of  recollection,  linger- 
ing in  the  world  with  gloomy  reluctance,  like  strangers  in  a  country 
to  whose  usages  they  are  not  accustomed,  and  with  whose  inhabi- 
tants they  are  not  familiar. 

Not  so  with  our  friend,  he  never  lingered  in  the  race  of  life— he 
kept  ever  with  the  times.  Instead  of  confining  his  associations  to 
tlio  narrow  circle  of  his  contemporaries — lie  went  into  the  great 
world  and  extracted  all  its  comforts — he  used  the  true  philosophy  of 
life  and  multiplied  his  pleasures  by  taking  a  lively  interest  in  the 
pleasures  and  in  the  happiness  of  his  friends  and  neighbors.  He 
rejoiced  in  their  prosperity — he  never  felt  that  miserable  and  rancor- 
ous envy  which  seems  to  make  some  men  believe  that  such  thrift  is 
at  their  expense.  He  had  no  narrow  views.  He  delighted  to  watch 
the  progress  of  those  improvements  in  science  and  in  the  arts,  and 
to  witness  their  practical  application  to  the  purposes  of  life,  by 
which  the  conveniences  and  comforts  of  man  are  increased.  This 
disposition  often  led  him  into  the  society  of  the  young  and  of  those 
in  active  life.  He  even  went  further,  he  drank  of  the  stream  of 
harmless  pleasure  from  its  uppermost  fountain,  and  participated  in 
the  anticipations  of  pleasure,  the  keen  perception  of  the  joys  of  life 
which  none  but  children  feel,  when  excited  b}'  novelty  they  call  up 
their  puny  powers  to  grasp  new  objects  of  knowledge  ;  he  answered 
their  eager  enquiries  with  kindness,  and  called  forth  for  their  delight 
those  blandishments  of  manner  which  seldom  failed  to  win,  whenever 
he  condescended  to  apply  them.     Upon   the  whole  he  was  a  patriot 


14  General  David  Cobb.  .        [Jan., 

without  ambition,  a  philanthropist  without  vanity,  a  statesman  with- 
out selfishness.  The  steady  friend  of  order,  morals,  and  education,  des- 
titute of  all  sickly  sensibility  ;  his  heart  was  tender,  making  no  pro- 
fessions of  patriotism,  he  would  have  laid  down  his  life  for  his  coun- 
try.    He  was  too  proud  to  flatter,  and  too  honest  to  deceive. 

With  the  delight  of  a  mind  in  the  spring  tide  of  youth,  with  all  its 
buoyancy,  with  all  its  vivacity,  he  read  the  wonderful  productions 
of  modern  genius — those  new  and  miraculous  creations  of  fancy 
which  have  revived  in  this  business  age — the  empire  of  romance  over 
the  human  heart. 

There  are  some  who  acquire  much  reputation  for  wisdom  by  as- 
suming a  grave  aspect  and  dealing  out  from  their  scanty  store,  little 
driblets  of  knowledge — magnifying  trifles — imposing  upon  the  vul- 
gar by  a  pedantic  parade  of  truisms  and  nothings — like  the  bird  of 
Minerva  looking  wise,  but  hurting  naught  but  little  mice.  He  dis- 
dained all  this  quackery,  this  mockery  of  true  wisdom.  His  was  a 
mind  which  poured  forth  a  constant  stream  of  knowledge.  There 
was  no  parade,  no  affectation  of  learning  in  him.  He  threw  off  from 
the  superabundance  of  his  mental  riches,  maxims  which  might  have 
instructed  sages  and  statesmen,  and  thoughts  which  sparkled  and 
blazed  and  burned  with  all  the  fire  of  a  poet,reaching  his  conclusions 
by  a  luminous  path,  and  showing  his  whole  course  by  flashes  of  elo- 
quent demonstration. 

His  manners  and  disposition  were  such  that  he  was  equally  the 
delight  of  the  commanding  general  and  the  humble  private.  When- 
ever he  appeared  at  the  social  board,  his  wit  and  humor — his  fund 
of  anecdote  and  power  of  pleasing,  gave  a  zest  to  the  intercourse 
and  a  blander  character  to  the  feasts  of  heroes — and  well  did  he 
know 

11  The  aft 
To  win  the  soldier's  hardy  heart." 

Associated  as  a  member  of  the  family  of  Washington  with  the  po- 
lished courteous  warriors  of  France — the  high  bred  cavaliers  of 
Kochambeau's  army,  he  well  maintained  the  character  of  the  country 
whose  arms  he  bore,  and  they  soon  found  that  it  was  not  climate,  or 
country,  or  courts,  which  fashioned  the  gentleman.  With  him  con- 
versation never  degenerated  into  dull  prosing  or  tedious  narrative. 
He  never  imposed  on  his  company  his  own  topics,  but  seizing  theirs, 
he  discovered  such  facility  of  illustration,  such  a  glowing  imagina- 
tion— such  a  vivacious  and  almost  poetical  flow  of  language,  and 
such  varied  and  universal  knowledge  that  if  he  failed  to  convince — 
he  never  failed  to  charm.  This  talent  remained  to  the  last,  it  shone 
out  in  the  evening  of  his  life,  like  the  last  flashes  of  the  thunder 
cloud,  frequently  the  brightest. 

Anacreon  might  with  more  than  poetical  propriety  have  addressed 
his  celebrated  apostrophe  to  him, 

"Now  I  love  tlie  mellow  sage, 
Smiling  through  the  veil  of  age, 
And  whene'er  the  man  of  years 
In  the  dance  of  joy  appears, 
Age  is  on  his  temples  hung, 
But  his  heart — his  heart  is  young." 


1864.]  General  David  Cobb.  15 

There  are  some  other  considerations  connected  with  his  life,  char- 
acter, and  actions,  growing  more  particularly  out  of  his  great  age, 
and  the  wonderful  events  which  he  had  witnessed,  deserving,  as  I 
think,  of  some  notice.  He  was  a  venerable  monument  of  ancient 
times  and  ancient  manners.  He  did  not  seem  like  one  cut  off  from 
the  living  generation.  He  stood  amongst  us,  it  is  true,  as  the  man 
of  other  ages,  but  yet  he  was  one  of  us.  His  sympathies  were  in 
common  with  ours,  yet  he  connected  us  with  the  days  of  old,  the  men 
of  other  times,  and  familiarized  to  our  apprehensions  events  which  now 
come  like  the  shadows  of  the  dead  upon  the  imaginations  of  the  living. 
He  looked  back  on  the  train  of  wonderful  events  which  he  had  wit- 
nessed with  the  wisdom  of  a  philosopher,  but  with  the  feelings  of  a 
man.  Age  had  neither  chilled  his  blood,  nor  frozen  his  heart.  I 
have  said  that  he  was  a  favorite  scholar  of  President  Holyoke;  this 
association  carries  us  back  to  the  first  settlement  of  the  country — 
for  the  president  had  arrived  at  adolescence  before  the  death  of  the 
first  born  of  New  England.  When  he  began  to  comprehend,  the 
legends  of  antiquity  came  fresh  and  glowing  from  those  who  not 
only  received  them  from  the  holy  seers  of  New  England,  but  who 
saw  the  wonders  themselves,  who  could  tell  him  of  the  Endicotts,  the 
Winthrops  and  the  Dudleys,  those  iron-nerved  pilgrims  who  built  up 
the  church  of  Christ  and  the  temple  of  liberty  in  the  American  wil- 
derness ;  of  the  mystic  eloquence  of  Vane,  Sir  Henry,  of  Leverett 
who  fought  by  the  side  of  Oliver  Cromwell  ;  of  those  terrible  men 
who  sat  in  judgment  on  their  king,  and  doomed  to  the  axe  the  head 
which  had  worn  a  crown;  of  that  romantic  war,  the  exploits  of  Church, 
and  the  desolations  of  Philip,  where  men  fought  for  the  existence  of 
the  English  race. 

But  the  president  himself  saw  many  marvellous  things  and  knew 
many  wonderful  men.  He  heard  with  his  own  ears  the  tier}'  and  im- 
passioned eloquence  of  the  Cookes,  father  and  sou,  who  for  fifty  years 
wielded  the  fierce  democracy  of  Massachusetts,  and  in  the  royal 
presence  itself,  questioned  the  mandates  of  royalty.  He  saw  his 
countrymen  arrayed  in  arms  and  on  the  march  to  achieve  that  mag- 
nificent enterprise,  which  has  shed  such  glory  on  our  provincial  his- 
tory. But  let  us  examine  what  our  friend  himself  has  known  and 
seen.  lie  knew  the  talented,  eccentric  and  unfortunate  Shirley, 
once  the  pride  of  Massachusetts.  He  heard  the  wail  mingling  with 
the  shout  which  announced  the  victory,  and  the  fall  of  Wolfe.  He 
saw  the  commencement  and  the  termination,  and  he  was  an  actor,  and 
an  important  one  too,  in  that  tremendous  conflict  which  gained  an 
empire  to  the  world,  and  lost  it  to  the  British  crown.  He  heard  the 
'first  and  the  last  trumpet  blasts  which  issued  from  the  lips  of  James 
Otis.  He  saw  the  budding  and  the  blasting  of  that  mighty  mind 
which  shook  a  throne  and  reared  a  republic. 

For  more  than  four  years  he  stood  by  the  side  of  George  Washing- 
ton on  the  battle-field,  and  in  the  tent  he  shared  his  councils — he 
heard  the  sound  of  his  voice,  he  felt  the  pressure  of  his  hand,  grasp- 
ing his  own  in  the  spirit  of  friendship.  He  witnessed  the  rise  and 
fall  of  states  and  empires. 

He  witnessed    the  overthrow  of  thrones   and  of  races  of  kings 


16  General  David  Cobb.  [Jan., 

which  had  endured  for  a  thousand  years,  and  he  lived  to  witness 
their  wonderful  restoration. 

He  saw  the  rise,  the  progress  and  the  fall  of  the  master  spirit  of 
the  age,  the  modern  Alexander,  who  bore  the  republican  banner  of 
France  and  his  own  imperial  eagles  from  Egypt  to  Moscow;  whose 
ambition  encompassed  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  grasped  the  world. 

He  saw  the  first  action  of  our  national  constitution;  and  he  assist- 
ed in  framing  the  organic  laws  on  which  depend  the  proaperity  and 
the  grandeur  of  the  nation.  He  saw  our  manufactures  confined  to 
forges  and  smithy.  He  lived  to  see  with  his  own  eyes  the  existence 
of  a  power  and  capacity  in  this,  to  rival  nations  whose  experimental 
knowledge  has  been  the  growth  of  centuries. 

Our  commerce,  in  his  youth  confined  to  miserable  river  craft, 
creeping  along  the  shores  and  gathering  the  scanty  articles  of  traffic 
from  a  poverty-stricken  country,  he  lived  to  see  encompassing  the 
world  and  condensing  its  wealth;  a  navy  formed  under  his  own  eye, 
before  which  the  crescent  of  Mahomet  has  waned  —  before  which  the 
tri-colored  flag  of  France  has  been  struck —  before  which  the  pride 
of  the  queen  of  the  ocean  has  been  humbled. 

He  lived  to  see  the  population  of  his  country  swelled  from  one 
million  to  twelve;  and  to  see  this  population  surmount  the  barrier  of 
the  Alleghany,  sweep  down  the  magnificent  rivers  of  the  west,  pass 
the  mighty  Mississippi,  the  father  of  the  waters,  and  advancing  with 
certain  and  rapid  steps  to  plant  the  banner  of  the  republic  on  the 
shores  of  the  Pacific. 

This  view  could  be  expanded  into  a  volume;  but  I  am  compelled  to 
forbear.  It  is  enough  to  wonder  at  the  past.  In  anticipating  the 
future,  imagination  itself  is  bewildered,  astonished  and  paralyzed. 

I  come  now  to  the  closing  scene,  when  that  bold  spirit  which  had 
borne  its  full  part  in  the  great  events  of  the  last  sixty  years  was 
about  to  take  its  flight;  when  that  hardy  frame  which  had  braved 
the  blasts  of  the  winter,  the  burning  sun  of  the  summer,  the  night 
storm,  and  the  battlefield;  which  had  found  its  resting  place  on  a 
rock,  with  a  snow  bank  for  a  pillow,  was  extended,  weak,  prostrate 
and  helpless,  on  the  bed  of  death.  Then  when  the  hand  of  fate  was 
upon  him,  when  that  dark  curtain  which  separates  the  living  from 
the  dead,  which,  like  the  curtain  that  enveloped  the  sacred  spot  of 
the  temple,  and  concealed  from  the  eyes  of  mortals  the  tilings  conse- 
crated to  God,  was  about  to  fall,  he  called  back  to  his  mind  the 
thoughts,  the  feelings  of  his  youth  —  his  early  recollections  —  his 
early  associations. 

"  Et  dulces  moriens  reminiscitur  Argos." 

The  home  of  his  heart  was  here,  and  here  he  chose  his  grave. 

When  he  was  laid  in  that  quiet  place  "  where  the  wicked  cease 
from  troubling,  and  the  weary  are  at  rest,"  the  glorious  sun  was 
sinking  beneath  the  western  horizon,  and  the  shades  of  evening  were 
about  to  fall.  No  banner  waved  over  his  humble  grave;  no  martial 
dirge  sent  forth  its  mingled  strains  of  wail  and  triumph;  no  thunder 
from  the  cannon  announced  the  fall  of  a  hero.  He  well  knew  the 
heartlessness  of  public  exhibitions  of  sorrow,  and  refused  to  have 
his  grave  profaned  with  "the  mockery  of  woe." 


1864.]  Neivcomb  Family — Queries,  17 

When  his  kindred  had  departed,  one  stood  at  his  grave  who  loved 
him  well;  and  as  he  saw  the  first  earth  thrown  upon  his  coffin,  he 
asked  himself  this  question  —  Is  this  the  end?  Will  nothing  remaiu 
of  that  brig-lit  spirit,  which  once  animated  that  lifeless  body,  but  the 
dust,  soon  to  be  mingled  with  that  which  covers  it?  Can  it  be  pos- 
sible that  those  lofty  aspirations  which  grasped  at  a  higher  world, 
by  seeking  the  good  of  man  in  this,  —  those  deep  philosophic  con- 
templations on  the  nature  of  intellect  —  those  profound  moral  max- 
ims, bearing  the  impress  of  a  genius  which,  in  its  contemplations, 
soared  above  the  earth  —  those  bright  imaginations,  almost  breathing 
of  the  inspirations  of  prophecy — that  divine  flame,  pervading  the 
bosom  of  the  philanthropist,  kindling  the  fancy  of  the  poet,  warning 
the  heart  of  the  hero,  seeming  to  come  fresh  from  a  fountain,  whose 
waters  having  been  "  troubled  by  an  angel,"  were  mingled  with  fire, 
and  Hashing  with  beams  of  living  light,  can  be  nothing  but  modifica- 
tions of  vile  matter,  the  work,  the  action  of  a  machine  of  clay, 
perishable  and  mortal!  No;  let  the  atheist — let  the  man  without  a 
God,  console  himself  with  such  belief,  I  will  believe  that  the  think- 
ing mind  is  a  spark  from  Heaven,  changeless  and  immortal.  I  will 
believe  that  there  is  a  stream  of  light  issuing  from  the  grave,  pene- 
trating the  darkness,  and  mingling  with  that  ocean  of  light — that 
light  that  never  yields  to  darkness — that  light  that  eternally  sur- 
rounds the  throne  of  God.  I  will  believe  that  my  venerable  friend 
exists— exists  in  happiness,  that  his  sins  are  forgiven,  "for  he  loved 
much" — that  in  the  house  of  our  common  Father,  "  where  there  are 
many  mansions,"  there  is  one  at  least  for  him. 

General  Cobb  was  born  Sept.,  1748.     Died  April  17,  1830. 


TESTIMONY  OF  SAMUEL  GAGE.— 1663. 

[From  the  original  in  possession  of  Wm.  S.  Appleton,  of  Boston.] 

The  Test  of  Samuel  Gage,  aged  about  25  yeares.  This  depon*. 
saycth,  that  about  2  yeares  since,  hee  wanted  a  bay  Coult  of  about 
a  yeare  old  &  found  such  an  one  of  that  colr.  &  age  att  Sam1.  In- 
golls  his  ffarme,  &  cutt  of  the  topp  of  the  farr  eare,  but  presently 
after,  Sam1.  Ingolls  comeing  home,  challenged  the  sd  Coult  to  be  his, 
soe  this  dep1.  left  it  there  &  further  sayeth  not. 

taken  upon  oath  26.(1)63 — before  mee, 

Simon  Bradstkeete. 

Boston  Thursday  Lecture. — Thursday,  "  14  Aug.  1679.  Lecture 
first  Ch'h  Boston,  ys  day  mr  Allen  began  his  turne  to  preach  ye  Lec- 
ture, y"  mr  Mather  ye  next  day  is  to  preach,  y11  mr  Novvell,  yn  mr 
Willard,  soe  yl  now  yer  is  to  bee  but  one  Lecture  in  towne,  &  ye 
ministers  of  ye  three  Ch'h9  are  to  take  their  turne  at  ye  Old  Ch'h 
from  y3  day  foreward  in  answer  unto  yc  desire  of  yc  Councill." — 
MS.  Diary  of  Rev.  Peter  Thacher  of  Milton. 


18  Elder  Brewster.  [Jan., 


THE  TRUE  DATE  OF  THE  BIRTH  AND  DEATH  OF  ELDER 

BREWSTER. 
[By  Rev.  Henry  M.  Dkxter,  of  Boston.] 

Read  at  the  Monthly  Meeting  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society, 
in  October,  1863. 

It  is  somewhat  remarkable  that  a  great  degree  of  uncertainty 
should  have  so  long  rested  upon  the  two  dates  of  most  importance 
in  the  life  of  so  prominent  a  man  as  Elder  William  Brewster,  of  the 
Plymouth  Colony.  If  the  exact  time  of  his  birth  had  been  solely  in 
the  keeping  of  tradition,  one  would  think  the  era  of  his  disappear- 
ance from  the  Plymouth  Company  must  have  left  an  exact  and 
ineffaceable  trace.  In  point  of  fact,  however,  two  different  years 
have  been  heretofore  assigned  as  those  of  his  death,  and  four  as 
those  of  his  birth. 

Gov.  Bradford,  in  his  History,  [p.  408]  records  his  death  as  occurring 
"  about"  the  18th  of  April,  1043.  Morton,  in  his  Memorial,  expressly 
copies  Bradford,  and  gives  the  same  date  [1st  ecPn,  p.  117].  These 
are  followed  by  Hubbard,  [p.  663],  and  Hutchinson,  [vol.  ii:  p.  411]; 
and  lately  by  the  editor  of  Bradford's  Manuscript,  in  a  note  to  that 
work  [p.  408];  by  Savage,  [Gen.  Dirty  of  New  Eng.,  vol.  i,  p.  246] 
who,  however,  changes  the  day  to  the  16th  of  April;  by  Palfrey 
[Hist.  New  Eng.,  i:  598] ;  and  by  Freeman,  [Hisfy  Cape  Cod,  i:  169]. 

On  the  other  hand,  Morton,  in  copying  from  Bradford's  Manuscript 
History  upon  the  Plymouth  Church  Records,  [Bk.  i.  fol.  38]  dates 
Brewster's  death  as  "about  the  16th  of  April,  1644."  In  this  he  has 
been  followed  by  Belknap,  [v.  ii:  p.  163];  Eliot,  [p.  87];  Cotton,  in 
his  History  of  the  Plymouth  Church;  [Mass.  Hist.,  coll.  iv:  113]; 
Baylies,  [v.  ii:  p.  4];  Holmes  [Annals,  i:  276];  Winsor,  [Hist.  Dux- 
bury,  p.  234];  Mitchell,  [Hist.  Bridgcwater,  p.  361];  Thacher,  [Hist. 
Plym.,  p.  268];  Steele,  [Chief  of  the  Pilgrims,  p.  383]  ;  and  Felt,  [Eccl. 
Hist.  N.  Eng.,  v.  i,  p.  549.] 

There  are  three  circumstances  which  incline  me  to  the  conviction 
that  Bradford  was  in  error,  in  his  History,  and  that  the  true  date  of 
the  elder's  death  was  in  April,  1644: 

1.  Bradford  himself  says,  in  the  appendix  to  his  history,  where  he 
gives  some  account  of  the  "  increasings  and  decreasings  "  of  the  first 
comers  [p.  451],  that  Mr.  Brewster  had  "lived  some  23  or  24  year 
here  in  ye  countrie."  But  the  addition  of  the  lesser  of  these  numbers 
to  the  date  of  December,  1620,  would  carry  us  eight  months  beyond 
April,  1643;  so  that  here  is  so  much  evidence  that  1644  was  the  true 
date  of  Brewster's  death. 

2.  Bradford,  in  a  letter  to  John  Winthrop,  published  in  the  lately 
issued  volume  of  Winthrop  Papers  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Collections,  [vol. 
xxxvi,  p.  161]  says — writing  apparently  in  the  last  of  winter  or  be- 
ginning of  spring — "  Sundry  have  been  sicke  amongst  vs  this  winter, 
and  some  still  are.  God  hath  taken  away  Mr.  Atwood  and  Mr.  Jeney 
by  death."  The  letter  has  no  date,  Savage  says  Jenney  died  early 
in  1644,  [v.  ii:  p.  546] ;  and  Morton  sa}rs  Atwood  died  in  1644.  I 
infer  then  that  Jenney  and  Atwood  died  in  the  winter  ending  with 
the  spring  of  1644,  and  that  Bradford  wrote  this   letter  after  their 


1864.]  Elder  Brewster.  19 

decease,  but  before  Elder  Brewster's  death,  in  April  of  that  year 
because  it  is  not  probable  that  Bradford  would  have  written  Win- 
throp  within  a  year  of  the  elder's  decease,  and  have  made  no  refer- 
ence to  it,  especially  when  speaking  of  the  losses  of  the  colony  by 
death.  I  may  add  that  the  letter  contains  internal  evidence  that 
some  considerable  time  had  passed  since  Bradford  had  written  Wins- 
low  before. 

3.  But  the  strong  reason  for  discrediting  the  date  given  by  Brad- 
ford, and  by  Morton  in  the  Memorial,  in  favor  of  that  inserted  by 
Morton  in  the  Church  Records,  is  found  in  entries  upon  the  Colony 
Records.  Letters  of  administration  were  granted  on  Elder  Brew- 
ster's estate,  June  5th,  1644,  [Plym.  Col.  llec,  ii.  p.  73] ;  the  Inventory 
of  his  Library  bears  date  18th  May,  1644,  [B}k  of  Wills,  v.  i:  53] ;  and 
the  final  settlement  took  place  20th  Aug.,  1645,  [Byk  of  Deeds,  p.  115]. 
If  the  elder  died  in  April,  1644,  all  this  becomes  natural,  and  is  just 
what  we  should  expect;  if  he  died  in  April,  1643,  we  are  thrown  upon 
vain  conjecture  for  some  reason  for  so  unusual  a  course  as  the  delay 
of  more  than  a  year  before  taking  any  recorded  steps  toward  the 
settlement  of  his  estate. 

I  deem  it  certain,  then,  that  the  true  date  of  the  elder's  death  is 
April,   1644. 

Two  causes  have  thrown  uncertainty  upon  the  year  of  his  lirth 
the  one,  this  doubt  as  to  the  year  of  his  death;  the  other,  a  like  doubt 
as  to  his  age  at  death. 

Morton,  in  the  Memorial,  [1st  ed.,  p.  lit]  professes  to  copy  Brad- 
ford's Manuscript,  and  says  :  "The  Lord  upheld  him  [Brewster]  to  a 
great  age;  he  was  fourscore  and  four  years  of  age  when  he  died." 
But  Bradford's  Manuscript,  as  it  comes  out  in  print  in  the  Collections 
of  the  Historical  Society,  gives  this  passage  thus:  "  The  Lord  upheld 
him  to  a  great  age.  He  was  nere  fourskore  years  of  age  {if  not  all 
out)  when  he  died  "  [p.  408.]  And  when  Bradford's  Manuscript  was 
copied  by  Morton  upon  the  Plymouth  Church  Records,  it  was  done 
accurately,  for  there  we  find  the  elder  stated  as  "nere  foreskore" 
when  he  died  [Young,  Plym.  Chron.,  p.  461.] 

Here  we  have  the  data  for  three  different  birth-years.  Morton,  in 
the  Memorial,  gives  us  the  formula  1643  —  84;  which  leaves  1559. 
Bradford's  History  gives  1643,  less  "  near  fourscore";  which  produces 
1563.  Morton,  in  the  Church  Records,  gives  us  1644,  less  "  near 
fourscore";  which  carries  us  to  1564;  which  year  Young  adopts, 
[Chronicles  of  Plym.,  p.  469,]  though  he  contradicts  himself  by  adding 
in  the  next  sentence  that  the  elder  was  60  when  he  landed  at  Ply- 
mouth—  when  this  birth  date  would  make  him  only  56. 

The  Rev.  Ashbel  Steele,  in  his  valuable,  but  by  no  means  so-good- 
asrit-ought-to-have-been  work,  entitled  "  The  Chief  of  the  Pilgrims," 
makes  still  another  combination.  Assuming  1644  as  the  true  date  of  the 
elder's  death,  and  Morton's  "fourscore  and  four"  as  the  period  of  his 
years,  he  gets  1644 —  84  =  1560;  which  he  confidently  states  as  the 
year  of  birth.  This  had  been  previously  set  down  as  the  true  date 
by  Winsor  [Hist.  Duxbury,  p.  234],  and  Mitchell,  [Hist.  Bridgewater, 
p.  361];   but  without  naming  any  authority  for  the  statement. 

Recapitulating,  we  have,  then,  these  four  dates,  each  backed  by 
some  respectable  authority,  viz: 


20  Elder  Brewster.  [Jan., 

Morton,  in  the  Memorial      -     -    -     -     1559 
Steele,  Winsor  and  Mitchell  -    -    -      1560 

Bradford       -    - 1563 

Morton's  Bradford,  in  the  CWh  Reed's     1564 

Belknap  and  Eliot  give  1560  without  remark;  as  if  it  were  unques- 
tioned. Allen  presumes  it  to  be  that,  [Biog.  Die,  p.  136] ;  and  Hun- 
ter leans  toward  the  same  date,  [Founders  of  New  Plym.,  p.  57]. 

I  have  lately  come  to  the  knowledge  of  a  document  which,  in  my 
judgment,  ought  to  settle  this  question  for  all  the  future,  by  assign- 
ing a  new  date  for  the  birtli  of  the  elder,  and  that  upon  evidence  of 
the  most  unimpeachable  character. 

I  received  by  the  steamer  of  the  last  week  from  M.  Elsivier  — 
archivist  of  the  city  of  Leyden, — -whose  invaluable  aid  1  have  had 
the  good  fortune  to  secure  in  pursuing  certain  researches  in  regard 
to  the  life  of  the  pilgrims  in  Holland  —  the  statement  that  he  has 
just  discovered  in  the  Registry  of  Affidavits,  in  that  city  [Letter  k,  fol. 
26]  the  record  of  a  declaration  made  before  the  magistrates  of  Ley- 
den, 25  June,  1609;  in  which  William  Brewster,  Englishman,  agedi2 
years,  Mary  Brewster,  his  wife,  aged  40  years,  and  their  son,  Jonathan 
Brewster,  aged  16  years,  declare  that  they  have  received  some  cloths, 
which  Bernard  Rosse,  Englishman,  living  at  Amsterdam,  had  sent  to 
them.     They  reside  at  Leyden,  in  the  street  called  St.  Ursule. 

This  document  is  formal,  and  to  be  presumed,  therefore,  to  have 
been  carefully  drawn;  it  is  legal,  and  therefore  must  have  been  con- 
scientiously dictated;  it  is  from  the  cotemporaneous  suggestion  of 
the  parties  themselves,  and  therefore  combines  the  highest  probabili- 
ties of  accuracy;  while  its  scope  is  so  entirely  alien  from  the  imme- 
diate point  before  us  as  to  give  to  its  testimony  the  eminent  value  of 
being  purely  incidental.  I  see  no  reason,  then,  why  it  should  not  be 
decisive  in  evidence. 

These  names  of  wife  and  son  identify  this  as  our  Wm.  Brewster. 
But  if  he  was  42  years  of  age  in  June,  1609,  he  must  have  been 
born  in  1566-7,  or  from  two  to  three  years  later  than  the* latest  date 
before  supposed.  This,  counting  to  1644,  would  make  him  only  77 
or  78  when  he  died. 

If  it  be  objected  that  this  is  violently  inconsistent  with  Morton's 
statement  that  he  was  84,  I  reply  that  Morton's  claim  to  accuracy  is 
vitiated  by  his  own  and  contradictory  statement  in  the  Church  Records 
that  Brewster  died  at  "  near  fourscore,"  which,  taken  literally,  would 
be  at  79,  or  scarcely  two  years  at  variance  with  his  true  age;  and  which 
taken  loosely,  would  be  quite  consistent  with  the  accurate  compu- 
tation, since  it  would  not  be  unnatural  for  any  of  us  to  speak,  in  a 
general  way,  of  a  man  of  77-8  as  being  "  near  fourscore." 

It  is  true  that  Bradford,  in  his  Appendix,  [p.  451]  says  Elder  Brew- 
ster was  "about  80  years"  when  he  died.  But  Bradford  wrote  this 
many  years  after  the  elder's  death,  and,  from  his  guarded  manner  of 
statement,  evidently  had  no  exact  knowledge  on  the  subject.  Seventy- 
seven  or  eight  was  a  good  old  age,  and  answers —  in  venerableness  — 
all  the  demands  of  the  subject. 

I  take  it,  then,  as  proven  by  sound  and  sufficient  evidence,  that 
Elder  Brewster  was  born  in  1566-7,  and  died  in  1644,  at  the  age  of 
77,  or  possibly  78. 

Boston,  Oct.  1. 


1S64.]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  21 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  DOCTOR  JONATHAN  POTTS, 

DIRECTOR   GENERAL   OP   THE    HOSPITALS   OF   THE   NORTHERN    AND   MIDDLE   DEPARTMENTS   IN    TUB 
WAR   OF   THE   REVOLUTION,    WITH   EXTRACTS  FROM    HIS   CORRESPONDENCE. 

[Communicated  by  Rev.  Edward  D.  Neill  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.] 

In  the  month  of  December,  1678  (0.  S.),  the  first  European  ship 
arrived  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey.  The  passengers  were  chiefly 
members  of  the  society  of  Friends,  aud  among-  them  was  Thomas 
Potts,  the  ancestor  of  this  sketch,  with  his  wife  and  children.  The 
ship,  called  the  Shield,  was  from  Hull,  England.  Thomas  Potts 
settled  opposite  Burlington,  on  the  Delaware  river,  in  Bristol  town- 
ship, Pennsylvania,  and  thus  the  family  became  one  of  the  first  Eng- 
lish families  in  the  latter  state.1 

John  Potts,  the  father  of  the  Doctor,  was  the  founder  of  Potts- 
grove,  and  his  large  old  mansion  still  stands.  He  was  the  owner  of 
several  furnaces  and  a  large  landed  estate,  and  died  respected  and 
beloved,'2  in  1708,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  Four  daughters 
and  nine  sons  survived  him.3 

Jonathan  was  born  in  1747 ;  and  on  the  31st  of  August,  1766,  in  com- 
pany with  his  friend  and  relation,  Benjamin  Rush,  subsequently  dis- 
tinguished as  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration,  and  an  able  phy- 
sician, sailed  from  Philadelphia,  on  the  way  to  the  University  of 
Edinburgh  to  study  medicine.  While  in  London,  Dr.  Franklin  gave 
them  letters  of  introduction  to  the  professors  aud  others,  and  also 
inclosed  the  following  paternal  advice: 

London,  Dec.  20th,  1776. 

Gentlemen:  With  this  I  send  you  letters  for  several  of  my  friends 
at  Edinburgh.  It  will  be  a  pleasure  to  me  if  they  prove  of  use  to  you. 
But  you  will  be  your  best  friend  if  you  apply  diligently  to  your 
studies,  refraining  from  all  idle,  useless  amusements,  that  are  apt  to 
lessen  or  withdraw  the  attention  from  your  main  business. 

This,  from  the  character  you  bear  in  the  letters  you  brought  me,  I 
am  pursuaded  you  will  do.  Letters  of  recommendation  may  serve  a 
stranger  for  a  day  or   two;   but  when   he  is   to  reside   for  years,  he 

1  Thomas  Potts  died  in  Bristol  in  1719,  and  a  son,  David,  died  in  Bristol  in  1730, 
and  his  children  were  Thomas,  John,  Jonathan,  Elizabeth,  Stephen,  Mary,  Rebecca, 
Nathan  and  Kzekiel. 

Thomas  became  a  prosperous  iron  manufacturer  at  Colebrookdale,  and  died  in 
1752.  His  children  were  Thomas,  David,  John,  the  father  of  Dr.  Potts,  and  three 
daughters. 

2  His  obituary  is  in  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  June,  1768. 

3  The  children  of  John  Potts  were  : 

{  Anna  Morris. 

1.  Martha  m.  Thomas  Rutter.  R     T        ,         j  Sarah  Powell. 

2.  Rebecca  m.  Benjamin  Duffield,  M.  D.  8'  J0SCI),!  °M  Ann  Mitchell. 

3.  Anna  m.  David  Potts.  [  Sarah  Kirkbride. 

4.  Ruth  m.  Peter  Lohra.  9.   Jesse  m.  Sarah  Lewis. 

5.  Samuel  m.  Joanna  Holland.  ,  10.   David  rn.  Mary  Ayers. 

6.  Isaac  m.  Sarah  Paul.  11.  Jonathan  m.  Grace  Richardson. 

7.  James  m.  Anna  Stocker.  12.  John  in.  Margaret  Camao, 

13.  Thomas  ui.  Anna  Nutts. 


22  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

must  depend  on  his  own  conduct,  which  will  increase  or   totally  de- 
stroy the  effect  of  such  letters. 

I  take  the  freedom,  therefore,  of  counseling  you  to  be  circumspect 
in  your  behavior  at  Edinburgh  (where  people  are  very  shrewd  and 
observing*),  that  you  may  bring  from  thence  as  good  a  character  as 
you  carry  thither,  and  in  that  respect,  not  be  inferior  to  any  American 
that  has  been  there  before  you.  You  have  great  advantages  in  going 
there  to  study  at  this  time,  when  there  happens  to  be  collected  a  set 
of  as  truly  great  men,  professors  of  the  several  branches  of  know- 
ledge, as  have  ever  appeared  in  any  age  or  country. 

T  recommend  one  thing  particularly  to  you,  that  besides  the  study 
of  medicine,  you  endeavor  to  attain  a  thorough  knowledge  of  natural 
philosophy  in  general.  You  will  from  thence  draw  great  aids  in 
judging  well  both  of  diseases  and  remedies,  and  avoid  many  errors. 
I  mention  this  because  1  have  observed  that  a  number  of  physicians 
here,  an  well  as  in  America,  are  miserably  deficient  in  it. 

I  wish  you  all  happiness  and  success  in  your  undertaking,  and 
remain 

Your  friend  and  humble  servant, 

B.  Franklin. 

Before  leaving  his  native  country,  with  that  lack  of  judgment  that 
has  often  characterized  an  ardent  student  of  nineteen,  he  had  engaged 
his  affections  to  the  lady  who  became  his  wife. 

Scarcely  had  he  arrived  in  Edinburgh,  before  he  received  a  letter 
from  his  father,  stating  that  his  "dearest  Grace"  was  very  ill,  and 
longed  to  see  him. 

Immediately,  on  the  receipt  of  this  intelligence,  he  left  Edinburgh 
and  hastened  back;  but  upon  his  arrival  she  had  recovered,  and  from 
the  family  record  we  learn  that  he  was  married  at  Reading,  Pa.,  to 
Miss  Grace  Richardson,  on  May  5th,  1707. 

After  his  marriage,  he  became  a  medical  student  in  the  College  of 
Philadelphia,  and,  in  the  summer  of  1768,  graduated  as  bachelor  of 
physic,  at  the  first  medical  commencement  in  America.  He  delivered 
the  valedictory;  and  the  subject  seems  to  have  been  suggested  by 
Dr.  Franklin,  as  it  was  on  the  advantages  a  medical  student  derives 
from  a  previous  liberal  education  in  the  other  sciences,  particularly 
mathematics  and  natural  philosophy. 

The  medical  class  was  ten  in  number,  and  became  useful    practi- 
tioners.1 

In  1771,  he  received  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine;  Benjamin 
Duffield,  who  married  his  sister  Rebecca,  at  the  same  commencement 
receiving  his  degree  as  master  of  arts,  and  delivering  a  poem  on 
"  Science."- 

1  The  first  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  medical  school  in  1708,  were 

li.  Co-well,  Lucks   couuty,  Pa.  Jonathan  Potts,  Philadelphia. 

—  Archer,  New  Castle   "  James  Tilton,  Kent. 

S.  Duffield,  Philadelphia.  Nich.  Way,  New  Castle. 

II.  Pullerton,  Lancaster.  Jonathan  Elmer,  West  Jersey. 

David  Jackson,  Chester.  John  Lawrence,  East  Jersey. 

2  The  ancestors  of  Dr.  B.  Duffield  came  to  America  shortly  after  Thomas  Potts 
and  family,  and  landed  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey.  (See  Smith's  History  of  New 
Jersey.)      After  Penn   laid   out  Philadelphia,   Benjamin,  the   great  grandfather  of 


1864.J  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  23 

•  Dr.  Potts  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Reading",  in 
Berks  county.  With  the  deepest  interest  In4  watched  the  discussions 
that  were  taking  place  in  parliament  in  relation  to  America.  While 
his  family,  who  had  been  brought  up  as  Quakers,  were  much  divided 
—  his  brother  John  being  a  lory  judge  in  Philadelphia,1  and  Isaac  a 
cold  neutral,  until  he  discovered  Washington  in  prayer  in  his 
woods  at  Valley  Forge'2  —  yet  he,  in  company  with  his  brothers, 
Samuel,3  James,1  Thomas,5  and  Joseph,0  identified  themselves  from 
the  first  with  the  friends  of  liberty. 

With  Edward  Biddle  and  others  he  was  in  1775  a  committee  of 
safety  lor  Berks  county,  and  active  in  stirring  up  the  zeal  of  his 
townsmen. 

The  following  letter,  written  on  April  27th,  1775,  addressed  to  him 
by  one  who  omitted  to  sign  his  name,  probably  his  brother  James,  or 
Owen  Biddle,  gives  a  most  graphic  description  of  Philadelphia  after 
the  news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington  : 

Dear  Doctor:  I  am  extremely  concerned  at  our  friend's  indisposi- 
tion. Doctor  take  care  of  him  and  prevent  exertions  above  his 
strength.     We  may  want  his  services  ere  long. 

The  papers  sent  herewith  will  give  you  most  of  the  account  rela- 
tive; to  the  rout  at  Lexington,  which  we  have  received.  A  gentleman 
told  me  last  night  he  had  seen  a  letter  from  New  York  which  posi- 
tively mentioned  the  regulars  to  have  lost  ^00  men.  and  that  only  12 
officers  of  the  first  brigade  had  returned  to  Boston.  To-morrow  we 
expect  an  exact  account  from  Boston.  Most  certainly  [they]  have 
had  a  bitter  pill. 

Batt  writes  to  his  wife,  "The  regulars  and  provincials  have  had  a 
brush.  The  king's  troops  were  hellishly  peppered  but  returned  the 
compliment." 

Dr.  Duffield  moved  there,  and  at  the  age  of  80,  died  in  1741.  Ills  tombstone  is  in 
Christ  church -yard. 

Edward,  the  rather  of  Dr.  Duffield,  was  a  warden  in  Christ  church,  a  particular 
friend  and  executor  of  Franklin,  ami  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  American 
philosophical  society.  lie  died  on  the  old  family  place  in  the  Manor  of  Moreland, 
Philadelphia  county.  His  tombstone  and  many  of  his  descendants,  are  in  All 
Saint's  church-yard,  above  Holmesburgh. 

Dr.  Benjamin  Duffield  finished  his  medical  education  in  Edinburgh.  He  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  to  give  public  lectures  on  obstetrics  in  America.  In  1793,  he 
was  one  of  the  physicians  in  charge  of  the  Yellow  fever  hospital  in  Philadelphia, 
and  died  in  1799,  leaving  five  children.  His  three  daughters  all  married  office 
students  of  their  father,  Drs.  Church,  Martin  and  Henry  Weill ;  the  two  latter  from 
Worcester  county,  Maryland. 

Dr.  Henry  Neill  removed  to  Philadelphia  and  succeeded  his  father-in-law. 
He  was  vice-president  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  died  in  1845.  One  of 
his  sons,  John  Neill,  M.  D.,  the  grand  nephew  of  Dr.  Potts,  at  the  breaking  out 
of  the  rebellion,  organized  the  military  hospitals  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  now  a 
surgeon  U.  S.  A.,  in  charge  of  General  hospital,  Broad  and  Cherry  streets. 

1  See  Sabine's  History  of  Loyalists. 

-  Weems's  Life  of  Washington. 
.  3  Died  1793,  was  a  member  of  the  first  state  convention. 

4  Was  a  lawyer  in  Philadelphia,  and  for  a  time  major  in  a  battalion,  of  which 
Cadwalader  was  colonel. 

5  Thomas  was  colonel  of  a  Pennsylvania  regiment. 
c  Joseph  was  a  captain, 


24  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

I  received  last  night  by  express  a  letter  from  Mr.  Wm.  Livingston, 
one  of  the  Congress  for  New  Jersey.  He  informs  me  that  the  peo- 
ple of  Connecticut  broke  open  the  last  mail  from  Boston  and  inter- 
cepted several  letters  from  General  Gage,  by  which  the  New  Yorkers 
had  discovered  a  hellish  plot.  He  does  not  say  what.  We  suppose 
here  it  must  be  a  plan  to  seize  the  Congress.  Hold  yourselves  and 
neighbors  in  readiness  to  assist  us. 

The  New  Yorkers  have  shut  their  port,  seized  the  keys  of  the 
custom  house,  and  armed  themselves.  Connecticut  has  sent  10,000 
men  to  take  post  at  King's  Bridge,  near  New  York,  where  it  is  said 
the  troops  intended  to  erect  a  fortress  to  cut  off  all  communication 
between  the  N.  and  S.  colonies.  I  have  sent  for  a  letter  from  the 
York  Committee.  If  I  obtain  it — shall  be  sent  herewith.  We  have 
warmed  our  people  almost  to  a  military  phrenzy.  Yesterday  we  had  a 
meeting  of  our  associators.  9,000  were  present.  T.  M.1  harangued 
them  with  success.  We  divide  into  wards  and  choose  our  officers 
to-morrow.  3  troops  of  light  horse,  2  companies  of  artillery,  2  com- 
panies of  riflemen,  2  companies  of  light  infantry,  are  forming.  The 
artillery  and  light  horse  form  to-morrow.  The  horses  are  training. 
1  have  sent  two.     We  have  here  a  stable  for  30. 

The  town  is  filled  with  companies  exercising.  I  have  attended 
during  the  last  week  six  hours  every  day,  and  have  gained  some 
knowledge  in  that  way. 

Our  artillery  and  powder  are  guarded  every  night  by  detachments 
from  the  companies  already  formed. 

The  Virginians  have  lost  their  powder  at  Williamsburgh.  It  was 
taken  by  order  of  the  government,  by  a  detachment  of  marines,  from 
a  ship  of  war  in  the  night  time.  The  people  are  so  irritated  they 
are  marching  to  Williamsburgh  from  all  the  neighboring  counties, 
and  by  this  time  have  secured  the  Governor  as  a  hostage,  whom 
they  are  determined  to  keep  in  close  custody  until  the  powder  is 
returned. 

Fleeson  is  so  pressed  by  our  people  that  I  fear  that  you  will  get 
neither  drum  nor  colors  for  some  days.  I  called  on  him  last  Friday; 
nothing  done  except  the  drum  hooped.  I  have  now  sent  to  him. 
The  York  letter  you  will  have  with  a  letter  from  our  Committee. 
Hold  yourselves  ready  to  march  at  an  hour's  warning.  I  believe  the 
Congress  will  meet  in  Heading. 

If  you  want  two  small  iron  carriage  guns  to  exercise  Johnny 
Miers  with,  send  for  them.  They  are  three-pounders.  The  brass  we 
shall  keep.  The  device  for  your  drum  and  colors  I  have  not  had 
time  to  complete.     To-morrow  Fleeson  shall  have  them." 

In  the  journals  of  Congress  we  find  that  in  April,  1^*76,  Dr.  Potts 
petitioned  to  be  director  of  hospitals  for  Canada,  and  on  June  9th 
he  was  appointed  as  surgeon  for  Canada  and  Lake  George.  On  the 
25th  of  the  same  month  he  was  at  head-quarters  in  New  York  city, 
and  received  the  following  note  to  General  Sullivan  from  Washing- 
ton's secretary: 

Sir:  The  bearer  of  this,  Br.  Jonathan  Potts,  has  been  appointed  to 
the  direction  of  the  hospital  in  Canada.     He  is  a  gentleman  of  char- 

1  The  meeting  of  associators  was  on  April  2Cth,  and  Thomas  lUifilin,  subsequently 
general,  and  then  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  was  one  of  the  speakers. 


1864.]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  25 

acter  in  every  respect,  and  most  indisputable  zeal  in  the  public 
cause.  As  such  I  beg*  leave  to  introduce  him  to  your  notice  and 
acquaintance. 

Wishing  you  all  honor  and  success, 

I  am,  sir,  your  most  ob't  and  humble  servant, 

Jos.  Reed. 

New  York,  June  25,  1176. 

The  next  day,  in  company  with  General  Gates,  he  started  for  the 
north.  On  arriving  at  Crown  Point  he  discovered  that  the  oper- 
ations in  Canada  were  impeded,  and  he  became  subject  to  the  orders 
of  Dr.  Stringer,  who  placed  him  in  charge  of  the  hospital  at  Fort 
George,  as  the  following  letter  indicates: 

Crown  Point,  July  7,  11 7  6. 
Dear  Sir  :  As  the  whole  of  the  sick  will  be  removed  from  this 
post  to  Fort  George  as  quick  as  possible,  and  are  very  numerous, 
beg  you  will,  with  all  dispatch,  have  the  sheds  on  the  lake  shore 
fitted  up  with  cribs  or  berths  for  their  reception  ;  and  hurry  those 
that  are  to  be  built  where  the  old  fort  stood,  as  fast  as  possible. 

A  convenient  shop  and  a  kitchen  for  the  cook,  contiguous  to  the 
principal  departments,  will  be  necessary.  I  expect  to  be  over  in  two 
or  three  days. 

A  quantity  of  hemlock  tops,  if  procured,  will  be  no  bad  bedding, 
and  immediately  wanted.  They  may  be  gathered  along  the  lake 
shore  and  brought  in  battoes. 

I  am,  Sir,  with  respect, 

Your  most  obe'dt  humble  servant, 

Sam.  Stringer1 
Affable,  jovial,  of  .fine  executive  power  and  superior  education  in 
his  profession,  Dr.  Potts  made  friends   wherever  he  went,  and  was 
popular   not  only  with  Gates,  but   the  whole  military   and    medical 
staff,  as  the  subjoined  correspondence  indicates. 

Letter  from  H.  Brockholst  Livingston. 

German  Flatts,  July  28,  1776. 
Dear  Sir  :  While  at  Fort  George  I  committed  to  your  care  the 
keys  of  several  closets  and  what  plate  there  was  in  the  house.  I 
afterwards  received  the  General's  direction  to  lock  whatever  belonged 
to  him  in  a  closet  and  take  the  key  with  me.  This  injunction,  thro' 
the  hurry  in  which  I  came  off,  slipped  my  memory,  and  did  not  occur 
to  me  again  until  my  arrival  at  Albany,  from  which  place  I  wrote 
you/acquainting  you  with  the  General's  desire,  and  requesting  you 
to  secure  every  valuable  article  which  belonged  to  the  General, 
particularly  the  plate  in  one  closet,  and  send  me  the  key  of  it.  *  *  * 
It  is  probable  we  shall  not  return  to  Fort  George  for  a  considerable 
while  yet,  before  which  time  some  articles  may  be  pilfered,  consider- 
ing how  much  the  house  is  exposed  to  soldiers  and  travelers,  in 
which  case  I  shall  be  censured  for  my  negligence.     Your  goods  and 

1  Dr.  Stringer  was  a  native  of  Maryland.  He  was  at  the  siege  of  Tk-onderoga 
when  Lord  Howe  fell  in  1758.  After  the  French  war  he  settled  in  Albany.  In 
consequence  of  disagreement  with  Congress  ho  left  the  continental  service  in  1777. 
Died  in  Albany  in  1817,  aged  83. 


26  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

furniture  are,  I  hope,  by  this  time  arrived,  so  you  will   be  the  better 

able  to  spare  what  I  have  wrote  for.     The  use  of  the  other  closets 
and   rooms  you  can  have  as  before. 

Please  to  send  the  key  to  the  care  of  Gapt.  Varick,  the  General's 
Secretary  at  Albany,  by  some  careful  person. 

My  patience  is  almost  exhausted  in  waiting1  for  the  arrival  of  the 
Indians.  We  have  been  here  a  fortnight  and  they  are  not  yet 
convened.  From  those  who  are  already  come,  amounting'  to  about 
GOO,  we  have  reason  to  think  the  meeting  will  be  full  and  the  con- 
clusion favorable,  as  peace  seems  to  be  the  wish  of  both  Sachems  and 
warriors.  The  conference,  we  expect,  will  open  next  Thursday.  The 
General  has  received  a  letter  from  his  Secretary  acquainting  him  that 
a  report  prevails  at  Albany,  that  General  Clinton,  in  attempting  to 
land  at  Charlestown,  was  beat  off  with  considerable  loss,  himself 
cither  slain  or  taken  prisoner.  God  grant  it  may  prove  true.  By 
express  from  Gen.  Washington  on  the  20th  inst.,  all  was  well  at  New 
York,  and  the  troops  impatient  of  action.  The  Jersies,  my  Father 
writes  me,  is  in  a  good  state  of  defence;  17,000  Pennsylvania  Militia 
are  come  to  their  assistance,  with  which  and  their  own,  the  shore 
from  Elizabethtown  to  Amboy  is  well  secured.  Present  my  respects 
to  the  gentlemen  who  compose  your  families.  I  am,  Sir,  with  senti- 
ments of  esteem  and  friendship,  Yours  sincerely, 

Henry  B.  Livingston.1 

Letter  from  John  Trumbull. 

Ticonderoga,  August  8,  1176. 

Dear  Sir  :  I  have  received  yours  of  the  3rd,  and  should  beg  your 
pardon  for  not  answering  sooner,  which  I  impute  to  negligence.  I 
assure  you  nothing  but  the  continued  hurry  of  business  has  prevented 
me.  The  whole  time  that  the  two  York  gentlemen  staid  was  entirely 
taken  up  in  preparing  returns  and  letters  for  them.  I  have  asked 
the  General  his  opinion  of  your  proposal  for  discharges.  He  will 
trust  you  and  'Dock  Stringer  ;  he  charges  you  to  give  certificates 
only  to  those  whom  you  examine.  Such  as  are  really  useless  you  will 
discharge  as  soon  as  you  please,  without  application  to  any  other 
officer  ;  sign  your  own  name  by  the  General's  order.  See  how  much 
confidence  we  put  in  you. 

We  all  thank  you  most  sincerely  for  the  present  by  Capt.  Collins. 
The  vinegar  is  very  acceptable.  Beans  and  Potatoes  !  I  had  almost 
forgot  the  names.  Think  how  happy  we  were  to  see  them.  Majr. 
Pierce  is  quite  unwell  ;  he  was  to  have  gone  across  the  Lake  to-day 
had  the  weather  permitted.  Majr.  Stewart  is  well  ;  he  writes  you  at 
this  time.  Greet  kindly  thy  fellow  laborers  in  the  Hospitals. 
I  am,  Doctor,  your  very  ob't  servant  and  friend, 

J.  Trumbull.- 

1  Henry  Brockholst  Livingston  son  of  Governor  William  Livingston  of  New  Jer- 
sey. Died  in  Washington,  March  IS,  1S23,  associate  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States.     See  Holgate's  American  Genealogy,  p.  191. 

2  John  Trumbull  was  an  aid  of  General  Gates.  He  left  the  Army  in  1777,  and 
turned  his  attention  to  painting.  The  Trumbull  gallery  will  always  preserve  his 
name. 


1864.]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  27 

Letter  to   Doctor   John   Morgan,    Director-General  of  Ike  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  tht  United  Sta,l,es  ' 

Fort  George,  August  10,  1776. 

Dear  Sir:  I  expected  long  ere  this  to  have  had  Dr.  Mcllenry  at  the 
fort  with  the  medicines  [which]  I  mentioned  to  you  were  to  come  from 
Philadelphia,  but  I  am  greatly  disappointed  at  his  not  arriving,  and 
what  has  prevented  him  I  know  not.  In  a  letter  this  day  received 
from  him  he  informs  me  that  ho  was  then  to  set  out  for  Philadelphia 
in  order  to  procure  those  medicines  and  sumo  mates,  and  mentions 
your  kind  intention  of  assisting  him  both  with  advice  and  a  supply 
of  the  cortex.  The  distressed  situation  of  the  sick  here  is  not  to  be 
described.  Without  clothing,  without  bedding,  or  a  shelter  suffi- 
cient to  screen  them  from  the  weather,  I  am  sure  your  known 
humanity  will  be  affected  when  I  tell  you  we  have  at  present  up- 
wards of  one  thousand  sick  and  wounded  in  the  sheds,  and  laboring 
under  the  various  disorders  of  dysenteries,  bilious,  putrid  fevers, 
and  the  effects  of  confluent  small  pox.  To  attend  this  large  number, 
we  have  four  seniors  and  four  mates,  exclusive  of  myself,  and  our 
little  shop  doth  not  afford  a  grain  of  jalap,  ipecac,  bark,  salts,  opium, 
and  sundry  other  capital  articles,  and  nothing  of  the  kind  to  be  had 
in  this  quarter.  In  this  dilemma  our  inventions  are  exhausted  for 
succedaneums,  but  we  shall  go  on  doing  the  best  we  can  in  the 
hopes  of  a  speedy  supply. 

Dr.  Stringer  left  this  some  few  days  since  in  order  to  lay  the 
situation  of  the  hospital  before  his  excellency,  General  Washington, 
and  endeavor  to  procure  redress.  You  may  remember,  sir,  when  I 
left  New  York  I  mentioned  to  you,  though  the  resolve  of  Congress 
did  not  expressly  say  I  was  to  be  Director  General  of  this  depart- 
ment, yet  I  apprehended  it  was  the  intention  of  that  honorable 
body,  agreeably  to  my  petition  previous  to  my  appointment,  that  I 
should  act  as  such  in  Canada,  but  on  this  side  that  province  I  was 
not  to  supersede  Dr.  Stringer,  As  I  have  had  since  the  pleasure  of 
Dr.  Stringer's  acquaintance,  and  have  been  made  acquainted  with 
the  resolves  of  Congress  in  his  favor,  I  find  he  has  power  to  act  as 
Director  General  of  the  Northern  Department,  which  I  knew  not 
before;  yet  1  shall  continue  to  act  as  director  under  him  until  the 
matter  is  otherwise  settled.  I  can  assure  you  Dr.  Stringer's  conduct 
here,  and  the  regard  I  have  conceived  for  him  from  my  short  ac- 
quaintance, influences  me  to  wish  he  may  be  continued  as  at  pre- 
sent, and  more  especially  as  I  hope  our  anus  will  be  blessed  with 
success,  and  we  shall  once  more  regain  Canada,  when  it  will  most 
undoubtedly  be  necessary  to  have  two  hospitals  in  this  wide  ex- 
tended country.  I  hope  ere  this  reaches  you  the  line  by  which  the 
different  departments  are  to  act  will   be  fixed. 

Dr.  Stringer  and  myself  had  some  conversation  respecting  the 
expedienc}'  of  %  acting  under  a  Director  General  of  the  whole  conti- 
nent. This  the  doctor  was  averse  [to],  and  I  mentioned  some  reasons 
which  had  weight  with  me.  As  you  will  see  the  doctor  I  need  not 
take   up   your  time  by  mentioning  them;  for  my  own  part  I  am  re- 


1  Dr.  Morgan  was  the  associate   of  Dr.  Shippen  in  establishing  at  Philadelphia 
the  first  medical  school  in  America, 


28  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

solved  to  be  governed  by  such  regulations  as  our  wise  Congress 
shall  think  proper,  wishing  nothing  more  than  to  contribute  my  mite 
towards  the  relief  of  our  once  distressed  country,  but  now  the  glo- 
rious, independent  States  of  America.  Pray  present  my  respectful 
compliments  to  his  excellency  General  Washington,  and  General 
Mifllin,  and  believe  me  to  be,  dear  sir, 

Your  affectionate  and  most  humble  servant, 

Jon.  Potts. 

Letter  from  John  Trumbull. 

My  Dear  Sir:  Have  your  medicines  arrived  ?  Have  Stringer  and 
McIIenry  made  their  appearance  yet  ?  Our  people  fall  sick  by  dozens, 
and  not  a  pennyworth  of  medicine  have  we  for  them,  even  in  the 
most  virulent  disorders. 

The  moment  you  receive  any  supply  share  it  for  God's  sake  with 
us;  we  need  it  almost  more  than  you. 

Let  Doctor  Stringer  and  McIIenry  know  the  moment  they  arrive, 
that  'tis  the  General's  will  that  they  come  propriis  personibus  to  this 
place  immediately. 

You  know  'tis  no  matter  whether  the  people  die  for  real  want  of 
medicine,  or  because  they  think  they  want  it — 'tis  death  in  either 
case. 

I  am,  my  dear  doctor,  in  a  confounded  hurry, 

Yours  sincerely, 

J.  Trumbull. 

Head  Quarters,  31st  August,  1776. 

Letter  from  Dr.  Tillotson. 

Ticonderoga,  September  13,  1776. 
Dr.  Potty  :  I  would  beg  leave  to  recommend  to  your  consideration 
the  disposition  of  your  tourniquets.  The  General  enquired  very  par- 
ticularly into  the  articles  I  had  brought  with  me;  when  finding  I  had 
none,  began  to  squint  over  his  spectacles  at  me.  You  might  spare  all 
but  one,  which  will  be  sufficient  for  that  place.  *****  I  have 
the  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  your  letters  were  much  honored. 
Information  respecting  the  fleet  has  arrived  at  headquarters;  nothing 
remarkable  since  the  embarkation.  *****  j\[y  compli- 
ments to  Col.  Gansevoort  and  Dr.  Wemple. 

Your  humble  servant,  &c, 

Thos.  Tillotson. 

Letters  from  Surgeon  of  Arnold's  .Fleet. 

Sloop  Enterprize,  8th  October,  1776. 

My  Dear  Sir:  I  had  the  pleasure  of  your  first  favor  which  came  to 
hand  the  7th  inst.,  the  receipt  of  which  gave  me  great  satisfaction 
to  find  myself  classed  amongst  your  friends.  Be  assured,  my  most 
strenuous  endeavors  shall  not  be  wanting  to  render  myself  worthy  of 
your  attention.  *  *  *  *  i  doubt  not  before  this  reaches  you, 
you'll  be  acquainted  with  the  General's  intention  of  proceeding  down 
the  Lakes  with  the  fleet  to  Isle  a  Motto,  there  to  land  150  men;  50  of 
whom  are  to  be  Indians,  who  are  to  eat,  slay  and  kill  all  they  can 
lay  hands  on.     I  pray  most  honestly  that  the   Creator  of  all   things, 


1864.J  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  29 

both  wild  and  tame,  would  induce  the  enemy  to  come  to  action,  as  I 
am  well  assured  we  shall  be  able  to  extirpate  them  from  the  face  of 
the  waters.  *  *  *  *  The  want  of  a  subject  obliges  me  to 
immediately  subscribe  myself 

Your  most  obedient  friend  and  servant, 

Stephen  McOrea. 

Ticonderoga,  October  14th,  l*ll&A 
Dear  Sir:  I  am  so  hurried  with  getting  off  the  wounded  oSiinlr 
ruined  navy,  that  it  is  impossible  to  give  any  account  of  our  action, 
which  was  as  bloody  as  unfortunate.  We  have  done  them  all  the 
surgery  we  could.  I  have  just  time  to  inform  you  I  am  alive,  with- 
out receiving  any  wound.  Please  to  acquaint  my  brother  and  friends 
as  soon  as  possible.     I  shall  write  the  first  leisure. 

Adieu,  I  am,  Sir,  yours,  most  sincerely, 

S.  McCrea. 
After  Gates  joined  Washington  in  Pennsylvania,  Dr.  Potts  was,  for 
a  time,  on  duty  in  Philadelphia,  as  the  following  from  the  general 
orders  of  General  Putnam,  dated  Dec.  12,  1776,  shows  :  "Officers 
who  have  the  charge  of  any  sick  soldiers  in  or  near  this  city,  and 
who  are  included  in  the  foregoing  order,  are  directed  to  make  returns 
to  Dr.  Jonathan  Potts,  at  Mr.  John  Biddle's,  in  Market  street,  of  the 
numbers  and  places  of  residence  of  their  sick,  that  proper  care  may 
be  taken  of  them." 

A  portion  of  the  winter  of  '76-77,  was  passed  with  his  family  in 
Reading;  but  in  January  he  was  again  commissioned  with  the  title 
of  Director  of  the  General  Hospital  for  the  Northern  Department. 
He  diligently  entered  upon  his  duties,  and  prepared  for  the  summer 
campaign;  and  before  he  left  for  the  north,  addressed  the   following 

Letter  to  the  Medical  Committee  of  Congress, 

Reading,  March  9th,  1777. 
Gentlemen  : — Upon  the  first  notice  of  my  appointment  to  the  Direc- 
torship of  the  Military  Hospital  in  the  Northern  District,  I  applied 
myself  diligently  to  procure  such  articles  as  were  to  be  had  and  I 
thought  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  General  Hospital.  *  *  *  * 
I  should  have  been  happy  to  have  had  your  instructions  before  I  left 
Philadelphia,  and  I  entreat  you  to  forward  to  me  whenever  your 
other  more  important  business  will  give  leisure.  ***** 
I  am  clearly  of  opinion  it  will  conduce  much  to  the  good  of  the 
service  to  have  a  Sub-Director  appointed.  Should  your  Honorable 
House  approve  of  this  measure,  give  me  leave  to  recommend  Doctor 
Warren,1  whose  good  sense,  long  services,  and  zeal  in  the  cause, 
entitle  him  to  the  notice  of  his  country.  I  have  the  highest  sense 
of  the  honor  conferred  on  me  by  the  very  honorable  Congress,  and 
shall  exert  every  nerve  to  merit  their  notice. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Gentlemen, 

Your  most  ob't  humble  servant, 

J  on.  Potts. 

1  Dr.  John  Warren  was  the  brother  and  student  of  Dr.  Joseph  Warren  who  fell 
at  Bunker  Hill.  He  was  also  the  founder  of  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard 
University.     Father  of  the  late  Dr.  John  C.  Warren. 


30  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

On  the  3d  of  April  he  arrived  at  Albany,  and  as  Director  General 
of  the  Northern  Department,  had  the  following  subordinates  : 


A   Return  of  the  Officers  of  the   General  Hospital,  JSFortfwm  Department. 

General  Officers. — Dr.  Tlios.  Tillotson,  Asst.  Dep.  Director  ;  Dr.  Mai. 
Treat,  Physician  General  ;  Dr.  Jas.  Brown,  Surgeon  General  ;  Dr. 
Bartlett,  Phys.  qnd  Surg.  Gen.  of  Army  ;  Ad.  Oraigie,  Apothecary 
General. 

Senior  Surgeons. — Dr.  Robt.  Johnston,  Dr.  Steph.  McOrea,  Dr.  Dav. 
Townsend,  Dr.  Sam.  McKenzie,  Dr.  Fran.  Hagan,  Dr.  Jas.  Young. 

Second  Surgeons. — Dr.  Alex.  Steward,  Dr.  Bedf.  Williams,  Dr.  T. 
Vickers,  Dr.  Nich.  Scull,  Dr.  Matt.  Mans,  Dr.  Nich.  Schuyler. 

Surgeons'  Mates. — Mr.  Dav.  Stoddard,  Mr.  James  Thatcher,  Mr.  Sam. 
Woodruff,  Mr.  Wm.  P.  Smith,  Mr.  James  Prescott,  Mr.  Willis  Brown. 

Commissary. — Mr.  Dow,  Mr.  Henry  Marselis,  Asst.  Com.  ;  Jno. 
Witman,  Clerk  ;  Jno.  Steward,  Asst.  Clerk. 

Steward. — John  Brown. 

Letter  from   Dr.  John   Warrfai. 

Boston,  May  16,  1777. 

Dear  Friend  : You   have    doubtless   seen   the   new 

arrangements  of  Congress  in  the  Medical  Department,  and  have 
undoubtedly  seen  the  list  of  gentlemen  appointed  General  "Officers  in 
it,  and  I  suppose  you  concluded  that  those  appointments  would 
effectually  prevent  my  having  the  happiness  of  being  connected  with 
you  in  your  Department. 

Gentlemen,  some  of  whom  have  never  before  been  engaged  in  the 
Service,  are  put  into  places  of  profit  and  honor,  whilst  those  who  have 
surmounted  ten  thousand  difficulties  and  exposed  themselves  to 
innumerable  dangers  in  establishing  Hospitals  from  a  state  of  chaos 
to  regularity  and  convenience,  are  overlooked. 

I  am  not  obliged  to  sacrifice  my  honor,  even  if  it  were  to  save  a 
kingdom  from  destruction.  1  never  will  remain  in  any  post  a  single 
moment  longer  than  I  can  do  it  with  honor  and  reputation.  These 
considerations  1  know  will  be  a  sufficient  apology  to  a  person  of  your 
sentiments  and  feeling  for  my  not  attending  you  at  your  station.  I 
am  disappointed  as  I  expected  much  pleasure  in  your  acquaintance  ; 
however,  Sir,  I  beg  you  will  be  kind  enough  to  write  by  every 
favorable  opportunity,  and  believe  me  ready  to  serve  you  in  every 
thing  so  far  as  lays  in  my  power. 

I  am,  Sir,  your  affectionate  friend  and  humble  servant, 

J.  Warren. 
Letter  from  Colonel  Waller  Stewart. 

Philadelphia,  June  20th,  1777. 

My  Dear  Friend  :  I  should  be  happy  if  I  had  now  time  to  write 
you  a  long  letter,  but  my  horses  wait  at  the  door  and  I  must  push 
after  my  regiment,  which  marched  live  hundred  and  twenty  strong 
this  morning  at  live  o'clock.  Wilkinson  will  show  you  the  letter 
where  I  mention  my  proceedings  since  1  left  you. 

Your  letter  to  Mrs.  Potts,  the  worthy  little  Mifflin,1   sent   the  day 

1  "  Little  Mitilin  "  was  the  son  briquet  of  General  Thomas  Miilliu. 


18G4.]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  3 1 

we  arrived  in  town,  and  I  took  every  opportunity  in  my  power  of  hand- 
ing- about,  through  the  members  of  Congress,  your  list  of  the  sick, 
which  gave  universal  satisfaction.  I  afterwards  sent  it,  by  particular 
desire,  to  Dr.  Shippen.  I  shall  write  you  fully  from  camp  ;  in  the 
mean  time,  allow  me  to  refer  you  to  my  good  friend  Wilkinson's  let- 
ter for  particulars,  and  believe  me  to  be 

Your  sincere  friend, 

Walter  Stewart.  l 

Letter  from  Dr.  Bartlett. 

Dear  Sir:  Your  favor  of  the  25th  inst.  I  have;  shall  comply  with 
the  requisition  contained,  tho'  I  shall  bo  left  with  but  two  regimental 
surgeons  in  the  whole  army.  I  have  this  moment  returned  from  Fort 
Edward,  where  a  party  of  hell  hounds,  in  conjunction  with  their 
brethren,  the  British  troop,  fell  upon  our  advanced  guard,  inhumanly 
butchered,  scalped  and  stripped  four  of  them,  wounded  two  more,  each 
in  the  thigh,  and  four  more  are  missing. 

Poor  Miss  Jenny  McCray  and  the  woman  with  whom  she  lived, 
were  taken  by  the  savages,  led  up  the  hill  to  where  there  was  a  body 
of  British  troops,  and  there  the  poor  girl  was  shot  to  death  in  cold 
blood,  scalped  and  left  on  the  ground;  and  the  other  woman  not  yet 
found. 

The  alarm  came  to  camp  at  two  P.  M.  I  was  at  dinner.  I  im- 
mediately sent  off  to  collect  all  the  regular  surgeons,  in  order  to  take 
some  one,  or  two  of  them  along  with  me  to  assist,  but  the  devil  a 
bit  of  one  was  there  to  be  found,  except  three  mates,  one  of  whom 
had  the  squirts;  the  other  two  I  took  with  me.  There  is  neither 
amputating  instrument,  crooked  needle  or  tourniquet  in  all  the  camp. 
I  have  a  handful  of  lint  and  two  or  three  bandages,  and  that  is  all. 
What  in  the  name  of  wonder  I  am  to  do  in  case  of  an  attack  God  only 
knows;  without  assistance,  without  instruments,  without  everything. 

What  can  become  of  Stewart,  with  the  stores,  medicine  chest,  my 
/  baggage,  etc.  ?  ^ 

If  it   is   consistent   with   the  public  good,  and  agreeable  to  your 
opinion,   pray  assist   me   with   one   or   two   of  your  surgeons.     My 
respectful  compliments  to  yourself  and  all  the  fraternity. 
I  am,  Sir,  your  very  humble  servant, 

Jno.  Bartlett> 


Moses  Creek,  H'd  Q'rs, 
July  20,   10  o'clock,  P.  M. 


i 


Letter  from  Dr.  Johnston,  after  the  death  of  General  Herkimer. 

General  Harcomer's,  August  17,  1777. 
Dear  Doctor:  Yesterday  morning  I  arnptuated  General  Harcomer's- 
leg,  there  not  being  left  the   prospect  of  recovery   without  it.     But, 

1  Stewart  had  been  an  Aid  of  General  Gates,  but  became  Colonel  of  tho  13th 
Pennsylvania  Regiment. 

2  Dr.  Bartlett  was  surgeon  general  of  the  northern  army.  lie  died  in  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  in  1820. 

3  Herkimer  was  in  command  of  Try  on  county  militia,  and  was  on  his  way  to  re- 
lieve Gansevoort  at  Fort  Schuyler,  when  he  was  attacked.  After  he  was  wounded, 
ho  sat  on  a  stump  and  encouraged  his  men  to  light. 


32  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

alas,  the  patriotick  hero  died  in  the  evening  —  the  cause  of  his  death 
God  only  knows. 

About  three  hours  before  his  departure  he  complained  of  pain.  I 
gave  him  30  drops  of  laudanum  liquid,  and  went  to  dress  Mr.  Pettery.1 
I  left  him  in  as  good  a  way  as  I  could  wish,  with  Dr.  Hastings  to  take 
care  of  him.  When  I  returned  I  found  him  taking  his  last  gasp,  free 
from  spasm,  and  sensible.  Nothing  ever  more  surprised  me;  but  we 
cannot  always  parry  death,  so  there  is  an  end  to  it. 

General  Arnold  left  this  yesterday,  with  positive  orders  to  follow 
him  this  evening  or  to-morrow  morning.  I  sent  for  Scull  to  take 
care  of  the  General  and  Pettery.  He  is  just  now  arrived.  I  purpose 
to  have  Pettery  removed  to  Patenter  [Palatine],  where  Scull  and  two 
regimental  mates  will  take  care  of  him  and  the  other  wounded.  This 
evening  I  will  pursue  General  Arnold,  and  I  apprehend  will  overtake 
him  at  Fort  Dayton. 

I  just  now  received  a  letter  of  good  tidings  from  Doctor  Treat.  My 
best  compliments  to  him  with  thanks.  I  hope,  in  a  few  days  to  have 
an  opportunity  of  congratulating  him  and  the  other  patriotic  gentle- 
men in  a  letter,  with  good  news  from  the  Western  Army. 

The  place  and  hour  of  glory  draws  nigh.  No  news  from  Fort 
Schuyler.     I  am,  dear  Doctor, 

Your  most  obedient  and  humble  servant, 

Robert  Johnston.'2 

Letter  from  Dr.    William   Shippen,  Director  General  of  United  States 

Hospitals. 

Philadelphia,  25th  August,  1777. 

My  Dear  Doctor:  Your  medicines,  &c,  have  been  ordered  several 
weeks  from  Reading,  and  must  be  gone  before  now.  I  have  now 
directed  a  cask  of  excellent  wine  and  some  spirits  for  your  hospital, 
as  1  know  a  little  is  very  necessary.  The  countenance  of  your 
affairs  is  very  fair  and  pleasing,  and  all  must  be  well  if  Mr.  Bur- 
goyne  can  be  prevailed  upon  to  come  down  far  enough  iuto  the 
country.  I  am  afraid  he  will  retire  to  that  important  post  Fortress 
Ticonderoga,  and  I  am  sure  he  will  not  run  away  from,  as  we  have 
done;  perhaps  we  had  good  reasons.  Stark's  affair  is  great,  very 
great — pray  let  the  honest  fellows  who  were  wounded  be  tenderly 
dressed.  I  expect  your  returns  next  week.  Dr.  Brown  has  my  good 
wishes.  *  *  *  *  General  Washington  marched  at  the  head  of 
near  10,000  regular  troops  through  the  city  yesterday  morning. 
To-day  2,500  more  follow  him  towards  Elk  river,  where  Howe's  fleet 
lies.  3,000  militia  are  at  Chester,  and  in  eight  days  the  General 
will  be  able  to  attack  the  British  army  with  20,000  foot  and  350 
horse,  well  mounted.  Howe  will  not  dare  to  meet  them.  We  all 
look  up,  and  tories  down.     Messrs.  Penn,  Chew,  Tilghman,  E.  and  J., 

1  Joseph  Pettery  was  a  nephew  of  the  general's,  a  bravo  soldier,  who,  after  ho 
was  wounded  and  his  leg  fractured  by  two  bullets,  killed  an  Indian  with  his  own 
tomahawk. 

2  Johnston  was  senior  surgeon  from  Maryland. 


1864]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  33 

Shippen,  J.  Lawrence,  J.  Hamilton,  gave  their  parole.     Adieu,  pros- 
per and  believe  me,  Dr.  Potts, 

Your  affectionate  and  humble  servant, 

W.  SnippEN.1 

Letter  from  Dr.  Hagan. 

Bennington,  Sept.  21,  1717. 

Dear  General:  Every  opportunity  of  writing  affords  me  pleasure, 
and  believe  me  the  present  situation  of  affairs  renders  me  very  anxious 
to  hear  from  you. 

I  would  willingly  mention  several  things  to  you,  but  I  know  your 
mind  at  present  is  so  taken  up  with  matters  of  importance  that  you 
cannot  attend  to  small  affairs.  It  may  not  be  amiss  to  mention  the 
disagreeable  situation  of  the  wounded  prisoners,  which  the  ap- 
proaching season  seems  to  threaten  every  day,  and  I'm  confident  that 
it  will  be  impossible  to  procure  any  other  house  for  them  than  what 
they  at  present  occupy. 

1  have  discovered  from  the  German  officer,  who  is  a  cornet  of 
horse,  and  left  here  to  see  the  patients  well  treated,  that  the  great- 
est discord  prevails  between  them  and  the  British,  and  he  is  much 
disobliged  that  General  Burgoyne  did  not  write  to  him,  and  declared 
to  me  in  confidence  if  the  Germans  knew  they  were  so  much  despised 
(as  he  finds  they  are)  by  the  British,  it  would  be  attended  with  the 
most  dreadful  consequences.  One  night,  while  Bacchus  made  us 
both  laugh,  he  told  me  Burgoyne  had  more  Germans  in  his  army 
than  British,  and  if  ever  he  lived  to  return,  the  behavior  of  the  Brit- 
ish officers  should  be  no  secret  to  General  Riedesell.  You  must 
know  the  whole  blame  of  the  late  expedition  is  attributed  to  the 
Germans.  The  British  officer,  who  is  my  patient,  has  hinted  to  me 
that  he  believes  General  Howe  and  his  master  would  be  very  glad 
if  General  Lee  was  not  in  their  possession,  and  I  find  it  is  the  pre- 
vailing opinion  among  them  that  very  soon  he  will  get  leave  to  slip 
away.  Yesterday  I  heard  that  we  had  taken  250  of  the  enemy,  and 
when  I  told  it  to  the  German  officer,  and  that  they  were  British,  he 
expressed  the  greatest  satisfaction,  and  wished  with  all  his  soul 
their  whole  army  might  meet  with  a  defeat,  such  is  their  jealousy. 
Believe  me  to  be  sincerely 

Your  humble  servant, 

Francis  Hagan.2 

Letter  from  British  Surgeon  Hayes  after  the  battle  at  Saratoga, 
Sir:  Nothing  but  the  hurry  of  business  and  my  visit  to  Sir  Fran- 
cis Clarke3  co'd  have    prevented  your   having  the  enclosed  returns, 
which  I  fancy  are  very  correct,  before  this  time. 
An  order  from  the  General  for  me  to  remain  at  this  place  seems  to 

1  Dr.  Sliippeii  was  the  son  of  Dr.  William  Shippen  ;  graduated  at  Princeton, 
1754;  studied  medicine  in  Edinburgh,  and  was  the  founder  of  the  first  medical 
school  in  America  at  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Potts  had  been  one  of  his  pupils.  Died  in 
1808. 

2  Hagan  was  one  of  the  senior  surgeons  of  the  northern  department. 

3  Sir  Francis  Clarke  was  the  senior  aid  of  General  Burgoyne,  and  died  as  Dr, 
Hayes,  the  British  surgeon  predicted. 


34  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  [Jan., 

be  almost  unnecessary,  as  it  cannot  be  supposed  I  should  desert  the 
sick  and  wounded  left  under  my  care,  to  see  a  Country  I  know  noth- 
ing of.  My  whole  time  shall  be  devoted  to  their  services  if  per- 
mitted; and  I  dare  say  my  conduct  will  never  deserve  any  censure 
from  those  whose  orders  I  may  happen  to  receive.  I  hope  this 
order  will  not  preclude  me  from  seeing  my  friend  Sir  Francis  Clarke 
to  his  last,  which  I  fear  will  soon  arrive. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  Your  most  obedient  and  humble  servant, 

John  McNamara  Hayes. 
October  15,  Hit. 

Letter  from  Dr.  James  Broivne. 

Albany,  December  24,   1777. 

My  Dear  Director  :  In  the  mess  the  utmost  harmony  prevails. 
*  *  *  Gen.  Lincoln1  is  in  a  fair  way  of  recovery.  *  *  *  In 
his  character  is  united  the  resolution  of  the  soldier;  the  politeness  of 
the  gentleman,  the  patient  philosopher,  and  pious  Christian. 

Not  so  the  gallant  Arnold.  His  peevishness  would  degrade  the 
most  capricious  of  the  fair  sex  ;  nor  is  his  wound,  tho'  less  dangerous 
in  the  beginning  than  Lincoln's,  in  so  fair  a  way  of  healing. 

He  abuses  us  for  a  set  of  ignorant  pretenders  and  empirics.     *     * 
I  am,  with  all  possible  affection,  your  friend, 

J.  Browne.2 

After  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  a  large  portion  of  Gates'  army 
reinforced  Washington.  The  General,  in  concluding  his  letter  to 
John  Hancock,  the  President  of  Congress,  announcing  his  victory, 
adds  :  "I  cannot  close  my  letter  without  requesting  your  Excellency 
to  inform  Congress  of  the  good  care  and  attention  with  which  Dr. 
Pott's  and  the  gentlemen  of  the  General  Hospital  have  conducted  the 
business  of  their  Department.  I  must  beg  that  some  honorary  mark 
of  the  favor  of  Congress  may  be  shown  to  Dr.  Pott's  and  his  sub- 
ordinate associates." 

On  the  10th  of  November,  1777,  having  obtained  a  furlough,  he  left 
Albany  to  visit  his  wife  and  friends  in  Pennsylvania.  While  with 
his  family  in  Reading,  lie  was  appointed  by  Congress,  Director 
General  of  the  Hospitals  of  the  Middle  Department,  and  also  Purveyor 
General. 

As  long  as  the  army  was  at  Valley  Forge  it  was  compatible  with 
his  duties  to  live  with  his  family  at  Reading,  and  his  correspondents 
addressed  him  there,  as  the  superscription  of  their  letters  show. 

Letter  from  Dr.  James  Craik. 

Dear  Sir  :  The  waggons  arrived  yesterday  ;  and  the  waggoner  has 
returned  back  to  Reading.  I  observe  my  friend  Bond  has  not  sent 
me  any  bedding,  so  that  I  am  afraid  I  shall  be  at  a  loss  when  we 
come  to  march.  *  *  *  As  the  General  has  desired  all  the 
Orderlys  to  join  their  regiments  by  the  first  of  June,  and  we  have 

1  Lincoln  was  shot  in  the  thigh  by  a  sharpshooter,  and  Arnold  in  the  leg  while 
lending  a  charge. 

2  Dr.  Browne  was  the  surgeon  general  in  the  northern  department,  and  from 
Maryland. 


1864.]  Sketch  of  Doctor  Jonathan  Potts.  35 

already  had  some  suffering  with  some  of  the  Colonels  about  them,  I 
wish  some  method  could  be  fallen  on  to  employ  women  that  can  be 
depended  on.  The  Gen'l  says  we  may  at  least  enlist  them  for  the 
same  money  that  soldiers  arc,  for  he  can  no  longer  bear  having  an 
army  on  paper,  and  not  have  them  to  act  on  the  field.  We  still  have 
fresli  accounts  of  the  Enemy  preparing  to  move  some  where,  and  I 
believe  they  are  going  off.  They  are  putting  their  horses  on  board, 
their  cannon,  and  heavy  baggage,  and  they  seem  to  be  in  great  con- 
fusion in  the  city.  *  *  *  I  am  day  by  day  expecting  the  pleasure 
of  seeing  you  here. 

Your  most  ob't  and  humble  serv't, 

Jas.  Craik.1 
Head  Quarters,  May  24,  1778. 


Letter  from  Dr.  John  Cochran. 

Morristown,  March  18,  1780. 

Dear  Sir  :  I  received  your  favor  by  Dr.  Bond,  and  am  extremely 
sorry  for  the  present  situation  of  the  Hospital  finances.  Our  stores 
have  all  been  expended  for  two  weeks  past,  and  not  less  than  600 
regimental  sick  and  lame,  most  of  whom  require  some  assistance, 
which  being  withheld,  are  languishing  and  must  suffer. 

I  flatter  myself  you  have  no  blame  in  this  matter,  but  curse  on 
him  or  them  by  whom  this  evil  is  produced.  The  vengeance  of  an 
offended  Deity  must  overtake  the  miscreants  sooner  or  later.  It  grieves 
my  soul  to  see  the  poor,  worthy,  brave  fellows  pine  away  for  Want 
of  a  few  comforts,  which  they  have  dearly  earned. 

I  shall  wait  on  his  Excellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  and  re- 
present our  situation,  but  I  am  persuaded  it  can  have  little  effect,  for 
what  can  he  do?  He  may  refer  the  matter  to  Congress,  they  to  the 
Medical  Committee,  who  will  probably  powwow  over  it  awhile,  and 
no  more  be  heard  of  it.  The  few  stores  sent  on  by  Dr.  Bond  in  your 
absence  are  not  yet  arrived.  I  suppose  owing  to  the  badness  of  the 
roads.     If  they  come  they  will  give  us  some  relief  for  a  few  weeks. 

Compliments  to  all  friends,  and  believe  me,  Dear  Sir, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

John  Cochran.2 

It  was  not  the  will  of  Providence  that  Dr.  Potts  should  live  to  see 
the  independence  of  his  country  achieved,  for  which  he  so  ardently 
longed.  In  the  year  1781,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-four,  he  died. 
His  executors  were  his  brother  Samuel  and  his  early  friend  General 
Mifflin. 

The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Grace  Potts  were: 

1.  Grace,  married  to  a  cousin,  Wm.  Potts.     She  died  in  1809. 

2.  Beuj.  Rush  Potts,  bom  in  1768.  Left  home  and  fate  unknown. 
Supposed  to  have  married  and  lived  twenty  miles  from  Wheeling, 
Va.,  in  Ohio. 

1  The  name  of  Dr.  Craik  will  always  be  associated  with  the  death  bed  of  Wash-* 
ington.     He  was  a  Scotchman,  who  came  to  America  with  Braddock's  army. 

2  Dr.  Cochrane  was  a  native  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Married  a  sifter  of  General 
Schuyler,  and  died  at  Palatine,  N.  y.,  in  1807,  aged  77. 


36  Greenwood  Portraits,  §c.  [Jan. 

3.  Clement  Potts,  died  in  infancy. 

4.  Deborah  Claypoole  Potts,  born  1710;  died  1198;  wife  of  Thomas 
Shallcross. 

5.  Dr.  Francis  Potts,  born  1112  ;  died  about  1812. 

6.  Horatio  Gates  Potts,  died  in  infancy. 
1.  Edward  Potts,  b.  in  1180;  died  young. 


Historical  and  Philosophical  Genealogy. — Genealogical  investiga- 
tions should  have  two  great  objects  in  view.  First,  to  ascertain  and 
record  the  most  important  facts  in  the  history  of  generations,  families 
and  individual  persons;  and,  secondly,  to  abstract,  analyze  and  clas- 
sify these  facts  so  that  they  may  illustrate  the  Natural  History  of 
the  race  to  which  they  refer.  The  former  may  be  denominated 
Historical  Genealogy,  and  the  latter  Philosophical  Genealogy.  Hith- 
erto, investigations  have  been  confined  almost  exclusively  to  the  first 
department  of  these  inquiries  ;  and  the  incidents  of  personal  history 
have  possessed  sufficient  interest  to  secure  attention.  Philosophical 
Genealogy  is,  however,  of  much  more  importance.  The  great  truths 
it  develops  might  be  applied  to  facilitate  our  personal  improvement, 
and  to  increase  our  happiness  in  the  every-day  acts  and  duties  of 
life.  Considered  in  this  light,  Genealogy  becomes  a  science  of  the 
utmost  utility.  Though  it  has  as  yet  received  little  attention,  and 
been  but  imperfectly  understood  or  appreciated,  it  should  never- 
theless be  a  popular  science,  and  should  take  its  place  among  the 
most  important  objects  deserving  attention  and  investigation. — Lem- 
uel Shattuck. 


Greenwood  Portraits,  &c. — The  inventory  of  the  personal  estate 
of  Samuel  Greenwood,  of  Boston,  taken  in  the  year  1121,  mentions 
as  hanging  "in  the  Hall  (of  the  mansion  house,)  4  Pictures,  figures 
of  Family."  Two  of  these  pictures  were  evidently  those  of  Samuel 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Bronsdon).  The  others  may  have  been  his 
parents,  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Allen)  Greenwood,  or  his  son  and 
daughter-in-law,  Capt.  Samuel,  Jr.,  and  Mary  (Fitch)  Greenwood. 
At  the  sale  of  the  estate  in  1141  these  pictures  were  dispersed,  though 
perhaps  retained  in  the  family  of  a  younger  brother,  Joseph  G.,  of 
Woburn  and  Boston,  who  died  in  1181,  oe.  18.  The  portrait  of  Sam- 
uel Greenwood,  Sen.,  turned  up  in  the  spring  of  1810,  and  was  then 
temporarily  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Mary  (Greenwood)  Gay,  of 
Dedham,  but  further  trace  of  it  is  lost.  Prof.  Isaac  Greenwood,  of 
Harvard  College,  at  his  decease  in  South  Carolina,  1145,  left  "a  large 
collection  of  manuscripts,"  which  passed  probably  into  the  hands  of 
his  administrator,  Gideon  Norton,  as  they  are  not  retained  by  his 
descendants. 

Any  information  as  to  the  pictures  or  manuscripts,  if  extant,  will 
be  thankfully  received  by  the  subscriber. 

I.  J.  Greenwood,  Jr.,  142  W.  14th  st.,  New  York. 


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1.  Site  of  former  entrance  to  Potammagutt  or  old  ship  harbor.    The  locality  of  the  old  ship  is  repre- 
sented in  black. 

2.  Present  entrance  to  Chatham  harbor. 

3.  Islnnd  ledp;e. 

4.  Webb's  island. 

£>.  Namskachet  creek. 


1864.]  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  37 


AN  ACCOUNT   OF  THE   DISCOVERY   OF  AN  ANCIENT  SHIP 
ON  THE  EASTERN  SHORE  OF  CAPE  COD. 

[Communicated  by  Amos  Otis,  Esq.,  of  Yarmouth  Port,  Mass.] 

Our  earliest  historians  record  that  in  1626  a  ship  entered  a  harbor 
on  the  eastern  coast  of  Cape  Cod,  and  that  while  therein,  a  violent 
storm  arose,  closed  its  entrance,  and  prevented  her  departure.  This 
harbor  was  known  to  the  first  settlers  as  "The  Old  Ship  Harbor;" 
but  the  memory  of  its  location  has  faded  from  the  minds  of  the  men 
of  the  present  generation,  and  exists  only  in  the  form  of  an  uncertain 
tradition.  I  have  made  many  inquiries  of  the  aged  respecting  its 
location,  but  could  obtain  no  certain  information.  There  is  another 
tradition,  more  uncertain  and  unreliable,  that  the  name  of  the  Old 
Ship  was  Sparrow  Hawk. 

In  this  article  I  propose  to  give  an  account  of  the  discovery,  and 
a  description  of  the  remains  of  the  wreck  of  an  old  ship  recently 
uncovered  by  the  waves  and  currents  of  the  ocean  at  Orleans  ;  to 
state  with  some  particularity,  the  evidence,  which  seems  to  prove 
beyond  a  reasonable  doubt,  that  those  remains  belong  to  the  ship 
which  Gov.  Bradford  informs  us  was  lost  in  Potanumaqut  harbor 
in  the  winter  of  1626-7,  (or  to  some  still  more  ancient  ship).  This 
evidence  is  principally  based  on  the  history  of  the  remarkable  geo- 
logical changes  that  have  occurred  on  the  coast,  since  its  discovery. 
Archer's  account  of  Gosnold's  voyage  around  the  cape,  in  1602,  and 
of  the  appearance  of  the  coast,  is  so  unlike  anything  seen  by  the 
modern  mariner,  that  his  relation  has  been  considered  a  myth,  or 
traveler's  tale,  unreliable  and  unworthy  of  credence.  Geological  in- 
quiries may  seem  out  of  place  in  a  historical  and  genealogical  journal; 
but  if  they  do  nothing  more,  they  will  verify  the  accuracy  of  Archer's 
descriptions,  and  thus  aid  us  in  our  investigations  of  the  truths  of 
history. 

The  accounts  of  the  wrecked  ship  in  Morton  and  Prince  are  copied 
from  Bradford.  Morton  is  not  careful  in  his  dates,  but  he  informs  us 
that  the  master  was  a  Scotchman  named  Johnston,  a  fact  not  stated 
by  Bradford.  Mr.  Prince,  with  his  accustomed  accuracy,  states  that 
a  ship  was  lost  in  the  beginning  of  the  winter  [December],  1626. 
Gov.  Bradford's  description  of  the  place  where  the  ship  was  lost, 
would  be  perfectly  clear  and  distinct,  if  the  configuration  of  the 
coast  was  the  same  now  as  it  was  when  he  wrote.  Namaskachet 
creek  remains,  but  Isle  Nauset,  Points  Care  and  Gilbert,  have 
been  swept  away  by  the  waves  and  currents  of  the  ocean.  Where 
Monamoiek  bay  was,  there  is  a  straight  line  of  sea  coast;  where 
an  open  sea  then  was,  now  long  beaches  meet  the  eye;  and  where 
were  navigable  waters,  now  we  see  sandy  wastes  and  salt  meadows. 
Such  remarkable  changes  having  been  made  in  the  configuration 
of  this  coast  since  its  discovery  by  Gosnuld,  and  its  examination  by 
Smith  in  1614,  is  it  surprising  that  the  knowledge  of  the  location  of 
"Old  Ship  Harbor"  should  have  been  lost,  or  that  the  readers  of 
Bradford  should  have  been  unable  to  determine  where  Monamoiek 
bay  was  ? 

4 


38  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  [Jan., 

Prof.  Agassiz,  of  Cambridge,  in  company  with  the  writer  and  others, 
has  recently  made  a  careful  geological  examination  of  the  eastern 
coast  of  the  towns  of  Eastham,  Orleans  and  Chatham.  An  account 
of  this  examination  will  hereafter  be  given.  For  my  present  pur- 
pose it  is  sufficient  to  state,  that  the  result  was  a  verification  of  the 
accuracy  of  Archer's  description  of  the  coast. 

This  examination  enables  me  to  draw  an  outline  map  of  the  coast 
as  it  was  in  1602,  and  in  1626.  I  have  also  a  map  of  the  harbors, 
beaches  and  salt  meadows  as  they  were,  and  as  they  now  are. 

Gov.  Bradford,  in  his  history,  page  217  and  following,  states,  that 
in  the  beginning  of  the  winter  of  1626-7,  a  ship  with  many  passen- 
gers, and  sundry  goods,  bound  to  Virginia,  "  came  so  neare  ye  shoulds 
of  Cap —  Codd,  or  else  ran  stumbling  over  them  inye  night,  they  knew 
not  how,  they  came  right  before  a  small  blind  harbore,  that  lyes 
aboute  ye  midle  of  Manamoyake  Bay,  to  ye  southward  of  Cap — 
Codd,  with  a  small  gale  of  wind  ;  and  about  high  water  toucht  upon 
a  barr  of  sand  that  lyes  before  it,  but  had  no  hurte,  ye  sea  being 
smoth  ;  so  they  laid  out  an  anchore.  But  towards  the  eveing  the 
wind  sprunge  up  at  sea,  and  was  so  rough,  as  broake  their  cable, 
and  beat  them  over  the  barr  into  ye  harbor,  wher  they  saved  their 
lives  and  goods,  though  much  were  hurte  with  salt  water;  for  wth  beat- 
ing they  had  sprung  ye  but  end  of  a  planke  or  too,  and  beat  out 
ther  occoine  ;  but  they  were  soone  over,  and  ran  on  a  drie  flate 
within  the  harbor,  close  by  a  beach  ;  so  at  low  water  they  gatt  out 
their  goods  on  drie  shore,  and  dried  those  that  were  wette,  and  saved 
most  of  their  things  without  any  great  loss;  neither  was  ye  ship 
much  hurt,  but  shee  might  be  mended,  and  made  servisable  againe." 
Gov.  Bradford  adds  that  the  shipwrecked  mariners  were  visited  by 
Indians  who  could  speak  English,  and  who  offered  to  carry  letters, 
or  conduct  them  to  Plymouth.  Two  men  were  sent  with  a  letter  to 
Gov.  Bradford.  He  ordered  a  boat  to  be  made  ready,  and  went  him- 
self to  their  assistance,  carrying  pitch,  oakum,  spikes,  &c.  for  the 
repairs  of  the  ship.  He  landed  at  "  Naumskachett"  creek,  on  the 
bay  or  inside  of  the  cape,  about  two  miles  from  the  place  where  the 
ship  then  was.  Indians  were  procured,  the  materials  were  carried 
over,  the  ship  was  repaired,  got  off,  and  her  cargo  put  on  board.  A 
few  days  after  another  violent  storm  arose,  the  ship  was  again 
driven  on  shore,  "and  so  beatten  and  shaken  as  she  was  now  wjioly 
unfitte  to  goe  to  sea;"  consequently  the  ship  was  abandoned,  her  cargo 
transported  to  Plymouth,  and  her  mariners  and  passengers  remained 
at  that  town  till  "  the  latter  part  of  the  following  summer,  when 
they  took  passage  for  Virginia." 

Naumskachett,  or  Na-mas-ka-ket  creek  is  a  part  of  the  boundary 
line  between  the  present  towns  of  Brewster  and  Orleans.  From  the 
boat  landing  on  that  creek  to  the  navigable  waters  of  Pot-a-numa- 
quut,  it  is  about  two  miles;  to  Nauset  harbor  the  distance  is  greater. 
This  fact,  taken  in  connection  with  Gov.  Bradford's  statement, 
proves  beyond  any  controversy  that  Potauumaqut  was  the  harbor 
into  which  the  ship  "  stumbled." 

The  following  are  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  discovery  :  On  the 
6th  of  May,  1863,  Messrs.  Solomon  Linnell,  2d,  and  Alfred  Rogers, 
of    Orleans   were   on  Nauset  Beach,  and  discovered  portions  of   a 


1864.]  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  39 

wreck.  Mr.  Linnell  was  at  the  same  place  on  the  4th,  when  no  part 
of  the  wreck  was  visible.  This  proves  that  it  was  uncovered 
between  the  4th  and  6th  of  May,  1863.  When  first  discovered  it 
was  partially  covered  with  the  marsh  mud  in  which  the  wreck  had 
been  imbedded.  On  removing  some  of  the  mud  they  found  a  quan- 
tity of  charcoal,  and  the  appearance  of  the  timbers  and  planks 
indicated  that  the  vessel,  of  which  these  were  the  remains,  had  been 
burnt  down  to  light  water  mark.  On  Saturday,  May  9,  Leander 
Crosby,  Esq.,  visited  the  wreck,  and  collected  a  lot  of  beef  and 
mutton  bones,  several  soles  of  shoes,  probably  made  for  sandals,  a 
smoking  pipe,  of  the  kind  used  by  smokers  of  opium,  and  a  metallic 
box.  Afterwards,  in  company  with  Messrs.  Linnell  and  Rogers,  he 
took  out  the  keelson  of  the  wreck,  and  the  remains  of  the  stern  post 
and  rudder. 

Soon  after  the  discovery  of  the  wreck,  it  was  visited  by  John 
Doane,  jr.,  Esq.,  and  Doct.  B.  F.  Seabury,  who  made  an  exact  meas- 
urement of  the  portions  of  the  wreck  then  remaining,  for  the  drawing 
accompanying  this  article. 

The  peculiar  model  of  the  wreck  excited  the  curiosity  of  the 
people,  and  although  four  miles  from  the  village,  it  was  visited  by 
hundreds,  and  each  one  took  a  fragment  as  a  memento  of  his  visit. 
At  the  time  the  writer  was  there,  the  current  had  swept  out  a  basin 
in  the  sand  around  the  wreck,  and,  it  being  low  tide,  every  part 
excepting  the  keel  could  be  examined.  One  striking  peculiarity  was 
immediately  noticed  by  every  one, — the  long,  tail-like  projection  at 
the  stern.  The  oldest  sailor  never  saw  a  vessel  built  on  that  model. 
She  must  have  had,  to  use  a  nautical  expression,  "  a  clean  run,"  and 
have  been  a  good  sailer,  and  a  good  sea  boat.  There  are  other 
peculiarities  in  her  construction  :  her  frames,  midships,  are  perfect 
semi-circles.  At  the  head  of  each  timber,  a  piece  of  plank  about 
seven  inches  wide  and  nine  long  was  spiked  to  the  timber,  and 
to  the  ceiling.  These  pieces  of  plank,  or  gluts,  were  fitted  to 
the  adjoining  timbers,  and  driven  hard,  the  object  being  to  pre. 
vent  the  timbers  from  moving  or  working  in  their  places.  The  top 
of  the  glut  was  bevelled,  and  resembled  a  wedge  with  a  very 
thick  edge.  On  the  top  of  this  the  next  timber  was  placed,  and 
fastened  to  the  glut.  A  similar  plan  has  recently  been  introduced 
in  ship  building,  and  considered  a  great  improvement. 

The  ship  was  well  and  strongly  built.  The  frame  was  of  English 
oak,  hewn  six  inches  square,  with  square  corners;  there  was  not  a 
wany-edged  timber  in  the  frame,  showing  that  she  had  been  most 
carefully  built.  The  frames  were  placed  side  by  side,  and  not  an  open 
place  could  be  found,  into  which  the  hand  could  be  thrust  flatwise. 
A  few  of  the  stern  timbers  were  of  locust,  or  a  wood  that  resembled 
it.  The  outer  planks  and  the  ceiling  were  of  English  oak,  two 
inches  or  two  and  a  quarter  thick. 

The  drawing  exhibits  the  form  at  light  water  mark,  or  at  the 
head  of  the  futtock  or  second  timber-heads,  most  of  which  remain. 
If  the  plan  had  been  taken  at  the  head  of  the  floor  timbers,  it  would 
have  exhibited  her  peculiar  model  in  a  stronger  light.  The  length 
of  her  keel  was  about  35  feet,  12J  feet  breadth,  at  light  water  mark. 
A  part  of  the  timbers  at  the    bow   had   been   taken  away  ;  but  por- 


40  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  [Jan., 

tions  of  the  planking  remained,  showing  the  form.  The  stem  was 
also  gone.  The  ship  builder  can  judge  of  the  peculiarity  of  her 
form  by  the  amount  of  dead  wood,  at  her  stem,  and  the  moulding  of 
her  frames.  The  stern  post  was  six  inches  square,  straight,  and 
secured  to  the  keel  ;  the  next  timber  was  six  inches  at  the  bottom 
and  seven  at  the  top  ;  the  3d  about  8  ;  the  4th  about  9  ;  the  5th 
about  10  ;  and  the  sixth  was  a  narrow  knee,  open  a  little  at  the  top. 
The  length  of  the  portions  of  these  timbers  remaining,  I  omitted  to 
take  ;  they  were  about  four  feet,  a  little  higher  than  the  heads  of  the 
floor  timbers.  The  seventh  was  a  frame,  though  very  narrow  at  the 
bottom.  There  were  twenty-three  regular  frames  remaining,  or  forty- 
six  timbers,  not  counting  the  six  at  the  stern.  At  the  bow  several 
frames  were  missing.  The  planks  were  fastened  with  spikes  and 
treenails,  in  the  same  manner  as  at  the  present  time.  Some  of  the 
treenails  had  been  wedged  after  they  were  first  driven,  showing  that 
some  repairs  had  been  made. 

The  timbers  and  planks  of  the  old  ship  are  very  sound,  there  is  no 
appearance  of  rot.  There  are  no  barnacles  upon  them,  they  are  not 
eaten  by  worms,  and  there  is  no  indication  that  they  have  been  for 
any  considerable  length  of  time  exposed  to  the  action  of  the  ele- 
ments. The  spikes,  bolts  and  other  fastenings  of  iron  have  entirely 
disappeared.  Even  the  rudder  braces,  which  are  always  made  of 
thick  bars,  are  gone.  They  had  not  been  wrenched  off,  for  the  mor- 
tices in  which  they  had  been  inserted,  and  the  places  where  the 
spikes  with  which  they  had  been  fastened  were  driven,  bore  no 
marks  that  violence  had  been  used — rust  had  gradually  consumed 
them,  and  discolored  sand  indicated  the  places  where  the  iron  once 
was.  The  wreck  was  imbedded  in  marsh  mud,  and  covered  deeply 
in  sand.  Under  such  circumstances  air  was  almost  wholly  excluded, 
and  oxidation  must  have  been  slow. 

Though  called  a  ship,  she  had  only  one  mast,  and  that,  as  shown 
by  the  mortice  in  the  keelson,  was  nearly  midship.  Respecting  her 
size,  only  an  approximation  to  it  can  be  obtained.  A  modern  built 
vessel  of  her  length  of  keel  and  breadth  of  beam  would  hardly 
exceed  forty  tons  burthen.  But  in  former  times  vessels  had  a  greater 
depth  of  hold  in  proportion  to  their  length  than  at  the  present  time. 
This  would  increase  her  tonnage.  Seventy  tons  is  as"  large  a  burthen 
to  assign  to  her  as  the  known  facts  will  warrant.  The  Mayflower 
was  200  tons  burthen,  and  brought  over  101  passengers.  This  ship 
did  not  probably  have  half  that  number. 

In  August  last  the  wreck  was  again  covered  with  sand,  and  is 
now  buried  several  feet  below  the  surface,  where  it  may  remain 
undiscovered  for  ages.  Centuries  hence  some  plodding  antiquarian 
may  labor  to  prove  it  to  be  the  same  I  have  described  in  this  article. 

One  point  more  remains  to  be  considered.  Is  the  wreck  recently 
discovered  a  part  of  Capt.  Johnston's  ship,  lost  in  1G26  ?  The 
reader  will  look  at  his  map.  "  He  Nawset"  was  of  the  drift  formation, 
hilly,  and  in  some  parts  rocky.  No  part  of  it  now  remains.  About 
fifty  years  ago,  a  small  portion  of  it  called  Slut's  Bush,  had  not 
washed  away.  The  sand  on  its  shores,  and  most  of  which  has  been 
washed  by  the  currents  from  the  north,  has  blown  inward  by  the 
winds,  covering  the  meadows  within,  and  in  some  places  filling  the 


1864.]  Discovery  of  an  Jlncient  Ship.  41 

navigable  channels  and  harbors  on  the  west.  In  some  places  the 
waves  of  the  ocean  have  swept  across  the  beach,  and  transported 
immense  quantities  of  sand  to  the  meadows  in  a  single  tide.  The 
salt  meadows,  which  were  on  the  west  side  of  He  Nauset,  for  years, 
have  been  cropping  out  on  the  east  side  of  the  beach.  Some  of  the 
marked  bound  stakes,  of  the  eight  great  lots  into  which  the  Pota- 
numaqut  meadows  were  divided  in  1750,  have  been  found  on  the 
east  side.     The  meadows  have  not  moved,  the  beach  has. 

The  wreck  of  the  Old  Ship  is  on  the  second  lot  of  the  Potanumaqut 
meadows.  This  was  always  known  as  the  Old  Ship  lot,  but  why  it 
was  so  called  no  one  could  explain.  Now  the'reason  is  apparent. 
The  position  of  the  wreck  has  not  probably  changed  since  it  sunk  in 
the  place  where  it  now  lies.  At  low  tide,  there  are  about  two  feet  of 
water  around  it,  showing  that  at  high  water  there  was  a  sufficient 
depth  to  have  floated  a  vessel  of  seventy  tons  burthen.  Every  por- 
tion of  the  wreck  is  below  the  line  of  the  surface  of  the  meadows. 
These  two  facts  prove  that  this  vessel  was  not  cast  away  upon  a 
beach,  nor  on  the  meadows. 

At  the  present  time  a  wreck  sunk  in  such  a  situation  would  be 
covered  with  sand  and  mud  in  the  course  of  a  mouth.  Similar  causes 
existed  then,  and  it  is  safe  to  assume  that  Capt.  Johnston's  vessel 
was  covered  up  very  soon  after  she  was  lost. 

Salt  meadows  do  not  form  on  a  shore  where  a  surf  beats,-  or  where 
a  strong  current  exists.  While  the  ancient  entrance  to  the  harbor 
was  open  there  was  such  a  current  on  the  west,  or  inside  of  Isle  Nau- 
set, which  preveuted  the  formation  of  salt  meadow  near  the  wreck. 
After  the  closing  of  the  old  entrance,  the  current  turned  west  of 
Pochett  and  Sampson's  islands,  and  found  an  outlet  through  Pleasant 
bay  to  Chatham  harbor,  thus  leaving  a  body  of  still  water  favorable 
to  the  rapid  formation  of  salt  meadows.  This  view  is  confirmed  by 
the  Eastham  records.  That  town  was  settled  in  1G46,  and  in  the 
early  division  of  meadows  the  Potanumaquut  are  not  named.  As 
salt  meadows  were  considered  more  valuable  then,  than  at  the  pre- 
sent time,  it  is  surprising  that  they  are  not  named  till  1750  if  they 
had  then  existed. 

Records  cannot  be  quoted  to  prove  the  antiquity  of  this  wreck, 
neither  can  it  be  proved  by  living  witnesses;  we  necessarily  have 
to  rely  on  other  testimony.  That  the  rust  had  entirely  consumed  all 
the  iron  used  in  its  construction  is  evidence  of  antiquity.  The  posi- 
tion of  the  wreck  in  reference  to  navigable  waters,  to  the  salt  mea- 
dows, and  to  the  beaches  is  reliable  testimony. 

Now  it  is  perfectly  certain  that  this  wreck  must  have  been  in  its 
present  position  since  the  year  1750,  or  113  years,  for  since  that 
date  there  have  been  no  navigable  waters  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
of  the  spot  where  it  lies.  It  is  also  certain  that  it  must  have  been  iu 
its  present  position  during  all  that  period,  prior  to  1750,  while  the 
meadows  were  forming  around  it,  and  on  the  west.  If  it  is  admitted 
that  those  meadows  are  of  recent  formation,  one  hundred  years 
would  be  a  low  estimate,  making  the  whole  time  213  years. 

If  it  be  said  that  the  Potanumaquut  meadows  belong  to  the  older 
and  not  to  the  recent  formation,  it  proves  too  much;  it  proves  that 
the  wreck  has  been  in  its  present  position  many  centuries — that  it  is 


42  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  [Jan., 

the  remains  of  an  old  ship  in  which  the  Northmen,  or  other  ancient 
navigators,  sailed. 

The  position  of  this  wreck  in  reference  to  the  salt  meadows  and 
to  the  beach  is  the  best  possible  evidence  of  its  antiquity.  If  driven 
there  it  must  have  been  by  a  westerly  wind,  which  would  cause  a 
low  tide.  Admitting  that  the  vessel,  of  which  this  wreck  is  the  re- 
mains, was  by  some  unknown  cause  forced  on  to  the  meadows,  how 
was  the  wreck  buried  below  the  line  of  the  surface  ?  To  suppose 
that  she  was  so  buried  on  hard  meadows  by  natural  causes  is  an 
impossibility.  That  the  wreck  was  there  first,  and  the  meadows 
formed  over  it,  seems  a  self  evident  truth,  and  judging  from  the  rate 
at  which  similar  meadows  have  formed,  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
years  is  not  an  unreasonable  length  of  time  to  assign  for  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Potannmaquut  meadows,  and  consequently  the  length 
of  time  that  the  wreck  of  the  "Old  Ship"  at  Orleans  has  remained 
in  its  present  position. 

Those  who  are  not  aware  of  the  remarkable  geological  changes 
that  have  occurred  on  the  eastern  coast  of  Cape  Cod  since  its  dis- 
covery doubt  the  truthfulness  of  Archer,  who  was  the  historian  of 
Gosnold's  voyages.  I  have  in  this  article  assumed  that  he  was  a 
careful  and  an  accurate  observer,  and  faithfully  recorded  what  he 
saw.  Great  geological  changes  make  their  own  records;  they  leave 
in  the  strata  and  in  the  various  deposits  the  footprints  which  the 
scientific  student  of  nature  can  trace  and  follow. 

Cape  Cod  was  discovered  by  Bartholomew  Gosnold,  May  15,  1602 
0.  S.  He  anchored  at  first  near  the  end  of  the  cape,  which  he 
called  Shoal  Hope,  but  afterwards  changed  to  the  name  it  has  since 
retained.  Afterwards  he  anchored  in  the  harbor,  in  latitude  42°. 
On  the  16th  he  sailed  round  the  cape.  After  proceeding  12  leagues 
in  this  circuitous  course  he  descried  a  point  of  land  "  a  good  dis 
tance  off"  with  shoals  near  it.  He  "kept  his  luff"  to  double  it,  ant 
after  passing  it  "  bore  up  again  with  the  land,"  and  at  night  an 
chored,  where  he  remained  that  night  and  the  following  day,  May  17 

He  saw  many  shoals  in  that  vicinit}7,  and  "  another  point  that  lav 
in  his  course."  On  the  l^th  he  sent  a  boat  to  sound  around  the 
point,  and  on  the  19th  passed  around  it  "in  four  or  five  fathoms  and 
anchored  a  league,  or  somewhat  more  beyond  it,"  in  latitude  41°  40'. 

Nothing  is  named  in  this  account  that  the  most  careless  observer 
would  not  have  seen  and  noted.  When  he  discovered  the  first  point 
he  was  off  Eastham,  a  little  north  of  the  beach  where  the  "Three 
Lights"  are  now  located.  He  saw  the  danger,  and  like  a  prudent 
mariner  kept  his  luff  to  avoid  it.  The  shoal  he  called  Tucker's  Ter- 
ror, the  headland  Point  Care.  After  passing  Point  Care  he  bore  up 
again  to  the  mainland.  This  description  of  the  coast  is  simple  and 
truthful.  To  determine  the  exact  position  of  Point  Care  is  attended 
with  some  difficulty.  That  it  was  the  north  end  headland  of  the  is- 
land, named  by  Capt.  John  Smith  "  He  Nawset,"  there  appears  to  be 
no  reason  to  doubt.  The  only  difficulty  is  in  determining  precisely 
where  the  north  end  of  that  island  was  in  1602.  The  northern  end 
of  it,  which  persons  living  remember,  was  opposite  the  present  en- 
trance to  Nauset  harbor.  In  1602  it  probably  extended  half  a  mile 
further  north,  that  is,  as  far  north  as  the  low  beach  extended.     That 


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persons  now  living  remember.  John  Doane,  Esq.,  now  seventy  years 
of  age,  was  born  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Point  Care.  His  father 
and  grandfather,  in  fact  all  his  ancestors  from  the  first  settlement, 
owned  the  land  and  the  meadows  between  lie  Nawset  and  the  main. 
He  says  that  within  his  recollection  Point  Care  has  worn  awa}'  about 
half  a  mile.  When  his  grandfather  was  a  boy,  Point  Care  extended 
much  further  into  the  ocean  than  it  did  when  he  was  young.  These 
are  not  vague  and  uncertain  recollections.  Mr.  Doane  points  to 
monuments,  and  the  exact  distance  that  the  ocean  has  encroached  on 
the  land  within  his  recollection  can  be  ascertained.  He  states  that 
fifty  years  ago  a  beach  extended  from  the  present  entrance  of  Nau- 
set  harbor  half  a  mile  north,  where  the  entrance  then  was.  Within 
this  beach  his  father  owned  ten  acres  of  salt  meadows,  on  which  he 
for  several  years  assisted  him  in  cutting  and  raking  the  hay. 
Now  where  that  beach  was  there  are  three  or  four  fathoms  of  water, 
and  whore  the  meadows  were  is  a  sand  bar  on  which  the  waves  con- 
tinually break,  and  make  Nauset  harbor  difficult  of  access.  Within 
his  memory  the  north  beach,  connected  with  the  Eastham  shore,  has 
extended  south  one  mile,  and  the  whole  beach  has  moved  inward 
about  its  width,  say  one-fourth  of  a  mile.  Formerly  there  were 
navigable  waters  between  Nauset  and  Potanumaquut  harbors.  It 
is  about  a  century  since  vessels  have  passed  through,  and  about  fifty 
years  since  the  passage  was  entirely  closed.  This  was  caused  by 
the  moving  of  Nauset  beach  inwards.  Dunes  always  travel  in- 
ward, never  outward,  let  the  direction  be  what  it  may. 

Mr.  Doane  says  that  his  grandfather  informed  him,  that  when  he 
was  young  a  rocky  swampy  piece  of  land,  known  as  Slut's  Bush, 
was  about  in  the  middle  of  Isle  Nauset;  that  many  berries  grew 
there,  and  that  he  had  repeatedly  been  there  to  pick  them.  When  the 
present  John  Doane,  Esq.,  was  a  lad,  only  the  western  edge  of  this 
swamp  remained.  The  roots  of  the  trees  and  bushes  that  grew  there 
ran  under  and  between  the  rocks  and  stones,  and  when  the  waves 
undermined  the  rocks,  the  whole,  rocks,  stumps  and  roots  settled  to- 
gether. Slat's  Bush  is  now  some  distance  from  the  shore,  in  deep 
water  ;  vessels  pass  over  it,  and  on  a  calm  day  the  stumps  and  roots 
may  be  seen  at  the  bottom.  The  fisherman  sometimes  gets  his  line 
entangled  with  them  and  pulls  them  up.  During  violent  gales  of 
wind  they  are  sometimes  loosened  and  driven  to  the  shore. 

Beyond  Slut's  Bush,  about  three  miles  from  the  shore,  there  is  a 
similar  ledge  called  Beriah's  ledge,  probably  formed  in  precisely  the 
same  manner   as  Slut's  Bush  ledge  is  known  to  have  been  formed. 

Six  nautical  miles  south  of  Point  Care,  Gosnold  discovered  another 
headland  which  he  named  Point  Gilbert.  Archer  furnishes  us  with 
all  the  particulars  respecting  the  soundings,  the  straits,  his  passing 
round  it,  and  anchoring  a  league  or  more  beyond  in  latitude  41°  40'. 
We  have  historical  and  circumstantial  evidence,  that  Point  Gilbert 
existed  in  1602;  it  united  with  the  main  land  at  James  head,  near 
Chatham  lights.  From  James  head,  on  its  south  shore,  it  extended 
nine  miles  on  an  east  by  south  course  to  its  eastern  terminus,  after- 
wards known  as  Webb's  island,  situate  where  Crabb's  ledge  now  is. 
Cape  Care  was  worn  away  by  the  gradual  abrasion  of  the  waves;  over 


44  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship.  Jan., 

Point  Gilbert  the  sea,  during  a  violent  gale,  swept,  carrying  away- 
long  sections  in  a  single  day. 

The  inner  ledge  on  the  line  of  Point  Gilbert  is  known  as  Island 
ledge,  and  the  name  indicates  that  the  sea  broke  over  the  point  at 
two  places  about  the  same  time.  Rev.  Dr.  Morse  states  that  Webb's 
island  at  one  time,  contained  fifteen  acres  of  rocky  land  covered  with 
wood  from  which  the  early  inhabitants  of  Nantucket  procured  fuel.* 
The  process  which  has  been  described  as  having  occurred  at  Slut's 
Bush  ledge  also  occurred  at  Crabb  and  Island  ledges;  the  stumps 
and  roots  of  the  trees  were  carried  down  by  the  superincumbent 
rocks.  Mr.  Joshua  Y.  Bearse,  who  resided  many  years  at  Monamoit 
point,  and  has  all  his  life  been  familiar  with  the  shoals  and  ledges 
near  Chatham,  informs  me  that  it  is  very  difficult  to  obtain  an  anchor 
lost  near  either  of  these  ledges;  the  sweeps  used,  catch  against  the 
rocks  and  stumps  at  the  bottom;  that  in  repeated  instances  he  has 
pulled  up  stumps  of  trees  from  the  bottom  where  the  water  is  four 
fathoms  deep.  He  also  states  that  after  the  violent  gale  in  1851, 
during  which  the  sea  broke  over  Nauset  Beach  where  the  ancient  en- 
trance to  Potanumaquut  harbor  was,  and  where  the  entrance  to 
Chatham  harbor  was  in  1775,  with  a  force  which  seems  almost  incre- 
dible, sweeping  away  banks  of  earth  20  feet  high,  cutting  channels 
therein  five  fathoms  deep,  moving  the  sea  around  to  its  very  bot- 
tom, and  tearing  up  the  old  stumps  which  had  been  there  more  than 
a  century.  Mr.  Bearse  states  that  more  than  one  hundred  of  these 
drifted  during  that  gale  to  the  shore  at  Monamoit  beach;  and  that  he 
picked  them  up  for  fuel.  A  part  of  these  were  stumps  that  bore  the 
marks  of  the  axe,  but  the  greater  part,  were  broken  or  rotted  off. 

These  old  stumps  did  not  grow  under  the  water;  they  did  not  float 
to  the  positions  from  which  they  were  dragged  up;  they  grew  in  a 
compact  rocky  soil  overlying  a  loose  sand.  The  waves  and  the 
currents  removed  the  loose  substratum,  and  the  rocks  and  the  stumps 
went  down  together  into  the  deep  water  where  they  are  now  found. 

From  the  place  where  Gosnold  anchored,  a  league  or  more  from 
Point  Gilbert,  there  was  an  open  sea  to  the  south-west.  Monamoit 
beach,  which  projects  out  eight  miles  south  from  Morris  island,  did 
not  then  exist;  there  was  nothing  there  to  impede  navigation. 

[Prof.  Agassiz,  who  is  the  author  of  the  geological  theory  which  the  accompany- 
ing map  delineates,  furnishes  us  with  the  following  note  dated  Cambridge,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1863  : 

"Surprising  and  perhaps  incredible  as  the  statements  of  Mr.  Amos  Otis  may  ap- 
pear they  are  nevertheless  the  direct  and  natural  inference  of  observations  which  may 
easily  be  made  along  the  eastern  coast  of  Cape  Cod.  Having  of  late  felt  a  special 
interest  in  the  geological  structure  of  that  remarkable  region,  I  have  repeatedly 
visited  it  during  the  past  summer,  and,  in  company  with  Mr.  Otis,  examined  on 
one  occasion,  with  the  most  minute  care,  the  evidence  of  the  former  existence 
of  Isle  Nauset  and  Point  Gilbert.  I  found  it  as  satisfactory  as  any  geological  evi- 
dence can  be.  Besides  its  scientific  interest,  this  result  has  some  historical  import- 
ance. At  all  events  it  fully  vindicates  Archer's  account  of  the  aspect  of  Cape  Cod 
at  the  time  of  its  discovery,  in  1(302,  and  shows  him  to  have  been  a  truthful  and 
accurate  observer." — Editoh.] 

*See  Morse's  Universal  Geography,  i  357,  ed.  1793. 


1864.]  Sudbury  Records.  45 


SUDBURY  RECORDS. 

[Copied  from  Middlesex  Records  by  A.  H.  Ward,  A.  M.,  of  West  Newton,  Mass.] 

Continued  from  Vol.  xvii,  page  315. 

Deaths. 

DAY.      MONTH.  YEAH. 

John,  son  of  John  Grout,  jr., ...dyed  14     11  1682 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob  Moore, "        9     12  1682 

Thomas,  son  of  Deacon  John  Haynes, "      30       3  1683 

Births. 

Thomas,  son  of  Richard  &  Mary  Burke, born     1  Nov.  1686 

Richard,  son  of  Richard  &  Rebecca  Adams,...     "      11  Apl.  1680 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  "  "  "  "        3  Feb.  1682 

Sarah,  daughter  of        "  "  "         ..     "        8  May,  1683 

John,  son  of  "  "  "  "      26  Oct.  1686 

Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Frost, "      23  Nov.  1686 

Josiah,  son  of  Roger  &  Ruth  Willis, "        8  Dec.  1686 

Eunice,  daughter  of  Stephen  &  Hannah  Gen- 

nings, "      12  Dec.  1686 

William,  son  of  William  &  Sarah  Walker,. . .      "       19  Jan.  1686-T 

Edmund,  son  of  Edmund  &  Dorothy  Goodenow,     "      28  Feb.  1686-1 

Daniel,  son  of  Jacob  &  Elizabeth  Moore, "      13  Apl.  1687 

David,  son  of  Zachariah  &  Hannah  Maynard,.      "       22  May,  1681 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Joseph  &  Dorothy  Free- 
man,      "        4  Aug.  1687 

Benjamin,  sou  of  James  &  Hannah  Smith,. ...      "         8  Aug.  1687 

Death. 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Deborah  Wedge,. .    dyed     9  Nov.  1686 

John  Green,  clerk. 

Births. 

Caleb,  son  of  Caleb  &  Dorothy  Johnson, born  18  Sept.  1687 

Joseph,  son  of  Matthew  &  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  jr.,     «'         7  Oct.  1687 

John,  son  of  Stephen  &  Susanna  Blanford "         1  Oct.  1687 

Josiah,  son  of  George  &  Mary  Mounjoy, "       14  Oct.  1687 

Mercy,  daughter  of  Benjamin  &  Tamasin  Par- 

menter,..v "        8  Dec.  1687 

Abigail,  daughter  of  John  &  Tabitha  Rice,.  . .      "       27  Dec.  1687 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  &  Jane  Allen, "       13  Mar.  1687-8 

Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph  &  Anna  Stanhope,..      "       25  Jan.  1686-7 

Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  &  Abigail  Curtis,. .      "       25  Dec.  1686 

Sarah,  daughter  of  John  &  Elizabeth  Howe,.  .      "       24  Dec.  1686 

James,  son  of  Bartholomew  &  Hannah  Carlisle,     "       24  May,  1686 

Hannah,  daughter  of     "  "  "  "•      25  June,  1687 

Lydia,  daughter  of  Joseph  &  Lydia  Moore,.  "        5  Jan.  1687-8 

Obadiah,  son  of  Obadiah  &  Elizabeth  Coolidge,     "      28  Jan.  1687-8 


46  Sudbury  Records.  [Jan., 


DAT.      MONTH.      YEAR. 

,..  Jitpr  nf  .Tnhn   Jb.  TTunnnVi    Arlnma  ** 


Hannah,  daughter  of  John  &  Hannah  Adams,.  "  14  Feb.     1687-8 

Joseph,  son  of  Peter  &  Elizabeth  Haines, "  15  Mar.    1687-8 

Dorothy,    daughter    of    Benjamin    &    Dorothy 

Moore, "  18  Sept.    1687 

Deaths. 

John  Smith, dyed  13  Oct,     1687 

John   Blanford, "  23  Oct.     1687 

William  Moore, "  25  Mar.    1688 

Births. 

Samuel,  son  of  David  &  Susanna  Stone, born  23  May,   1685 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Caleb  &  Agnes  Johnson,  "  25  May,   1685 

Peter,  son  of  Peter  &  Elizabeth  Haines, "  20  June,  1685 

Prudence,  daughter  of  John  &  Tabitha  Rice,,  "  26  July,  1685 
Hepzibah,  daughter  of  William   &  Margaret 

Brown, "  14  Aug.  1685 

Joseph,  son  of  John  &  Elizabeth  Parmenter, . .  "  24  Aug.  1685 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  &  Lydia  Moore,  "  20  Sept.  1685 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  &  Sarah  Stone,..  "  15  Oct.    1685 

Daniel,  son  of  John  &  Hannah  Adams, "  21  Nov.   1685 

Henry,  son  of  Jonathan  &  Rebecca  Rice, "         6  Dec.    1685 

Benjamin,  son  of  James  &  Hannah  Smith,...  "  12  Dec.    1685 

Ruth,  daughter  of  John  &  Ruth  Haines,  jr.,. .  "         4  Mar.    1685-6 
Deliverance,  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Deborah 

Wedge "  15Mar.    1685-6 

Daniel,  son  of  Daniel  &  Elizabeth  Allen, "  29  Mar.   1 686 

John,  son  of  Benjamin  &  Sarah  Chamberlain,.  "  30  Mar.    1686 

David,  son  of  Benjamin  &  Tamasin  Parmenter,  "  12  Apl.    1686 

Anna,  daughter  of  Daniel  &  Anna  Willard,.  . .  "         5  May,   1686 

Lydia,  daughter  of  Richard.  &  Hannah  Taylor,  "  11  June,  16X6 

John,  son  of  Samuel  &  Jane  Allen, "         5  July,   1686 

Deaths. 

Joanna,  daughter  of  Dennis  &  Joanna  Healey,  dyed  22  Aug.  1683 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  &  Elizabeth  Bent,  '•  21  Feb.    1683 

Martha,  wife  of  Joseph  Gleason, "         2  Mar.   1683-4 

Marv,  daughter  of  Peter  Haines, "  30  Aug.  1684 

Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Sawin, "  25  Oct.    1684 

Hannah,  wife  of  Solomon  Johnson, "         4  June,  1685 

Thomas  Wedge, "         6  Sept.  1685 

Martha,  daughter  of  Joseph  Gleason, "         3  Oct.    1685 

Daniel,  son,  of  James  Smith, "  31  Jan.    1685 

Jonathan  Griffin, "         2  Feb.    1685 

"This  account  ends  July  5,  1686,  by  John  Green,  clerk. 

Ma  rriages. 

Thomas  Williams  of  Sudbury  &  Sarah  Foster 

of  Cambridge,.. 23  Sept.   1686 

Joseph  Gleason  of  Sudbury  &  Abigail  Gar- 
field of  Watertown 22  Dec.     1686 


1864.]                                 Sudbury  Records.  ,  4? 

DAT.     MONTH.  TEA.E. 

Samuel  Allen  of  Watertown  &  Elizabeth  Grout 

of  Sudbury, 22  Bee.  1C83 

Samuel  Allen  &  Jane  Ross,  both  of  Sudbury,  4  Jan.  1683 
Thomas  Sawin  of  Sherborn   &  Deborah  Rice 

of  Sudbury, 23  Jan.  1683 

Nathaniel  Stone  of  Sudbury  &  Sarah  Waite  of 

Maiden, 25  Apl.  1684 

Caleb  Johnson  and  Agnes  Rent,  both  of  Sud- 
bury,    9  July,  1684 

Joseph  Stanhope  &  Hannah  Bradish, 1  Jan.  1684-5 

Samuel  Howe  &  Sarah  Clapp 18  Sept,  1685 

Hopestill  Brown  &  Abigail  Haines, 26  Nov.  1685 

Stephen  Jennings  &  Hannah  Stanhope, 1  Apl.  1686 

William  Walker  &  Sarah  Goodenow, 6  May,  1686' 

This  list  ends  July  5,  1686. 

John  Green,  clerk. 
Births, 

Hannah,  daughter  of  John  &  Hannah  Bush,.,  born     5  Nov.  1683 

John,  son  of  Mr.  James  &  Mary  Sherman, "       20  Nov.  1683 

Tabitha,  daughter  of  John  and  Tabitha  Rice,.  "       25  Nov.  1683 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Deborah  Wedge,. .  "         1  Jan.  1683 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  &  Hannah  Chamberlain,  "         4  Feb.  1683 

John,  son  of  John  &  Rebecca  Grout,  jr., "       24  Feb.  1 683 

Eunice,  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Patience  Brown,  "       28  Feb.  1683 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob  &  Elizabeth  Moore,  "         3  Mar.  1683-4 

David,  son  of  Samuel  &  Hannah  Winch, "       15  Mar.  1683-4 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Roger  &  Ruth  Willis,. . . .  "       20  Mar.  1683-4 

Anna,  daughter  of  Richard  &  Anna  Taylor,. .  "         1  May,  1684 

John,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Stone, "       10  June,  1684 

Joanna,  daughter  of  Dennis  &  Joanna  Headly 

(Healey  ?) "         3  July,  1684 

Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Abigail  Smith,  "       21  July,  1684 

John,  son  of  John  &  Ruth  Haines,  jr., "       14  Aug.  1684 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Read "        16  Aug.  1684 

John,  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Frost, "        14  Sept.  1684 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  &  Dorothy  Freeman,.  "       18  Sept.  1684 

Ruth,     )    daughters  of  Thomas  and    (  ,.       1A  n   .  ,„D, 

oni,„u     f             t\  \        i   g      •               ■{ 10  Oct,  1684 

baran,   j  Deborah  Sawin,  ( 

Tabitha,     daughter    of    Dennis     and    Joanna 

Headly    (Healey?) "         2  Nov.  1684 

Daniel,  son  of  James  &  Hannah  Smith, "       22  Nov.  1684 

Samuel,  son  of  Mathew  &  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  jr.,  "          1  Mar.  1684-5 

Henry,  son  of  John  &  Sarah  Loker, "...  "         9  Mar.  1684-5 

Jonathan,  son  of  Zachariah  &  Hannah  May- 

nard, "         8  Apl.  1685 

John,  son  of  George  &  Hannah  Parmenter,..  "        17  Apl.  1685 

Martha,  daughter  of  John  &  Elizabeth  Brewer,  "         5  May,  1685 

Marriages. 
Edmund'Goodenow  &  Dorothy  Mann,   both   of 

Sud., 6  June,  1686 


48   i                                   Sudbury  Records.  [Jan., 

1  DAY.     MONTE.     TEAE. 

John  Howe  of  Sud.  &  Elizabeth  Woolson  of 

Watertown, 3  Nov. 

Benjamin  Moore  &  Dorothy  Wright,  both  of 

Sud., 11  Nov. 

Obadiah  Coolidge  of  Sud.  &  Elizabeth  Rouse 

of  Hartford,  Ct., 28  Feb. 

David  Price  &  Hannah  Walker,  both  of  Sud.,  7  Apl. 

Thomas  Walker  &  Martha  Howe,  both  of  Sud.,  7  Dec. 
John  Peckham  &  Dorothy  Goodenow,  both  of 

Sud., 9  Dec. 

Thomas  Druny  &  Rachel  Rice, 15  Dec. 

Edmund  Bowker  &  Sarah  Parraenter, 29  Mar. 

John   Shears   of  Sud.  &  Alice   Mitchelson  of 

Cambridge, 9  Apl. 

John  Gibbs  of  Sud.  &  Anna  Gleason  of  Sher- 

born, 27  Apl. 

Thomas  Knapp  &  Mary  Grout,  both  of  Sud.,.  19  Sept. 

Births. 

John,  son  of  John  &  Deborah  Peckham, born  12  Feb. 

Dorothy,  daughter  of"  John  &  Ruth  Haines,. ,  "       29  Mar. 

Ebenezer,  son  of  Nathaniel  &  Sarah  Stone,..  "       16  Apl. 

Ebenezer,  son  of  Joseph  &  Hannah  Chamber- 
lain,    "       16  Sept. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  &  Hannah  Winch,  "       16  Jan. 

Thomas,  son  of  Mr.  James  &  Mary  Sherman,.  "         1  Apl. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel  &  Hannah  Wil- 

lard, "       10  Mar. 

Martha,  daughter  of  John  &  Mary  Gleason,. .  "       25  Mar. 

Daniel,  son  of  Richard  &  Rebecca  Adams,.  . .  "         4  Mar. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Read,.  "       16  Nov. 

Deaths. 

Capt.  Edmund  Goodenow, dyed     5  Apl.    1688 

Mercy,  daughter  of  Capt.  Thomas  &  Patience 

Brown, "         6  Apl.    1688 

Births. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Eleazer&  Dorothy  Whitney,  born  29  May,  1688 

Thomas,  son  of  David  &  Susanna  Stone, "       11  Mar.    1687-8 

Edmund,  son  of  Edmund  &  Joice  Rice, "         9  July,  1688 

Daniel,  son  of  George  &  Hannah  Parmenter, .  "         3  Aug.    1688 

Sarah,  daughter  of  William  &  Sarah  Walker,  "       20  Aug.    1688 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Walker,.. .  "       23  Sept.    1688 

Caleb,  son  of  Thomas  &  Rachel  Drury, "         5  Oct.      1688 

Joseph,  son  of  James  &  Hannah  Smith, "       12  Oct.     1688 


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1864.]  William  Wentworth,  the  Emigrant  Settler.  49 


WILLIAM  WENTWORTH,    THE    EMIGRANT  SETTLER. 

NUMBER  II. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  John  Wentworth,  A.  M.,  of  Chicago.] 

Elder  William  Wentworth  had  at  least  ten  children  who  lived  to 
be  married.  Whether  he  had  others  we  have  no  means  of  knowing-. 
The  nine  sons,  at  some  time,  had  each  farms  between  the  Cochecho 
(Dover),  and  the  Newt-che-wan-nick  (Salmon  Falls)  rivers,  and  all 
in  what  was  then  the  town  of  Dover  ;  and  there  was  also  the  farm 
of  Elder  William  Wentworth  himself,  which  is  still  in  the  possession 
of  the  descendants  of  his  son  Benjamin2. 

Samuel,-  the  ancestor  of  the  governors,  moved  to  Portsmouth,  N. 
H.,  and  died  there.  Among  his  descendants  are  Mark  Hunking7 
Wentworth  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  William  Fitzwilliam6  Went- 
worth of  the  royal  navy,  Deptford,  Kent,  England. 

John2  moved  to  York,  Me.,  and  perhaps  to.  Falmouth,  Me.,  and 
finally  to  that  part  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  that  was  afterwards  Stough- 
ton,  and  now  Canton.  Among  his  descendants  are  Abel6  Wentworth 
of  Canton,  Mass.,  and  Rev.  Erastus7  Wentworth  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and 
late  missionary  to  China. 

Gershom2  died  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  upon  his  old  homestead,  which  has 
passed  out  of  the  possession  of  his  descendants  only  within  the  last 
few  years.  Among  his  descendants  are  Henry6  of  South  Berwick, 
Me.,  and  John6  of  Searsmont,  Me. 

Paul2  moved  to  Rowley  and  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  thence  to  New 
London,  Connecticut,  and  finally  to  that  part  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, now  known  as  Preston.  Among  his  descendants  are 
Col.  Asa6  Wentworth  of  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  and  John7  Wentworth 
of  New  York  city.  Mrs.  Lydia  H.6  Sigourney  was  daughter  of  So- 
phia5 Wentworth,  who  married  Ezekiel  Huntley,  and  granddaughter 
of  Jared4  Wentworth,  who  was  son  of  Benjamin3,  and  grandson  of 
Paul.2  Rev.  Nathan  Lord,  D.  D.,  president  of  Dartmouth  college,  is 
a  descendant  of  Paul's2  daughter,  Martha3  Wentworth,  who  married 
Samuel,  son  of  Nathan  and  Martha  (Tozer)  Lord. 

Ezekiel2  died  at  the  Salmon  Falls  farm  (where  it  is  supposed  that  he 
always  lived),  at  Rollingsford,  N.  H.,  a  part  of  which  is  now  covered 
with  the  buildings  of  the  manufacturing  company,  and  the  remain- 
der has  never  been  out  of  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  Among 
his  descendants  are  Major  John  B.6  Wentworth,  who  now  occupies 
the  old  homestead,  and  John7  Wentworth,  of  Chicago. 

Timothy2  moved  over  the  river  to  Berwick,  Maine,  about  two  miles 
from  Salmon  Falls,  N.  II.,  and  died  upon  his  homestead  there,  which 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  descendant,  Daniel5  Wentworth.  Col. 
Obcd  F.7  Wentworth  of  New  York  city,  is  also  one  of  his  descend- 
ants. 

Sylvanus2  was  last  heard  from  as  a  resident  of  Rowley,  Mass., 
where  he  had  a  daughter,  born  in  1689.  It  is  not  known  that  he  had 
any  other  children. 

Benjamin2  died  at  Dover,  N.  H.   (Cochecho),    and  his   farm  is  still 


50  William  Wentworth,  the  Emigrant  Settler.  [Jan., 

in  the  possession  of  his  descendant,  Bartholomew5  Wentworth.  Hon. 
Tappan6  Wentworth,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  is  among1  his  descendants. 

Ephraim2  died  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  (Cochecho).  Among-  his  descend- 
ants are  Thomas7  Wentworth  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  Professor  George 
Albert6  Wentworth  of  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Nothing  has  been  found  upon  public  records  to  prove  that  Elder 
William  Wentworth  had  any  daughters.  But  traditions  gathered 
from  various  quarters  give  him  a  daughter,  Elizabeth2,  who  married 
Richard,  jr.,  sou  of  Richard,  sr.,  and  Judith  (Smith)  Tozer.  This  Ri- 
chard, jr.,  had  a  sister,  Martha  Tozer,  who  married  Nathan  Lord  of 
Berwick,  Me.,  22d  Nov.,  1678,  and  their  son,  Capt.  Samuel  Lord, 
married  19th  Oct.,  1710,  Martha,3  daughter  of  Paul2  Wentworth.  Ri- 
chard Tozer  lived  in  Berwick,  Me.,  about  one  mile  from  Salmon  Falls, 
N.  EL,  in  what  is  known  as  the  old  Garrison  House,  a  portion  of 
which  exists  to  this  day;  and  which  Richard  Tozer,  jr.,  and  wife,  Eli- 
zabeth, deeded  17th  of  April,  1734,  to  the  son  of  his  sister  Martha, 
Capt.  Samuel  Lord.  It  is  not  known  what  became  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  after  signing  this  deed,  nor  whether  they  had  any  children. 
The  children  attributed  to  him  by  Savage,  in  his  genealogical  dic- 
tionary, were  those  of  his  brother,  Simon  Tozer  of  Watertown, 
Mass. 

The  date  of  the  births  of  these  children  we  have  no  means  of  ascer- 
taining, except  as  follows  : 

The  tombstone  of  Samuel,2  still  readable  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
makes  him  50  years  of  age  in  1690.  This  would  make  him  born  in 
1640. 

Admitting  that  they  were  21  years  of  age  when  put  upon  the  tax 
list  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  John2  would  have  been  bom  about  1647,  Ger- 
shom2  about  1649,  and  Ezekiel2  about  1651. 

The  oldest  child  of  Paul2  was  born  in  1680,  and  the  youngest  in 
1700.  He  died  about  1750,  at  Preston,  Conn.,  very  aged.  He  was 
the  last,  in  all  probability,  of  all  Elder  William's  children  to  die.  He 
was  probably  born  about  1655. 

Timothy2  died  in  1719.  The  earliest  account  had  of  him  is  27th  of 
May,  1696,  when  his  father  and  mother  deeded  him  land  in  Dover, 
N.  II.  He  left  four  children,  of  whom  the  eldest,  Timothy,3  was  ad- 
ministrator ;  and  the  youngest  was  married  five  years  thereafter.  Ad- 
mitting his  son  Timothy3  to  have  been  only  21  years  of  age  when  his 
father  died,  the  marriage  must  have  taken  place  prior  to  1698.  He 
was  unquestionably  married  about  the  time  his  father  gave  him  the 
farm,  in  1696.  If  25  years  of  age  when  married,  he  was  born  about 
1670. 

Elizabeth2  (Mrs.  Richard  Tozer,  jr.)  swore,  in  1733,  that  she  was 
64  years  of  age.     This  would  make  her  born  in  1669. 

The  first  time  we  find  the  name  of  the  wife  of  Elder  William,  was 
on  the  48th  Nov.,  1667,  and  it  was  Elizabeth.  If  there  were  two 
wives,  as  his  wife  Elizabeth  survived  him,  may  not  Mrs.  Tozer  have 
been  a  child  of  the  second  wife,  and  named  for  her?  Mrs.  Tozer 
was  born  29  years  after  Samuel,2  and  several  after  Samuel  had  chil- 
dren ;   which  gives  rise  to  the  probability  of  two  wives. 

If  there  were  two  wives,  the  probability  is  that  Benjamin2  and 
Ephraim,2  and  perhaps  Timothy,2  were  the  children   of  the  last  wife. 


1864.]  William  Wentworth,  the  Emigrant  Settler.  51 

Benjamin2  and  Ephraim2  were  both  married  about  1697.  They 
could  not  have  been  born  later  than  1675,  and  were  probably  born 
nearer  1670.  With  the  oldest,  born  in  1640,  and  the  youngest  about 
1670,  and  with  these  ten  children  (and  perhaps  others  who  did  not 
live  to  be  married),  whose  births  were  between  this  period  of  thirty 
years,  the  suggestion  is  not  improbable  that  he  had  a  second  wile, 
and  that  she  was  quite  young  when  he  married  her. 

Samuel-  had  a  child  born  in  1666.  His  son,  Lt.  Gov.  John,3  was 
born  in  1671.  Elder  William  must  have  had  children  younger  than 
his  own  grandchildren,  and  probably  younger  than  Lt.  Gov.  John.3 
The  writer  of  this  procured,  through  the  American  consul  at  London, 
a  transcript  of  the  record  of  the  Wentworth  genealogy,  from  the  col- 
lege at  Arms,  in  England.  The  only  one,  touching  the  Wentworths 
of  America,  was  that  furnished  by  Gov.  John5  Wentworth,  when  he 
was  created  a  baronet,  in  1795.  This  goes  no  farther  back  than  his 
grandfather,  Lt.  Gov.  John,3  which  would  not  have  been  the  case  had 
he  not  especial  reasons  for  so  doing.  His  grandfather,  Lt.  Gov. 
John,3  was  of  the  church  of  England,  and  a  man  of  position,  whilst 
his  great  grandfather,  Samuel,2  was  son  of  Elder  William  Went- 
worth, the  non-conformist  preacher.  Could  he  have  traced  his  gene- 
alogy directly  to  the  ancestors  of  the  earl  of  Strafford,  he  would 
have  been  very  likely  to  have  done  so;  unless  he  had  had  a  motive 
for  the  contrary  course.  There  is  a  tradition  that,  when  William 
Wentworth  came  to  this  country,  he  escaped  from  Newgate,  where 
he  was  imprisoned  as  a  non-conformist.  We  know  that  he  was  a 
non-conformist,  and  we  know  it  is  a  secret  how  and  when  he  got 
here.  So  this  tradition  may  be  true  ;  and,  if  so,  it  may  furnish  a 
good  reason  why  a  member  of  the  church  of  England,  aspiring  to 
honors,  might  not  wish  to  trace  his  genealogythrough  the  proscribed 
non-conformist,  Elder  William. 

The  marquis  of  Rockingham  was  always  the  especial  friend  and 
patron  of  the  last  Gov.  John5  Wentworth,  and  recognized  a  relation- 
ship with  him,  although  he  must  have  known  his  non-comformist  ori- 
gin. The  same  was  the  case  with  the  Saville  family,  and  also  with 
Earl  Filzwillam  and  his  descendants.  Sir  CharlesMary,G son  of  Gov. 
John,5  gave  a  portion  of  his  estate,  at  his  death,  to  a  son  of  Earl 
Fitzwilliam. 

By  a  letter  in  the  possession  of  the  late  Mrs.  Catherine  Frances 
Gore,  the  authoress,  administratrix  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Sir 
Charles  Mary0  Wentworth,  we  find  the  relationship  thus   recognized. 

The  letter  is  dated  Milton  Abbey,  24th  Sept.,  1786,  and  written  to 
the  late  Gov.  John5  Wentworth. 

After  announcing  the  birth  of  his  son,  the  present  Earl  Fitzwilliam, 
Lord  Fitzwilliam  proceeds  to  say: 

"As  to  the  boy,  I  can,  without  prejudice,  assure  you  that  3'ou  have 
as  fine  a  little  cousin  as  can  be  found  any  where  of  the  same  age." 

Now  all  the  above  relationships  must  be  traced  through  Elder 
William  Wentworth  to  be  established.  We  know  the  genealogy  of 
all  these  men,  but  we  do  not  know  his.  It  is  probable  that  they  did. 
Thus  the  Earl  of  Stratford's  father  (Sir  William  Wentworth)  had  a 
daughter,  Anne,  who  married  Sir  George  Saville,  who  died  in  August, 
1614.      And    thus   Thomas  Wentworth    (Earl   of   Strafford)    had    a 


52  William  Wentworth,  the  Emigrant  Settler.  [Jan., 

daughter,  Anne,  who  married  Edward  Watson,  marquis  of  Rock- 
ingham. Upon  the  death  of  the  Earl  of  Strafford's  only  son,  the 
third  son  of  his  sister,  Thomas  Watson,  became  heir,  and  was  required 
to  take  the  name  of  Wentworth.  Thomas  Watson  Wentworth, 
marquis  of  Rockingham,  dying  14th  December,  1750,  was  succeeded  by 
his  son,  Sir  Charles  Watson  Wentworth,  Prime  Minister,  at  one  time, 
to  George  III.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Bright, 
Esq.,  of  Badsworth,  Co.  of  York.  It  was  for  him  and  his  wife  that 
Gov.  John5  Wentworth  named  his  only  child  Charles  Mary0  Went- 
worth, who  died  childless  10th  April,  1844,  at  Kingsand,  Devon,  Eng- 
land. Thomas  Watson  Wentworth  also  had  a  son,  Thomas  Watson 
Wentworth,  jr.,  who  married  the  daughter  of  Daniel,  earl  of  Winchel- 
sea  and  Nottingham,  and  by  her  had  children.  He  was  earl  of  Malt- 
on,  Viscount  Higham,  of  Higham  Ferras,  baron  of  Malton,  Wath 
and  Harroelen,  lord  lieutenant  of  the  West  and  North  Ridings  of 
the  Co.  of  York.     He  was  in  the  House  of  Peers  in  1738. 

Sir  Charles  Watson  Wentworth  died  childless,  1st  July,  1782, 
when  all  his  honors,  including  the  baronetcy,  became  extinct;  but 
the  principal  part  of  the  Wentworth  estate  fell  to  his  nephew,  Wil- 
liam, son  of  his  sister  Anne,  who  married  Earl  Fitzwilliam,  and  it  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  his  descendant,  the  present  Earl  Fitzwilliam. 

John5  Wentworth,  afterwards  Governor,  went  to  England,  whilst 
his  uncle  Benning4  was  Governor,  and  remained  some  time.  He 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  the  Marquis  of  Rockingham,  and  they 
became  the  most  devoted  friends.  Whether  this  acquaintance  aud 
friendship  grew  out  of  a  very  distant  relationship,  or  from  a  similar- 
ity of  name,  or  from  his  being  the  representative  of  his  uncle  (Gov. 
Benning4  Wentworth)  in  England,  or  from  all  combined,  it  is  hard 
to  tell  at  this  late  day.  John5  Wentworth  had  graduated  at  Harvard, 
and  developed  a  great  deal  of  talent.  His  father  was  wealthy  and 
very  liberal  to  him;  and  John5  himself  was  very  liberal  in  his  expen- 
ditures. It  has  been  said  that  he  first  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
Marquis  of  Rockingham  by  his  zeal  in  betting  upon  the  horses  of  the 
marquis,  at  the  race  courses  of  England,  and  that  an  acquaintance 
was  first  formed  upon  some  occasion  of  horse-racing  —  a  sport  of 
which  the  marquis  was  very  fond. 

Speaking  of  the  Earl  of  Strafford,  Burke,  in  his  Peerage,  says: 

"Of  this  very  illustrious  family  was  William  Wentworth,  who 
emigrated  from  the  Count}7  of  York  in  England,  &c." 

As  Mr.  Burke  gives  the  family  of  the  Earl,  he,  of  course,  knew 
that  Elder  William  was  not  a  descendant  of  it.  He  intended  merely 
to  say  that  the  Earl  of  Strafford  and  William  Wentworth  could  be 
traced  back  to  a  common  origin.  And  this  common  origin  may  be 
less  distant  than  one  would  otherwise  suppose,  from  their  opposition  in 
religious  views.  Men,  of  the  religious  views  of  Elder  William  Went- 
worth, were  as  much  proscribed  by  their  friends  and  relatives,  as  by 
the  government.  The  Earl  of  Strafford  was  beheaded,  12th  May,  1641, 
and  Elder  William  was  in  this  country,  and  had  then  had  at  least  one 
child  here.  Was  he  glad  or  sorry  at  the  death  ?  This  only  we  know. 
He  was  a  follower  of  Wheelwright;  and  Wheelwright  was  at  the 
university  with  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  continued  his  friend  to  the 
last.     After  the  revolution,  in  favor  of  Cromwell,  Wheelwright  went, 


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to  Eugland.  But,  after  the  restoration,  he  returned  here  again. 
Elder  William  Wentworth  must  have  sympathized  with  Wheelwright 
in  his  attachment  to  Cromwell.  And  the  same  government  that 
persecuted  him,  and  perhaps  did  send  him  to  Newgate,  may  have 
gladly  promoted  his  grandson,  John,3  and  his  grandson's  posterity, 
when  it  was  found  that  they  had  abandoned  the  non-conformist 
opinions  of  Elder  William,  and  embraced  those  of  the  wealthy  and 
influencial  Wentworths'  of  England. 


Extract  from  the  Getiugnisboek  van  Leiden,  Letter  k,  folio  26,  verso. 
[25  June,  1609.] 

Compareerden  voor  Sohepenen  ondergeschreven  Willem  Brusteb  Engelsman, 
out  omtrent  xlij  jaeren,  Marytoen  Bruster  desselfs  huysvrowe  out  omtrent  xl  jae- 
ren, en  JonathamBruster  zyn  zoon,  out  omtrent  xvi  jaeren,  en  de  verclaerden  met 
erde  hen  respective  gestaeft  en  affgenomen  gerechtilyck  daertoe  by  een  bode  mitter 
roede  verdaecht  zynde,  ten  versoucke  van  Bernaert  Rosse,  Engelsman,  wonende 
te  Amsterdam,  waerachtich  en  hem  kennelioken  te  zyn,  dat  de  requirant,  &o.,  &c, 
&c,  &c. 

Soe  waerlich  moet  hem  Godt  helpen. 

Actum  den  xxv  Junij  o  xvjE  negen. 

(get.)  A.  Jasper  van  Vesanevelt.  A.  P.  Van  de  Werff. 


RECORDS  OF  WETHERSFIELD,  CONN. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  Royal  R.  Hinman,  A.  M.,  of  New  York.] 
Continued  from  vol.  xvn,  page  358. 

Goodrich,  Jacob  and  Benedict,  ye  dan.  of  Nathl.  Goodwin  of  Hart- 
ford were  m.  Sept.  12,-1*11*1.  Is. — Hannah,  b.  Aug.  31,  '19;  Rebecca, 
Apl.  14,  '21;  Elijah,  Julv  3,  '24;  Ruth,  May  22,  '27;  Stephen,  Jan. 
21/31;  Sarah,  Oct.  31,  1733. 

Goodrich,  Isaac  and  Mary,  y°  dau.  of  Samul.  Butler  of  Southhold 
on  Long  Isld.,  were  m.  Nov.  19,  1718.     Is— Mary,  b.  Sept.  26, 1719. 

Goodrich,  Thomas  and  Hannah,  ye  dau.  of  John  Reynolas,  were  ni. 
Nov.  26,  1719.  Is.— James,  b.  March  2,  '21;  Daniel,  June  26,  '23; 
Thomas,  April  7,   1726. 

Goodrich,  Elizur  and  Anne,  ye  dau.  of  Cornet  Samuel  Talcott,  were 
m.  April  22,  1714. 

Goodrich,  Hezekiah  and  Honour,  dau.  of  Samll.  Deming,  were  m. 
Oct.  16,  1729.     Is.— Elizur,  b.  Oct.  8,  '30;  Honour,  Feb.  22,  1732. 

Goodrich,  Ephraim  Jr.  and  Susanna,  dau.  of  Doct.  Danl.  Hooker, 
were  m.  Oct.  25,  1726. 

Goodrich,  David  Jr.,  and  Hepzibah,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Bordman, 
were  m.  Dec.  21,  1721.  Is.— Abigail,  b.  Oct.  11,  '23;  David,  Sept. 
2,  '24;  Alpheus,  March  4,  '27;  Josiah,  May  5,  '31;  Hezekiah,  April 
9,  '33;  Elizur,  Oct.  18,  '34;  Hepzibah,  Jan.  19,  '37;  Abigail,  March  8, 
'39;  Mercy,  June  17,  '41;  Hannah,  1743. 

Goodrich,  Zebulon  and  Ann  Francis,  were  m.  Jan.  8,  1736.     Is. — 
Mary,  b.  Aug.  23,  1737. 
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54  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  [Jan., 

Goodrich,  Abraham  and  Hannah  Collins,  were  m.  Sept.  16,  1742. 
Wid.  II.  G.  d.  May  19,  1713. 

Goodrich,  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Dewej',  were  m.  March  8,  1744. 
Is.— Lois,  b.  Dec.  17,  '44,  and  d.  Oct.  8,  '49;  Bel  a,  Dec.  20,  '47,  and 
d.  Sept.  17,  '51;  Rhode,  March  23,  :50;  John,  Aug.  21,  '54;  David, 
March  16,  1757. 

Goodrich,  Gideon.  Is. — of,  by  Sarah  his  wife — Sarah,  b.  June  29, 
1718;  Jernsha,  Dec.  16. '20;  Elijah,  June  5, '25;  Gideon,  Dec.  15, '27; 
Lois,  April  12,  '29;  Caleb,  Sept,  1,  '31;  Ebenezer,  March  17,  '33; 
Eunice,  April  4,  '35;  Joshua,  May  18,  '38;  Wait,  Jan.  17,  1740. 

Goodrich,  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Whiting,  were  m.  June  10,  1747. 
Is.— Samuel  b.  July  7,  '48;  Welthian,  Sept.  24,  '50;  Millisent,  Nov. 
29,  '52;  Elizabeth,  Feb.  28,  1755;  Porter,  May  11,  '57;  Solomon 
Porter,  Feb   28,  '60;  Anne,  April  15,  '62;  Eliphalet,  Sept,  30,  1764. 

Goodrich,  Nathaniel  and  Martha  Deining,  were  m.  Aug.  25,  1744. 
Is.— Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  20,  '44;  Mehetabel,  March  29,  '47;  Joseph, 
Oct,  6,  '49;  Isaac,  March  23,  '52;  Martha,  Nov.  4,  '54;  Mary,  Jan.  9, 
'57;  Abigail,  Sept.  11,  '59;  Simeon,  Dec.  7,  '62;  Sarah,  Nov.  1,  1765. 

Goodrich,  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Steel,  were  m.  Nov.  27,  1740.  Is. — 
Jonathan  b.  Aug.  28,  '41;  Luce,  Oct.  17,  '43;  John,  April  11,  '46;  Mr. 
J.  G.  d.  July  7,  '72,  and  his  wid.  S.  Sept.  18,  1775. 

Goodrich,  Elijah  and  Lydia  Wright,  were  m.  Jan.  25/1749.  Is. — 
Ozias,  b.  Nov.  2,  '50,  and  d.  the  11  of  same  month;  Lydia,  Nov.  3, 
'51;  Israel,  Aug.  1,  1754. 

Goodrich,  Alpheus  and  Hepzibah  Hubbard,  were  m.  Dec.  20,  1753. 
Is._David,  b.  Dec.  12,  '54;  Anne,  Nov.  18,  1756. 

Goodrich,  Oliver  and  Temperance  Wright,  were  m.  June  23,  1740. 
Is.— Roger,  b.  Oct.  4,  1741;  Surah,  July  28,  '43;  Prudence,  Aug.  10, 
'45;  Temperance,  Oct,  10, '47;  Oliver,  Sept.  19,  '49;  Millisent,  Oct. 
28,  '51,  and  d.  July  12,  '52;   Millisent,  Sept.  25,  1754. 

Goodrich,  Josiah  and  Mary  Hubbard,  were  m.  Feb.  22,  1756. 

Goodrich,  John  and  Anne  Riley,  were  m.  Aug.  11,  1743.  Is. — 
John,  b.  March  12,  '45;  Seth,  March  23,  '47;  Abigail,  May  11,  1749. 

Goodrich,  Charles  and  Mary  Belding,  were  m.  Nov.  20,  1745.  Is. — 
David,  b.  March  3,  '46;  Abigail,  March  1,  '48;  Dorcas,  March  14,  '50; 
Mary,  May  17,  '52;  C.  G.  d.  Nov.  2,  1752. 

Goodrich,  Ephraim  and  Rebecca  Goodrich,  were  m.  Nov.  17,  1748. 
Is> — Ephraim,  b.  Jan.  22,  '50;  Susannah,  May  12,  '52;  Rebecca, 
March  10,  1754. 

Goodrich,  Ebenezer  and  Abigail  Collier,  were  m.  Aug.  25,  1766. 

Goodrich,  Ebenezer,  2d.,  and  Lydia  Doming,  were  m.  Jan.  10,  1760. 
I8__ Philer,  b.  Jan.  27,  '60;  Mehetabel,  b.  April  15,  '62;  Gideon,  June 
19,  '64;  Lois,  Dec.  27,  '65;  Honour,  Dec.  6,  1768. 

Goodrich,  Elizur,  Jr.,  and  Abigail  Doming,  were  m.  Sept.  25,  1760. 
Is.— Abigail,  b.  April   24,  '62;  Hezekiah,  May  11,  '66;  Honour,  Nov. 

17,  '68;   Elizur,  Aug.  18,  '71;  Mary,  May  1,  '73;  Mehetabel,  June  9, 
1777. 

Goodrich,  Josiah  and  Ruth  Gilbert,  were  m.  Sept.  10,  1767.  Is.— 
Lydia,  b.  Sept,  25,  '68;  Mrs.  R.  G.  d.  Aug.  14,  '77.  J.  G,  and  Abigail 
Wright,  were  m.  Feb.  25,  '79,     Is— Ruth,  b,  Dec.  6,  '79;  Elizur,  July 

18,  '81;  Josiah,  May  9,  '83;  Levi,  Dec,   9,  '85;  Sophia,  Feb.  23,  '89; 
Harriet,  May  22,  1793. 


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Goodrich,  John,  3d,  and  Abigail  Price,  were  m.  Oct.  1,  1776.  Is. — 
Bela,  b.  Feb.  4,  '77;  Joseph,  Feb.  19,  '78;  Lucy,  Oct.  12,  '79;  Levi, 
Nov.  3,  '82;  Abigail,  Jan.  24,  '85;  Dorothy,  July  28,  '86;  Austin, 
Nov.  12,  '87;  John,  July  30,  '93;  Rhoda,  Aug.  8,  1796. 

Goodrich,  Micah  and  Elizabeth  Hill,  were  rn.  *  *  Is. — Elizabeth, 
b.  June  9,  1774;  Alvin,  April  22,  '76;  Bayley,  May  30,  '78;  Walter, 
Sept.  11,  1780. 

Goodrich,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  and  Lucy  Hanmer,  were  m.  April  21, 
17G5.  Is— Martha,  b.  May  29,  '65;  James,  Oct.  27,  '69;  George, 
Feb.  18,  '72;  Lucy,  April  15,  '74;  Levi,  July  30,  '76;  Ashbel,  Oct.  7, 
'81;  Allyn,  May  22,  1785. 

Goodrich,  John,  2d,  and  Jerusha  Derning,  were  m.  May  5,  1773. 
Is.— John,  b.  Sept.  29,  '74,  and  d.  Sept.  24,  '75;  Jesse,  Aug.  26,  '80; 
John,  Dec.  21,  '82,  and  d.  March  20, '83;  Sally,  March  1,  1784. 

Goodrich,  John  and  Mary  Hale,  were  m.  April  5,  1770.  Is. — Anne, 
b.  March  31,  '71,  and  d.  Oct,  30,  '75;  Abigail,  Jan.  7,  '73;  John,  Dec. 
13,  '74;  William,  July  17,  '77;  Benezer,  Dec.  14,  '79;  Anne,  Oct,  11, 
'81;  Mary,  Sept.  28,  '83,  and  d.  Oct.  30,  '84;  George,  Oct.  11,  1788. 

Goodrich,  Hezekiah  and  Jerusha  Butler,  were  m.  *  *  Is. — Eleazer, 
b.  Nov.  2,  1760;  Eli,  Nov.  20,  '62;  Hannah,  Sept.  30,  '65;  Hezekiah, 
Feb.  28,  '69;  Joseph  Butler,  Nov.  12,  '72;' Joshua,  July  21,  '75; 
Joseph  B.,  d.  Jan.  22,  '74;  and  Eleazer  Feb.  22,  1777. 

Goodrich,  Simeon  and  Hannah  Wells,  were  m.  Jan.  10,  1788.  Is. — 
Simeon,  b.  Feb.  19,  '89;  Hannah,  Dec.  5,  '90;  Rhoda,  Jan.  21,  '93; 
Daniel,  Sept,  4,  '95,  and  d.  Feb.  10,  1801;  Elizur,  Feb.  20,  1798. 

Goodrich,  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Raymond  of  New  London,  were  m. 
Feb.  15,  1784.  Is.— Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  6,  '85;  Joshua,  Dec.  5, '89; 
Mary,  Dec.  25,  '91;  Joseph,  July  31,  1795. 

Goodrich,  Joseph  and  Rhoda  Wolcott,  were  m.  Dec.  1,  1785. 

Goodrich,  Levi  and  Clarissa  Coombs,  were  m.  *  *  Is. — Levi,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1799;  Elihu  Phelps,  June  6,  1801,  and  d.  Nov.  25,  1833; 
Clarissa  C,  Jan.  3,  '03;  Lucy  Ann,  March  12,  '05;  Mr.  L.  G.  d.  Dec. 
13,  1820. 

Goofe,  or  Gotfe  as  spelled  afterwards,  Philip.  Is. — of,  by  Re* 
beckah  his  wife — Jacob,  b.  Aug.  15,  1649;  Rebeckah,  Oct.  7,  '51; 
Philip,  March  2, '53;  Moses,  May  30,  1656. 

Gotfe,  Jacob  and  Margere,  his  wife,  were  m.  Dec.  5,  1679.  Is. — 
Jacob,  b.  Nov.  5,  '80;  Moses,  March  10,  '81;  Mabel,  Oct.  31,  '90; 
Mary,  Nov.  15,  '93;  Unice,  March  27,  '96;  Mr.  J.  G.  d.  Oct.  21,  1697, 
aged  about  50  years. 

Goff,  Philip.  Is.— of,  by  Naomi  his  wife— Philip,  b.  June  24,  1685; 
Nathll,  Sept.  13,  '87;  Naomi,  1692. 

Gotl",  Aaron  and  Hannah,  dau.  of  Henry  Cole,  were  m.Jan.  19, 
1681.  Is.— Solomon,  b.  Feb.  7,  '85;  Aaron,  March  10,  '89;  Gershom, 
March  12,  '91;  Samuel,  April  30,   1698. 

Go  fie,  Moses  and  Mercy,  his  wife,  were  m.  1687.  Is. — Moses,  b. 
Feb.  6,  '88;  Jacob,  Feb.  19,  '90;  Jerusha,  Sept.  23,  '93;  Benjamin, 
April  30,  '96;  Ephraim,  March  4,  '99;  David,  April  29,  1702;  Mr.  M. 
G.  d.  the  21  and  his  dau.  Jerusha  the  8'1'  of  Oct.  1712,  and  Mrs.  M.  G. 
Dec.   20,  1711. 

Goff,  Philip,  Jr.,  and  Mary,  dau.  of  Tho.  Couch,  were  m.  Dec.  15, 
1703.     Is.— Philip,     b.     Oct.    15,  '04;     Mary,   Dec.   9,    '05;      Nath", 


56  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  [Jan., 

Sept.  4,  '07;  Naomi,  March  4,  '09;  Abigail,  May  24,  '13;  Jerusha, 
Oct.  13,  1715. 

Goflf,  Solomon.  Is. — of,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife— Elizabeth,  b. 
March  9,  1711;  Mrs.  E.  G.  d.  Jan.  5,  1712. 

GoflT,  Moses,  Jr.,  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  wid.  Sarah  Crane,  were  m. 
July  5,  1711.  Mr.  M.  G.  d.  Dec.  15,  1711,  aged  about  24  years.  His 
child  d.  Jan.  17,   1712. 

Gofle,  Samuel.  Is. — of,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife — Martha,  b.  Sept.  27, 
1724;  Elizabeth,  Aug.  12,  '28;  Ambrose,  April  12,  '31;  Josiah,  Feb. 
6,  '34;  Patience,  May  14,  '38;  Hannah,  May  26,  '41;  Stephen,  Sept. 
5,  '43;  Elizabeth,  June  15,  174G. 

Goffe,  Ephraim  and  Mary  Veets,  were  m.  Oct.  *  1732.  Is. — 
Ephraim,  b.  Jan.  11,  '34;  Mercy,  June  22,  '35;  Mary,  Jan.  24,  '37; 
David,  May  9,  '38;  Jacob,  March  11,  '40;  Benjamin,  Sept.  20,  '45,  and 
d.  Sept.  11,  1746. 

Grames,  Nath1  and  Martha,  his  wife,  were  m.  Jan.  16,  1655. 
Is.— Sarah,  b.  Oct.  4,  '56;  Mary,  Nov.  11,  1658.  Mrs.  M.  G.  d.  April 
13,  1701,  aged  75  years,  as  some  think. 

Grimes,  Joseph,  of  Hartford,  and  Deborah,  dau.  of  John  Stebbins, 
were  m.  Nov.  24,  1686.  Is.— Mary,  b.  April  3,  '88;  Henry,  Jan.  9, 
'91;  Joseph,  '93,  and  d.  Jan.  22,  1712;  Josiah,  Dec.  17,  '96.;  Hezekiah, 
Sept.  26,  1700;  Deborah,  May  24,  '06.    M».  D.  G.  d.  Jan.  21,  1712. 

Grimes,  Henry,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary,  dau.  of  Zachariah  Seimer, 
were  ra.  Aug.  2,  1711.  Is.— Mary,  b.  Oct.  30,  '13;  Deborah,  Feb.  13, 
1716. 

Grimes,  Christopher  and  Abigail  Williams,  were  m.  Oct.  13,  1726. 
Is.— Honour,  b.  July  26,  '27;  Christian,  July  26,  '29;  Abraham,  Apr. 
20,  '32;  Abigail,  July  7,  '34;  Lucretia,  July  31,  1737. 

Grimes,  John  and  Experience  Williams,  were  m.  Feb.  13,  1754. 
Is.— Hezekiah,  b.  Feb.  22,  1755. 

Gilbert,  Josiah,  Is.  of,  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife. — Benjamin,  b.  Sept. 
22,  1652;  Elizabeth,  Mar.  28, '54;  Lidiah,  Dec.  8,  '56;  Josiah,  Sept. 
12,  '59,  and  d.  Feb.  2,  1705;  Sarah,  Dec.  1,  1661;  Eleazer,  Sept.  20, 
'63;  Moses,  Apr.  12, '66;  Caleb,  June  10,  '68;  Mary,  Nov.  18, '70; 
Amy,  Apr.  12,  1672. 

Gilbert,  Benjamin  and  Mary  his  wife,  dau.  of  John  Ryly,  were  m. 
Nov.  25,  1680.  Is.— Mary,  b.  Nov.  22,  '81;  Hannah,  Mar.  13,  '89; 
Keziah,  Oct.  7,   1691. 

Gardner,  Benjamin  and  Margaret  his  wife,  were  m.  June  21,  1688. 
Is. — Samuel,  b.  July  14,  '89,  and  d.  in  infancy,  Benjamin,  Sept.  5, 
'90,  and  d.  Mar.  26,  1707;  Sarah,  Aug.  1,  1692;  Martha,  Dec.  27,  '94; 
Moses,  May  23,  '97;  Rebecca,  Mar.  1,  '99,  and  d.  in  infancy;  Marga- 
ret, Nov.  20,  1702;  Peter,  Feb.  26,  '04;  John,  July  23,  1706. 

Gardner,  Samuel,  of  Muddy  River,  and  Martha,  dau.  of  Benj11.  Gard- 
ner, of  Weathersfield,  were  no.  Jan.  1,   1713. 

Goodfelow,  Th°.  Is.  of,  bv  Mary,  his  wife. — Mary,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1683;  Thomas,  Mar.  26,  '84;' Samuel,  Oct.  31,  '85;  Timothy,  Jan.  3, 
1687. 

Gibbs,  Ebenezer.  Is.  of,  by  Ruth,  his  wife. — Ozias,  b.  Aug.  20, 
1731. 

Gibbs,  Jacob.  Is.  of,  by  Mary,  his  wife. — Mary,  b.  Oct.  1,  1737; 
Jerusha,  Sept.  25,  '42;  Jacob,  Feb.  25,  '45;  John,  June  30,  1747. 


1864.]  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  57 

Gillitt,  John  and  Sarah,  dau.  ofWm.  Tryan,  were  m.  April  7,  1697. 
Is.— Abel,  b.  Mar.  10,  '98;. William,  Mar.  15,  1700;  John,  June  16, 
'02;  Hannah,  Jan.  26,  '05;  Sarah,  Feb.  23,  '08;  Samuel,  July  15, 
1710. 

Gillett,  John  and  Mary,  dau.  of  Jacob  Williams,  were  m.  Aug.  29, 
1727.  Is.— Mary,  b.  Feb.  14,  '28;  John,  Sept.  18,  '29;  Sarah,  May  2, 
1731. 

Garrett,  Joseph  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  Jacob  Johnson,  were  m.  June 
2,1703.     Is.— Prudence,  b.  Sept.  27,   1711. 

Goodwin,  Thomas.  Is.  of,  by  Abigail,  his  wife. — Jacob,  b.  Aug. 
12,  1735;  Gale,  Jan.  6,   1738. 

Graham,  John  and  Hannah  Hun,  were  m.  Apr.  21,  1768.  Is. — Sam- 
uel, b.  June  20, '71;  Clara,  June  10,  1773. 

Griffin,  Simon  and  Lydia  Crane,  were  m.  Dec.  12,  1771.  Is. — George, 
b.  May  19,  '72;  Anne,  Nov.  19,  '74;  John,  Feb.  6,  1777. 

Greenwood,  Parsons  and  Sarah  Latimore,  were  m.  Feb.  27,  1777. 
Is.— William,  b.  Jan.  22,  '78;  Elizabeth,  Apr.  4,  '80;  Parsons  and  Sa- 
rah, Mar.  6,  '82;  Samuel,  Oct.  22,  '83;  George  Frasier,  Aug.  6,  '86; 
John,  Aug.  *  '88;  M's.  S.  G.  d.  Sept.  1,   1788. 

Ilaill,  (Hale)  Samuel.  Is.  of,  by  Mary,  his  wife. — Martha,  b.  Oct. 
2,  1643;  Samuel,  Feb.  7,  '45;  John,  Feb.  20,  '47;  Mary,  Apr.  9,  '49; 
Rebeckah,  Oct.  29,  '51;  Bennezer,  July  29,  1661. 

Heall,  (Hale)  Samuel,  jr.  and  Ruth,  his  wife,  were  m.  June  20,  1670. 
Is. — Ruth,  b.  Jan.  20,  '71,  and  d.  in  infancy;  Samuel,  Jan.  14,  '74, 
and  d.  in  infancy;  Mary,  June  13, '75;  Samuel,  July  17,  '77;  Ruth, 
Dec.  1,  '81.     Mrs.  R.  H.  d.  Dec.  26,  1682,  aged  about  30  years. 

Heall,  John  and  Hannah,  his  wife,  were  m.  May  8,  1668.  Is. — 
John,  b.  Feb.  7,  '69;  Samuel,  Apr.  3,  '71;  Hannah,  June  1,  '73;  Thom- 
as, Sept.  *'75;  Rebeckah,  Nov.  1,  '81,  and  d.  in  infancy;  Ebenezer, 
Dec.  24,    1682. 

Hale,  Thomas  and  Naomy,  his  wife,  were  m.  Oct.  30,  1679.  Is. — 
Naomy,  b.  Sept.  30,  '80;  Mary,  Nov.  20,  '82;  Thomas,  Sept.  17, 
1684. 

Hale,  Nathaniel  and  Abigail,  dau.  of  John  Francis,  were  m.  May 
17,  1717..  Is.— Lucy,  b.  Sept.  6,  '18;  Bennezer,  Jan.  26,  '20;  Justus, 
June  29,  '25;  Hezekiah,  Aug.  29,  '29.     M"\  N.  H.  d.  Jan.  10,  1739. 

Hale,  Benezer  and  Anne  Woodhouse,  were  m.  Jan.  2,  1745.  Is — 
James,  Sept.  27, '45;  Mary,  Sept.  28,  '47;  William,  Mar.  24, '50; 
Anne,  Apr.  5, '52;  Theodore,  Dec.  1,  '54;  Abigail,  May  1, '58;  Na- 
thaniel, July  13,  1763. 

Hale,  Hezekiah  and  Abigail  Hanmer,  were  m.  Jan.  15,  1756.  Is. — 
Francis,  b.  Mar.  14,  1757. 

Hale,  Theodore  and  Sarah  Forbs,  were  m.  Oct.  20,  1779.  Is.— 
Rhoda,  b.  June  21,  '81;  Prudence,  Jan.  4,  '83;  Betsey,  Feb.  14,  '86; 
Sarah,  May  20,  1789. 

Hale,  Daniel,  son  of  Daniel,  by  Abigail,  his  wife,  was  b.  June  19, 
1770. 

Ilanset,  John,  son  of  Th°.  Hanset,  by  Deliverance,  his  wife,  was 
b.  Sept.  1,  1649. 

Huberts,  (Hubbard),  John.  Is.  of,  by  Marie,  his  wife. — Marie,  b. 
Jan.  7,  1651;  John,  April  12,  '55;  Hannah,  Dec.  5,  '56;  Jonathan, 
Jan.  3,   1659. 


58  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn,  [Jan., 

Hanson,  John  and  Katherine,  his  wife,  were  m.  May  4,  1653.  Is. — 
Rebeckah,  b.  Feb.  10,  '54;  Mary,  June  8,  '55;  Sarah,  Mar  9,  1651. 

Hitchcock,  Luke,  son  of  Luke  H.  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  was  b. 
June  5,  1655.     Mr.  L.  H.  d.  Nov.  1,  1659. 

Hurlbut,  Stephen  and  Phebe,  his  wife,  were  m.  Dec.  12,1618.  Is. — 
Stephen,  b.  Sept.  17,  '79;  Thomas,  Jan.  28,  '81;  Joseph,  July  10,  '83; 
Benja",  Oct.  29,  '85;  Phebe,  Aug.  2,  '88;  Dorothy,  Mar.  5,  1691. 

Hurlbut,  Samuel.  Is.  of,  by  Mary,  his  wife. — Stephen,  b.  Dec. 
27,1668;  Nathan,  Oct.  4, '70;  Mary,  Oct.  16,  '72;  Sarah,  Dec.  25, 
,74;  Jonathan,  Mar.  2,  '77;  David,  July  7,  '79;  Titus,  Dec.  18,  '81; 
Miriam,  April  *  83;  Samuel,  Jan.  17,  '87;  Elizabeth,  Jan.  4, '91; 
Lemmon,  Aug-.  1,  1695. 

Hurlbut,  Timothy,  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Lidiah,  his  wife,  was  b. 
Sept.  29,  1681. 

ilurlbutt,  Cornelius.     Is.  of,  by  Rebeckah,  his  wife. — John,  b.  Jan. 

27,  1686;  William,  Mar.  29,  '89;  Johu,  with  all  the  crew  of  the  ves- 
sel, was  lost  in  a  storm  at  sea  Nov.  22,  1701,  being  about  15  years 
of  age. 

Hurlbutt,  Nathan  and  Mary,  dau.  of  Peter  Blin,  were  m.  July  9, 
1699.  Is.— Gideon,  b.  Feb.  9,  1700;  Anna,  Aug.  2,  '01;  Peter,  Sept. 
12, '03;  Hezekiah,  Aug.  28,  '05;  John,  Aug.  30,  '07;  Samuel,  Aug. 
12, '09,  Mary,  Oct.  25. '11;  Elizabeth,  Oct.  13,  '13;  Thankful!,  Dec. 
16,  '17;  Nathanaell,  June  15,   1720. 

Hurlbutt,  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Webb,  were  m.  July  27,  1699.  Is. — 
Stephen,  b.  Mar.  16,  1700;  Jonathan,  April  7,  '02;  Josiah,  Oct.  10, 
'04,  son  of  Abia  J.  H.'s  second  wife;  Abia,  June  18,  '07;  Sarah,  May 

28,  1710. 

Hurlbutt,  Joseph,  son  of  Stephen  H.  and  Sibbill,  dau.  of  Mr.  Th°. 
Fitch,  were  m.  April  27,  1704.  Is.—  Sibill,  Nov.  4, '05;  Charles,  Nov. 
4,  '01;  Joseph,  June  10,  '10;  Josiah,  Mar.  4,  '14;  Sarah,  May  18, '16; 
Phebe,  July  3,  '18;  Abigail,  April  24,  '21,  and  d.  June  28,  '40;  Mar- 
tha, Oct.  27,  '23;  Fitch,  Feb.  27,  '26;  Elisha,  July  3,  1729. 

Hurlbut,  Thomas  and  Rebecca,  dau.  of  John  Meekins,  were  m.  Jan. 
11,  1705.  Is.— Stephen,  b.  Feb.  3,  '06;  Hannah,  Mar.  8,  '08;  John, 
Oct.  1,  '10;  Rebecca,  Jan.  12,  '13;  Thomas,  Feb.  19,  '15;  Amos,  April 
14,  '11;  Elijah,  Dec.  9,  '19;  Timothy,  Jan.  16,  1723. 

Hurlbut,  William  and  Susanna,  dau.  of  Josiah  Bowen,  were  m. 
April  17,  1117.  Is — Martha,  b.  Mar.  30,  '18;  Rebeckah,  Mar.  26, 
'20;  Abigail,  Aug.  23,  '22;  Elizabeth,  July  21,  '25;  William,  28,  '28; 
Josiah,  Jan.  28,  1135. 

Hurlbut,  Gideon  and  Mary,  dau.  of  Thomas  Deming,  were  m.  Dec. 
30,  1125.  Is.— Abigail,  b.  Dec.  9,  '26;  Jeremiah,  Nov.  25,  '28;  Da- 
vid, Dec.  21,  '30;  Samuel,  Jan.  8,  '33;  Elisha,  April  14,  1136. 

Hurlbut,  Peter  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  Henry  Webb,  were  m.  April  12, 
1121.  Is.— Elias,  b.  July  16,  '28;  Prudence,  May  13,  '30;  Sarah, 
Aug.  19,  '35;  Elizabeth,  Mar.  23,  '38;  Mehetabel,  May  8,  '41;  Jere- 
miah, Mar.  24,  1143. 

Hurlbutt,  Zephaniah,  son  of  Mary  Ilurlbutt,  and  of  Zephaniah 
Hatch,  as  yc  T.  Mary  saitli,  was  b.  on  ye  15th  of  Jan.  1130. 

Hurlbut,  Charles.  Is.  of,  by  Martha,  his  wife. —  Prudence,  b.  Nov. 
26,  1130;  Anne,  Aug.  4,  '32;  Mary,  Oct,  10,  '34;  Elias,  Feb.  11,  '42; 
Jerusha,  April  18,  '44;  Martha,  Feb.  11,  '41;  John,  April  10.  1151. 


1864. J  Newcomb  Family  —  Queries.  59 

Hurlbutt,  Amos  and  Hannah  Wright,  were  m.  June  10,  1742.  Is. — 
Lois,  b.  May  21,  1744. 

Hurlbutt,  John.  Is.  of,  by  Jemima,  his  wife. — Joanna,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1735;  John,  March  26, '37;  Jemima,  Jan.  11,  '40;  Sarah,  April  1, 
1746. 

Hurlbutt,  Thomas,  jr.  and  Abigail,  dau.  of  Silas  Belding,  were  m. 
Deo.  12,  1744.  Is.— Jerusha,  b.  Oct,  2,  '45;  Abigail,  April  2, '47; 
Lydia,  Dec.  21,  '48;  Anne,  Nov.  14,  '50;  Hopeful,  Oct.  24,  '52;  Silas, 
Oct.  13,  '54;   Ozias,  Mar.  13,  1757: 

Hurlburt,  Joseph,  Jum  and  Hannah  Wells,   were    m.  Jan.  8,  1736. 

Is.— Hannah,  b.  Nov.  7,  '36;  Christopher,  Dec.  15,  '38;  Abigail,  Jan. 
16, '41;  Levi,  Mar,  20, '44;  Sybil,  Aug.  10,  '46;  Elizabeth,  Dec.  28, 
'48;  Joseph,  Aug.  19,  '52;  Eli,  Mar.  29,  '56;  Unni,  June  '58;  Esther, 
June  30,  1760. 

Hurlbut,  Timothy  and  Sarah  Clark,  were  m.  Oct,  5,  1757.  Is. — 
Timothy,  Aug,  12,  '58;  Titus,  April  15,  '60;  Sarah,  Jan.  7, '62;  Philip, 
Sept,  30,  '64,  and  d.  Nov.  30,  66;  Ruth,  Nov.  22,  '66;  Philip.  Jan.  7, 
1769. 


NEWCOMB  FAMILY  — QUERIES. 
John  Bearse  Newcomb,*  superintendent  of  schools,  Elgin,  111.,  will 

be  greatly  obliged  for  information  respecting  the  relationship  of  the 

following  Newcombs  to  each  other,  dates  of  their  births,  names  of 

their  parents,  &c.  &c. 

Francis  of  Boston,  1635,  age  30,  settled  in  Braintree  before  1640. 

Andrew  of  Boston,  mariner,  m.  1663,  Grace,  widow  of  Win,  Rix.  In 
his  will,  dated  Jan.  31,  1683,  he  speaks  of  his  grandson  Newcovih 
Bloke,  whose  mother  must  have  been  a  daughter  of  Andrew  by  a 
former  wife. 

Andrew,  aged  32  in  1672.  ("  Early  Settlers  of  Essex  and  Old  Nor- 
folk counties:"     N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Reg.  vn,  85.) 

Andrew  of  Edgartown,  Mass.,  m.  Anna,  dau.  of  Thomas  Bayze,  before 
1680,  and  d.  between  1704-10. 

Francis,  was  living  at  Edgartown,  Mass.,  between  1681-5. 

Simon  of  Edgartown,  Mass.,  m.  Deborah  about  1687,  and  removed 
with  his  family  to  Lebanon,  Conn.,  1713-14,  where  he  d.  Jan.  20, 
1744-5,  in  his  79th  year;  and  his  wife,  Deborah,  June  17,  1756,  in 
her  92d  year. 

Peter  of  Edgartown,  m.  Mary  Smith  of  Sandwich,  March  11,  1699- 
1700,  settled  in  S. 

Joseph  of  Edgartown,  m.  Joyce,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  Butler,  Nov.  20, 
1705.     [Probably  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Anna  (Bayze)  Newcomb.] 

Elizabeth  of  Edgartown,  m.  John  Adkins  March  5,  1700. 

Embling  of  Edgartown,  m.  Samuel  Adkins  April  3,  1703. 

Zervtah  of  Edgartown,  m.  Josiah  Bearse  Nov.  2,  1716. 
I  Thomas  of  Eastham,  m.  Elizabeth  Cook  Oct.,  1693. 

Simon  of  Eastham,  m.  Hannah  Carter  April  15,  1705. 

Mary  of  Barnstable,  m.  Thomas  Lumbert  Oct.  4,  1694. 

Sarah  of  Salem,  m.  Joshua  Conant  Jan.  9,  1691. 

/ . _____ 

*  Mr.  N.  has  the  names  of  over  3,000  Newcombs. 


GREENOUGII'S    OBELISK. 


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HORATIO  GREENOUGH,  THE  DESIGNER  OF  BUNKER  HILL 

MONUMENT. 

[The  substance  of  two  papers  read  before  the  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society,  August  5 
and  November  4,  1863,  by  Col.  Samuel  Swett,  A.  M.,  of  boston.] 

The  greatest  heroes  and  demigods  of  antiquity  were  known  to  have 
only  putative  fathers,  and  the  same  is  the  fate  of  our  sublime  Bunker 
Hill  Monument.  Its  paternity  has  been  attributed  to  various  sources. 
Mr.  Frothingham,  in  his  appendix  to  his  Siege  of  Boston,  attributes 
it  to  Mr.  Willard,  the  architect,  and  others  to  Mr.  Baldwin.  But  we 
will  endeavor  to  demonstrate  that  the  honor  of  furnishing  the  design 
on  which  that  monument  was  constructed,  clearly  and  indubitably 
belongs  to  the  late  distinguished  artist,  Horatio  Greenough.  The 
originator  of  the  monument,  was  the  amiable  and  accomplished 
scholar  and  gentleman,  William  Tudor.  The  Bunker  Hill  Monu- 
ment Association  advertised  for  designs  to  be  presented  to  them 
for  the  monument,  and  a  reward  of  $100  for  that  which  should 
be  accepted  by  them  as  the  best.  Horatio  Greenough,  a  senior 
in  our  University,  about  to  graduate,  presented  to  the  Association 
his  plan  for  the  monument  —  an  obelisk  of  the  same  form  and  pro- 
portions as  one  of  ancient  Thebes  —  together  with  a  very  exact  and 
particular  wooden  model  of  his  plan,  and  his  artistic  views  and  argu- 
ments in  favor  of  an  obelisk,  instead  of  a  column,  for  which  many  of 
the  Association  had  expressed  their  preference.  Two  committees  of 
the  Association  reported  in  favor  of  accepting  his  design.  The  first, 
Loammi  Baldwin,  George  Ticknor,  Jacob  Bigelow,  Washington 
Allston,  Gilbert  Stuart,  and  Samuel  Swett;  and  the  second,  Gilbert 
Stuart,  Washington  Allston,  and  Warren  Dutton.  Mr.  Stuart  as  the 
chairman  wrote  "Approved"  on  Greenough's  wooden  model,  and  it 
was  deposited  in  the  room  of  the  Association.  A  picture  of  this  plan 
drawn  by  Mr. Greenough,  and  another  by  his  brother,  Henry  Green- 
ough, Esq.,  we  exhibit,  which  show  that  the  present  monument  was  in 
every  essential  particular  constructed  after  Mr.  Greenough's  plan. 
He  proposed,  however,  a  stone  platform  around  the  base,  with  twenty 
steps  to  ascend  to  it,  and  in  the  angles  between  those  steps,  opposite 
the  four  corners  of  the  monument,  stone  foundations  for  statues  or 
other  desirable  objects  it  might  be  wished  to  place  on  them.  He  also 
proposed  a  plinth  at  the  bottom  of  his  monument.  We  are  informed 
by  the  very  patriotic,  intelligent  and  devoted  president  of  the  Asso- 
ciation that  the  platform  proposed  by  Mr.  Greenough  is  quite  indis- 
pensable to  the  completion  of  the  monument.  Mr.  Greenough  imme- 
diately on  presenting  his  plan  sailed  for  Europe,  leaving  an  order 
with  his  father  on  the  Association  for  the  reward,  which  never  has  been 
paid. 

The  late  Amos  Lawrence,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Building  Committee,  in 
his  published  diary,  says  : — "Young  Greenough  (Horatio)  sent  in  a 
plan  with  an  essay  that  manifested  extraordinary  talents,  and  was 
substantially  adopted,  although  the  column  was  amended  by  the  ta- 
lents, taste  and  influence  of  Loammi  Baldwin."     Professor  Packard, 


62  Bunker  Hill  Monument  [Jan., 

in  his  history  of  the  monument,  says  the  same.  The  only  amendment 
proposed  by  Mr.  Baldwin,  that  was  adopted,  was  dispensing  with  a 
plinth,  a  slight  enlargement  of  the  obelisk  at  its  base,  which  Green- 
ough  had  proposed. 

The  following  is  Col.  Swett's  second  communication. 

Although  we  deem  it.  supererogatory  to  present  you  any  further 
demonstration  than  we  have  already,  that  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument 
Association  were  indebted  to  Greenough  for  the  model  after  which 
that  monument  was  constructed,  and  ought  to  have  paid  him  their 
promised  reward,  we  recur  to  the  subject  because  we  have  obtained 
some  further  information  concerning  it  which  deserves  to  be  recorded. 

On  the  22d  January,  1825,  the  Association  by  their  committee, 
H.  A.  S.  Dearborn,  J.  C.  Warren,  Geo.  Blake,  S.  D.  Harris  and  Edward 
Everett,  published  the  following  notice;  and  offered  a  reward  of  100 
dollars  for  a  model  after  which  the  monument  should  be  constructed. 

"Though  there  are  some  obvious  recommendations  of  a  column  as 
the  best  form  for  a  monumental  structure,  yet  the  committee  are 
determined  to  propose  no  plan  to  the  Association,  till  they  have  had 
the  means  of  comparing  all  the  suggestions  which  may  be  offered. 
But  as  a  column  is  recommended  by  various  local  circumstances,  and 
appears  to  enjoy  a  general  preference,  the  committee  are  particularly 
desirous  to  receive  plans  o('  a  monumental  column  about  220  feet  in 
height,  to  be  built  of  hewn  granite." 

In  response  to  this,  Horatio  Greenough  sent  them  a  copy  of  the 
ancient  obelisk  at  Thebes,  accompanied  with  a  letter  in  which  he 
exposes  the  arrant  defects  of  a  column  for  the  monument,  and  ex- 
plodes the  unfortunate  delusion,  and  foregone  conclusion  of  the 
Association  and  the  public  in  favor  of  it.     In  this  letter  he  observes: — 

"I  have  made  choice  of  the  obelisk  as  the  most  purely  monumental 
structure.  The  column,  grand  and  beautiful  as  it  is  in  its  place, 
(where  it  stands  beneath  the  weight  of  a  pediment'and  supports  a 
long  line  of  heavy  entablature,)  considered  as  a  monument,  seems 
liable  to  unanswerable  objections.  It  steps  forth  from  that  body  of 
which  it  has  been  made  a  harmonious  part,  to  take  a  situation  which 
of  all  others  requires  unity  of  form;  hence  the  more  completely  it 
has  been  fitted  to  a  situation  so  different,  the  greater  must  be  the 
number  of  useless  appendages  and  unmeaning  parts,  when  it  assumes 
its  new  place  and  office.  In  fact  the  increase  in  the  upper  part  of 
the  shaft  of  the  column,  in  each  of  the  Greek  orders,  as  plainly  im- 
plies a  weight  above,  to  be  supported,  as  the  base  implies  a  ground 
on  which  to  stand. 

"  The  proportions  of  this  obelisk  are  taken  from  one  at  ancient 
Thebes.  " 

In  our  former  communication  in  consideration  of  the  very  exalted 
character  of  Amos  Lawrence  in  every  respect,  and  his  being  one  of 
the  building  committee,  wo  essentially  relied  on  his  authority  in 
favor  of  Greenough's  claims.  We  now  reinforce  his  authority, 
though  that  be  "gilding  gold,"  by  stating  that  he  was  the  most 
enthusiastic  and  devoted  advocate  for  the  election  of  the  monument, 
and  the  most  profuse  contributor  toward  it.  Mr.  Touro  nobly  gave 
his  $10,000,  and  Mr.  Lawrence  did  the  same,  but  he  contributed  other 
amounts,  and  in  his  will  he  devised  $50,000  to  insure   the  completion 


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of  the  monument,  provided  a  sufficient  amount  could  not  be  otherwise 
obtained  for  the  purpose. 

With  all  this  devotedness,  he  must  have  been  inevitabty  perfectly 
well  informed  as  to  who  was  the  planner  of  the  monument.  What 
Greenough's  model  was,  is  palpably  evident  from  his  own  declaration, 
and  his  minutely  labored  and  finished  wooden  model  that  was  pre- 
served for  many  years  and  seen  by  great  numbers;  and  by  two 
drawings  of  it  by  himself  which  we  have  exhibited,  one  of  them  he 
presented  to  me  to  illustrate  his  claims;  which  by  the  bye  so  hon- 
orable and  intelligent  an  artist  could  never  have  advanced  without 
their  being  perfectly  well  founded. 

Some  captious  critics  have  objected,  that  there  was  no  merit  in 
presenting  a  copy  of  an  obelisk,  as  "an  obelisk  is  an  obelisk;"  but 
in  fact  obelisks  vary  very  essentially  from  each  other,  and  Green- 
ough's distinguished  merit  arose  not  from  his  being  a  copier,  but  the 
enlightened,  ingenious,  and  artistic  selector  of  the  best  obelisk  in 
the  world  for  his  purpose;  especially  as  it  had  an  obtuse  instead  of 
a  pointed  vertex,  which  enables  a  spectator,  from  its  summit,  to 
enjoy  the  glorious  and  boundless  prospect  around  him.  These  carp- 
ers are  cousins-german  to  the  carpers  of  Columbus,  who  told  him, 
after  he  had  shown  them  how,  it  was  very  easy  to  stand  an  egg  on 
end. 

We  conclude  our  demonstration  of  Greenough's  claim,  by  reduc- 
ing our  argument  to  a  simple  logical  syllogism.  The  Association 
promised  a  reward  for  a  model  after  which  the  monument  should  be 
constructed.  Greenongh  presented  them  a  copy  of  the  obelisk  at 
Thebes.  Bunker  Hill  Monument  is  identical  in  form,  with  that  obe- 
lisk, as  any  one  who  has  eyes  to  see  the  monument  and  the  pictures 
of  Egyptian  antiquities  must  see.  Ergo,  Greenough  was  entitled  to 
the:  promised  reward.  We  challenge  any  "  wight  to  pinch  "  at  our 
major,  minor,  or  conclusion.  The  stairway  to  ascend  the  monument 
was  part  of  Greenough's  plan. 

This  triumphant  success  of  Greenough,  just  through  his  college 
life,  was  marvellous;  but  he  was  a  well-read  artist,  and  son  of  a 
distinguished  architect;  and  had  some  months,  after  the  reward  for 
a  model  was  advertised,  to  prepare  his  plan.  And,  above  all,  his 
plan  was  patronized  and  maintained  by  a  triumvirate  of  the  direct- 
ors, of  as  high  and  commanding  influence  as  the  world  could  pro- 
duce. Allston,  probably  the  greatest  painter  of  his  day;  Baldwin, 
the  greatest  civil  engineer,  and  Stuart,  the  greatest  portrait  painter 
in  the  United  States,  were  all  of  them  unhesitating  and  unaccomo- 
dating  in  their  support  of  Greenough's  plan.  Allston  declared  that 
a  monumental  column  would  remind  him  of  a  peripatetic  can- 
dlestick. A  man's  leg,  he  observed,  though  a  very  handsome  sup- 
port for  his  body,  when  cut  off,  becomes  abhorrent.  Baldwin  had 
previously  pledged  himself  in  favor  of  an  obelisk  for  a  monument 
by  erecting  an  obelisk  over  his  family  tomb;  and  Stuart,  as  we  have 
related,  wrote  "Approved  "  on  Greenough's  model,  as  chairman  of  a 
committee  to  examine  the  numerous  models  presented.  Greenough 
himself  complained  that  his  obelisk,  from  the  omission  of  his  plat- 
form, resembled  a  great  spire  of  asparagus  springing  out  of  the 
ground. 


64  Bunker  Hill  Monument.  [Jan., 

Mr.  Lawrence,  we  are  happy  to  state,  declared  that  without  the 
eminent  skill  and  devoted  services  of  Mr.  Willard,  the  architect 
of  the  monument,  it  would  never  have  been  completed.  In  this  opi- 
nion all  the  friends  of  the  monument  have  always  implicitly  united, 
and  none  more  sincerely  so  than  ourselves.  His  name  will  be  as 
immortal  as  his  work.  But  he  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  plan  of 
the  monument  after  which  it  was  constructed;  Greenough's  plan,  with 
a  slight  modification  by  Baldwin,  (the  omission  of  a  plynth  ornament) 
except  to  mechanically  make  a  copy  of  it,  under  the  dictation  of 
Baldwin,  who  as  the  chairman  of  our  committee,  L.  Baldwin,  G.  Tick- 
nor,  J.  Bigelow,  S.  Swett  and  W.  Allston,  reported  it.  He  nobly 
offered  his  services  gratis,  as  architect  of  the  monument,  though  the 
directors  would  not  accept  the  sacrifice.  But  he  received  only  the 
amount  of  his  expenses;  and  generously  contributed  $1,000  toward 
the  monument.  At  his  own  risk,  he  purchased  a  quarry  at  Quincy, 
to  secure  materials  for  the  monument.  The  directors  were  ambitious 
of  making  their  monument,  an  orthodox,  monolyth  rival  of  its  pro- 
totype of  Thebes,  and  Willard  was  in  favor  of  the  enterprise.  It 
was  ascertained  that  a  monolyth  of  any  desirable  dimensions  might 
be  quarried  on  the  bank  of  the  Kennebeck,  but  the  enormous  and 
incalculable  expense  of  the  undertaking  was  too  confounding  to  be 
encountered. 

The  services  of  Baldwin,  however,  belonged  to  a  higher  region  of 
art  and  science  than  those  of  the  architect;  and  his  talents  encoun- 
tered their  strongest  test  in  the  construction  of  a  vast  pile  entirely 
unprecedented,  as  all  former  obelisks  had  been  monolyths,  as  they 
are  by  their  definition.  His  most  distinguished  service,  however 
toward  rendering  the  monument  eternal,  probably  was,  in  directing 
the  steps  of  the  stairway  to  be  incorporated  into  the  wall  of  the 
monument  as  building-stones.  His  ingenious  device,  to  exhibit  to 
our  committee  the  appearance  of  an  obelisk  on  Bunker  Hill,  was 
amusing.  He  placed  on  the  rail  of  Craigie's  bridge  a  miniature 
shingle  obelisk,  which  to  a  spectator  at  a  proper  distance  behind  it, 
became  magnified  into  a  stately  obelisk  on  the  Hill.  In  his  report 
he  directed  that  the  sides  of  the  monument  should  face  the  cardinal 
poinis,  but  sentiment  prevailed  over  science  and  taste,  the  sides 
conform  to  those  of  the  old  fort  in  which  the  foundation  of  the  monu- 
ment lies. 

By  a  singular  coincidence  three  of  the  final  committee  on  the  plan 
were  of  the  College  Class  of  1800 — Allston,  Baldwin,  and  Swett.  It 
was  our  purpose  to  copy  from  the  biographical  memoirs  of  our  class 
mates,  of  which  we  have  many  years  been  the  recorder  in  our  class- 
book,  the  memoirs  of  Allston  and  Baldwin;  but  time  does  not  suffice 
We  cannot  forbear  to  say,  however,  that  Allston,  half  a  century  ago, 
on  the  sale  of  an  estate  in  South  Carolina,  of  which  he  was  a  part 
owner,  refused  to  receive  any  portion  of  the  purchase  money  for 
which  the  slaves  belonging  to  the  estate  were  sold. 

It  is  a  principle  of  Christianity  that  it  is  never  too  late  to  repent. 
And  we  trust  the  Monument  Association  will  soon  redeem  their  repu- 
tation by  doing  justice,  however  tardy,  to  Greenough's  representa- 
tives, as  they  ought  to  have  done  to  himself.  In  the  hurry,  confusion, 
and  innumerable  difficulties  of  their  novel  undertaking,  their  neglect 


1 864.]  Spring  in  Roxbury  Street.  65 

of  Greenough's  claim  may  be  pardonable,  and  their  poverty  perhaps 
somewhat  controlled  their  will.  But  if  this  stigma  be  not  washed  off 
their  monument,  some  satirist  may  fulminate  against  it  the  bolt  of 
Pope  against  the  great  monument  of  London. 

"  which  rising  to  the  skies," 
"  Like  a  tall  bully,  lifts  his  head  and  lies." 

Some  critics  yet  complain  that  our  monument  ought  to  be  a  mono- 
lyth.  An  octogenarian  placed  clapboards  on  his  house  instead  of 
shingles  which  had  been  on  fifty  years,  to  compare  their  durability. 
Some  thousands  of  years  hence  another  obelisk,  iron  perhaps,  may  be 
erected  to  compare  in  durability  with  those  of  Thebes  and  Bunker  Hill. 
In  the  mean  time,  what  ever  world  we  inhabit,  we  will  stoutly  main- 
tain, that  our  obelisk,  built  under  Baldwin  of  granite  masses,  placed 
on  each  other  without  cement  between,  except  to  smooth  their  bed 
and  build,  and  without  dowels,  will  forever  beat  all  creation.  J.  0. 
Savage,  contractor  for  raising  the  stones,  introduced  the  use  of 
steam  for  that  purpose  and  for  similar  building  operations,  probably 
under  the  direction  of  Baldwin. 

Why  Baldwin  and  his  committee  rejected  Greenough's  plinth  that 
belongs  to  all  ancient  obelisks,  though  hid  by  the  accumulated  soil  of 
ages,  or  why  the  platform,  recommended  by  them  and  Greenough, 
is  not  built,  are  mysteries. 

But  there  be  other  melancholy  stains  on  our  loved  monument  which 
imperatively  demand  of  all  true  patriots  to  unite  in  rendering  per- 
fectly spotless.  The  venerable  shades  of  Putnam  and  Prcscott  seek 
in  vain  to  enter  its  portal  and  stand  beside  their  glorious  compeer 
Warren. 


The  Spring  in  Roxbury  Street.— The  excavations  during  the  past 
summer,  for  the  purpose  of  laying  down  a  sewer,  laid  open  the  "Old 
Brook"  as  it  passes  the  junction  of  Dudley  street  and  Shawmut  ave- 
nue in  this  city.  The  bed  of  the  stream  is  some  twenty  feet  below  the 
present  surface  of  the  ground.  In  the  Remarkable  Providences  of  John 
Dane,  of  Ipsicich,  Mass.,  1682,  occurs  the  following  account,  which 
we  copy  from  the  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  for  1854  :  "My 
first  cuming  to  this  country  was  to  Roxburey.  Thare  I  toke  a 
pese  of  ground  to  plant  of  a  frind.  And  I  went  to  plant,  and  hauing 
cept  long  in  the  Shep,  the  weatther  being  hot,  I  spent  my  self,  and 
was  ueary  wearey  and  thurstey. 

"  I  cam  by  a  Spring  in  Roxbuery  Streat,  and  went  to  it,  and  drunk, 
and  drunk  againe  and  againe  manie  times;  and  I  neuer  drounk  wine 
in  my  lyfe  that  more  Refresht  me,  nor  was  more  pleasant  to  me  in 
my  lyfe,  as  then  I  absolutly  thout." 

The  brook  lately  laid  open  to  the  view  of  passers  by,  is,  undoubt- 
edly, the  "  Spring"  from  which  honest  John  Dane  "drounk  "  in  1638. 
Those  of  our  readers  who  have  not  read  the  Remarkable  Provi- 
dences will  be  well  repaid  by  perusing  the  account  in  the  Register, 
vol.  viii,  pp.  149-156. 

J.  C. 
Roxbury,  Mass. 


66  Pratt  and  Trerice.  [Jan., 


PRATT  AND  TRERICE. 
(Communicated  by  William  S.  Appleton,  A.  M.,  of  Boston.) 
Great  confusion  seems  to  exist  between  Abraham  and  John  Pratt, 
and  it  may  be  doubted  whether  dates  and  facts  have  been  correctly 
distributed  to  each.  This  article  is  prepared  partly  in  the  hope  of 
obtaining  further  information  from  papers  in  the  hands  of  others. 
Dr.  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  Engl 'and  has  the  following 
account:  "Abraham,  Charlestown,  a  surg.  hav.  in  Col.  rec.  19,  Oct. 
1630,  when  he  req.  to  be  made  free,  the  preiix  of  respect  came,  we 
may  well  infer,  in  the  fleet  with  Winth.  and  was  liv.  1031  at  C.  He 
with  w.  Joanna,  early  join  the  ch.  of  Roxbury,  but  rem.  again  to  C.  and 
his  w.  d.  27  Dec.  1645  ;  and  he  d.  as  the  gr.-st.  says,  on  the  same  day. 
John,  Cambridge,  an  expert  surg.  possib.  br.  of  Abraham,  was  of 
Hooker's  ch.  and  freem.  14  May  1634  ;  but  he  had  been  so  early  as 
Mar.  1629,  engag.  for  our  comp.  and  came  in  the  Lion's  Whelp,  but 
vet.  in  the  same  sh.  and  when  next  he  came,  sat  down  first  at  Brain- 
tree,  in  Nov.  1635  was  animadvert,  on  for  ill  report  of  the  country, 
rem.  to  Hartford,  prob.  1637,  was  rep.  1639-42,  but  not  after,  excus. 
from  watch,  accord,  to  previous  promise,  in  June  1644,  but  went  for 
home  in  Nov.  foil,  with  his  w.  having  no  ch.  and  above  60  yrs.  old, 
and  in  Dec.  drown,  in  the  shipwreck  on  the  coast  of  Spain.     Winth. 

I.  173,  and  II.  239,  with  Trumbull,  Col.  Rec,  II  (sh.  be  I)  27,  108,  and 
450." 

These  statements  probably  contain  several  errors  and  wrong  at- 
tributions. First,  the  records  of  the  Mass.  Co.  give  no  more  of  the 
name  of  the  surgeon  engaged  than  "Mr.  Pratt  ;"  see  Vol.  I,  as 
printed,  pp.  29  and  61.  Abraham  Pratt,  "  chyrurgeon,"  was  here  in 
Sept.  1630.  John  Pratt  does  not  appear  by  name  till  1634,  and  in 
1636  surveyed  land,  which  would  hardly  be  expected  of  a  surgeon. 
The  records  of  Charlestown,  Gen.  Re^.  Vol.  VIII.  p  346,  show  that 
Abr.  Pratt  and  his  wife  "dyed  27  (10)  1645,  and  that  on  this  same 
clay  Capt.  Coytmore  "  dyed  uppo.  the  coast  of  Cales,"  and  two  others 
also.     Were  they  not  probably  lost  together  ?     YVinthrop's  Hist.  Vol. 

II.  p.  292  (Edit,  of  1853)  says  :  "  Nineteen  were  drowned,  whereof 
Mr.  Kerman  was  one,  and  one  Mr.  Thomas  Coytmore,  of  Charlestown 
(a  right  godly  man,  and  an  expert  seaman,)  was  another,  and  Mr. 
Pratt  and  his  wile.  This  man  was  above  sixty  years  old,  an  exper- 
ienced surgeon,  &c."  The  date  it  may  be  remarked,  was  1644,  as 
appears  from  Winthrop,  and  the  necessity  in  1645,  of  post-dating  the 
event  easily  accounts  for  the  error  in  Charlestown  records.  Hubbard 
makes  the  same  mistake  about  the  shipwreck,  and  is  corrected  by 
Mr.  Savage  in  Coll.  of  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Vol.  XVII.  p.  125. 

But  I  have  still  further  proof  that  Abr.  Pratt  of  Charlestown  was 
the  man  lost  on  the  coast  of  Spain,  in  1644.  The  following  is  from 
tho  original  in  my  possession.  "  The  14th  of  the  4th  mo  °  1645, 
Joane  the  wile  of  Robert  Hale  did  depose  that  after  rnr.  Prats  being 
a  ship  board  a  lettr  was  brought  fro111  him  with  one  inclosed  to  mrs. 
Trerice  in  wch  lettr  mrs.  Trerice  did  depose  was  the  will  given  in  to 
the  Cort  wherin  mr.  Prat  writeth  that  wth    his  wifes  consent,  if  they 


1864.]  Letter  from  Peake  to  Hull,  1671.  67 

dye  before  they  come  to  England  they  give  halfe  their  whole  estate  to 
mrs.  Trerice,  and  her  children.  The  othr  halfe  to  mr.  Cotton  and  mr. 
Tho.  Allen  of  Charlestovvne,  onely  the  beding  atgoodman  Hales,  hee 
to  have  all  but  a  rug  coverlet,  wch  mrs.  Trerice  to  have. 

Deposed  the  day  and  yeare  above  named 
before  the  Cort,  Increase  No  well,  Sec." 

Rebecca  Lynde,  of  Charlestown,  in  1645,  wife  of  Nicholas  Trerice, 
in  her  will,  April  6,  1G88,  gives  a  house  formerly  the  estate  of  Abra- 
ham Pratt,  and  in  a  deed  1672,  uses  the  words  "  by  virtue  of  of  pow- 
er and  right  from  Mr.  Abraham  Pratt,  formerly  of  Charlestown, " 
thus  identifying  the  Mr.  Pratt  of  the  deposition.  The  character  giv- 
en b}'  Gov.  Winthrop  of  Mr.  Pratt  who  was  drowned,  has  probably 
caused  him  to  be  erroneously  taken  as  the  John  Pratt,  whose  letter 
written  in  1635  brought  him  into  trouble  ;  see  Mass.  Records,  Vol.  I. 
p.  258. 

I  can  see  no  reason  for  supposing  that  there  were  two  men  named 
John  Pratt  at  Hartford  about  1640,  as  is  stated  in  Dr.  Savage's  Gen. 
Diet..  The  name  occurs  occasionally  from  1639  to  1655  in  such  way 
as  to  lead  to  the  belief  that  only  one  man  is  intended. 

A  secondary  object  of  this  notice  is  to  inquire  what  relationship, 
if  any,  existed  between  Abraham  Pratt  and  Mrs  Rebecca  Trerice, 
afterwards  Lynde.  By  the  former  marriage  she  was  an  ancestress 
of  the  compiler  of  this  article,  and  any  information  on  this  point 
will  be  gratefully  received  by  him. 


LETTER.  FROM  Wm.  PEAKE  TO  JOHN  HULL,  1671. 

London,  7th  March,  1671. 
Mr.  John  Hull: 
Sr.,  I  Commend  mee  vnto  you — the  true  Reason  why  I  haue  sent 
noe  goods  because  I  haue  p'rused  your  Account  &  am  A  great  looser 
in  Regard  I  am  not  paid  in  the  space  off  A  yeare.  I  would  Intreat  to 
take  some  effectual  Course  to  pay  mee  and  noe  man  will  or  Cann  send 
you  Cheaper  Goods  then  my  seilfe.  My  sonne  that  is  wth  mee  Ad- 
uised  mee  not  to  trade  except  1  Could  haue  payment:  neyther  hee  nor 
I  doe  mistrust  your  sufficiencj'e,  but  wee  Find  though  you  doe  nott  pay 
in  tyme,  you  arc  vnwilling  to  allow  Interest,  which  is  in  Reallity  the 
most  Just  thinge,  one  off  them,  in  the  world.  Wee  must  learne  to 
doe  as  wee  would  bee  donne  vnto,  &  you  know  to  trade  to  losse  ther 
is  noe  Comffort.  I  was  Willing  to  Abate  Mr.  Paris,  throng  his  & 
your  Intreaty,  but  For  the  future  I  will  Avoid  such  doings,  &  haue 
better  payment  or  leave  off:  noe  man  is  more  willing  to  de;ile  wth 
you,  but  I  shall  nott  except  you  Cleare  your  Account  &  make  mee 
some  recompence  for  my  damadg,  which  I  shall  leaue  in  your  owne 
brest.  My  sonne  hath  sent  your  Account.  I  haue  had  much  contest 
w,!lh  Maior  Bourne,  but  haue  now  Ended  itt.  Mr  Paris  &  M1'  Harwood 
did  veiw  your  damaged  skins  &  I  Could  not  retl'use  them.  I  haue 
nott  Further  att  this  tyme  oil'  concernment,  Hut  leaue  you  to  the 
passengers  For  news  heare  in  England,  &  Rest  your  louing  Freiud, 

Wm.  Peake. 


68  Letter  from  Experience  Mayhew.  [Jan., 


DEPOSITIONS    OF  JOSHUA    SCOTTOW,  JAMES    EVERILL,  & 
RICHARD  KNIGHT,  OF  BOSTON.  — 1682. 

Joshua  Scottow  aged  Sixty  six  Years  or  thereabouts,  sworn,  saith, 
that  whereas  he  hath  been  a  proprietor  &  Inhabitant  of  Land  in 
Boston,  near  unto  the  Land  now  in  Controversy  about  forty  Years, 
and  hath  minded  the  Transactions  about  the  Town  Dock  or  Cove, 
formerly  Called  BendalPs  Dock,  &  hath  taken  notice  of  the  Towns- 
mens  Claiming  the  towns  right  in  Behalf  of  their  Inhabitants  to 
maintain  their  priviledges  in  the  high  way  about  it,  &  Especially  in 
that  part  of  it  butting  upon  the  late  Goodman  Buttons  house  oppo- 
site now  to  Mr  Wings  house;  &  whereas  Mr  Hill  or  M1'  Bendall  sold 
Land  intrenching  upon  the  high  Way,  butting  upon  Mr  Walkers  new 
house,  that  upon  Complaint  of  himself  &  others  to  the  select  men, 
they  caused  the  fence  of  said  Land  to  be  removed  &  taken  down, 
and  the  Townsmen  always  Claimed  their  right  to  the  Land  lying  at 
the  head  of  that  part  of  the  Dock  now  in  Controversy,  &  further  when 
as  Deacon  Marshall  sett  up  a  shop  near  unto  the  place,  though  he  was 
one  of  the  Townsmen,  they  Caused  him  to  take  down  &  remove  this 
Shop  &  sett  it  up  in  another  place,  &  further  the  Deponent  saith  not. 

James  Everill  aged  Seventy  nine  Years,  &  Richard  Knight  aged  abl. 
Sixty  nine  Years,  Deposeth  to  the  truth  of  what  is  above  written. 
Deposed  in  Court  by  Both,  27lh  July,  1682.  Attestatur  Isaac  Ad- 
dington,  Clerk. 

Copia   vera   Attestatur    Isaac   Addington,    Clerk.      Copia    vera 
Attestatur,   Edward   Rawson  Secretary. 

Memorandum.  —  In  the  year  1682  Willam.  Hanbury,  that  owned 
the  house  &  Land  that  now  is  Mr  Jackson's,  att  the  he  head  of  the 
town  Dock,  sewed  the  town  of  Boston  for  that  Land  betwen  Isick 
Walker's  hous  &  his  hous  att  the  head  of  the  Dock  :  &  Mr.  James 
Euerill  swears  that  Land  was  allways  belonging  to  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  town  of  Boston,  sworn  in  Court  27  July  1682,  two  years  be- 
fore Mr  James  Euarell  Dyed,  and  about  34  years  after  the  Indentuer 
that  is  found  on  the  first  book  of  Records  in  Mr  James  Euarell 
name— 1649.  1682. 


LETTER  FROM  REV.  EXPERIENCE   MAYHEW  OF  MARTHA'S 
VINEYARD,  1720. 

Boston,  June  2nd,  1720. 
Honorable  Sir, 

These  are  to  request  you  to  send  by  Mr.  Chase  for  ye  vse  of  ye 
Indians  on  ye  Vinyard,  2  Bibles,  2  Testaments,  and  2  small  concord- 
ances. 

Also  4  or  5  Duzen  Primers.  And  for  poor  old  Job  an  Alient  min- 
ister, now  blind,  an  Iron  Pot  of  about  15s  price. 

Experience  Mayhew. 


1864.]  Letter  from  Rev.  Seth  Shove.  69 


LETTER  FROM  REV.  SETH  SHOVE,  OF  SIMSBURY,  CONN.,  TO 
CAPT.  SAMUEL  SEWALL,  OF  BOSTON,  1692. 

[The  original  In  possession  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society.] 

[Seth  Shove  was  doubtless  the  sou  of  Rev.  George  Shove,  the  third 
miuister  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  who  was  one  of  the  proprietors  in  the 
Taunton  North  Purchase,  embracing  the  present  towns  of  Norton, 
Easton  and  Mansfield.  Rev.  George  Shove  was  ordained  at  Taunton, 
Nov.  19,  16G5,  as  appears  by  an  entry  in  Dorchester  Church  Records. 
He  was  a  minister  in  Taunton  upwards  of  twenty  years,  till  his  death, 
April  21,  1687.  He  was  thrice  married.  By  his  first  wife,  Hopestill, 
dau.  of  Rev.  Samuel  Newman,  of  Rehoboth,  whom  he  married  July 
12,"1664,  ho  had  six  children.  Seth,  his  second  son,  and  third  child, 
was  born  in  Taunton,  Dec.  10,  1667,  grad.  at  Harvard  College  in 
1687,  the  year  of  his  father's  decease.  After  leaving  Simsbury, 
where  he  remained,  as  it  appears,  from  the  fall  of  1691  until  1694  or 
1695,  he  became  the  first  minister  of  Danbury,  Ct.,  where  he  died  in 
1735,  as  we  learn  from  a  copy  of  the  inscription  taken  from  the 
monument  in  the  burying  ground,  opposite  the  court  house  in  Dan- 
bury,  printed  in  Barber's  Connecticut  Historical  Collections,  page  370: 

"  Here  lyes  buried  ye  body  of  ye  Rev.  Mr.  Seth  Shove,  ye  Pious  and 
Faithful  Pastor  of  ye  Church  in  Danbury  39  years,  who  died  Oct.  3d, 
Anno  Domini,  1735.     JEtatis  suae  68." 

Phelps,  in  his  history  of  Simsbury,  Granby  and  Canton,  page  52, 
says  that  the  Rev.  Edward  Thompson,  of  Newbury,  Mass-,  was 
minister  in  Danbury,  "  though  not,  it  is  believed,  as  a  settled  pastor, 
until  the  summer  of  1691,  when  he  left  the  place."  He  succeeded 
Rev.  Samuel  Stone  and  Rev.  Samuel  Stow,  neither  of  whom  were 
settled.  "The  next  minister  was  Mr.  Seth  Shore  [a  mistake  for 
Shove],  who  commenced  his  ministry  in  the  fall  of  1691.  In  the  fol- 
lowing winter  the  town  gave  him  a  formal  call  to  settle  with  them 
in  the  ministry,  which  was  accepted.  But  the  records  do  not  show 
that  he  was  ever  ordained  over  the  society  as  pastor.  He  continued 
to  preach,  however,  until  1694  or  1695." 

Rev.  Mr.  Robbins,  in  his  Century  Sermon,  at  Danbury,  1801,  says  : 
"The  first  minister  in  this  town  was  the  Rev.  Seth  Shove,  a  very- 
pious  and  worthy  man,  who  was  very  successful  in  his  exertions  for 
the  promotion  of  peace,  virtue  and  true  religion:  so  that  the  general 
peace  and  union  in  his  time  are  proverbial  to  this  day.  He  was  or- 
dained in  the  year  1696,  and  died  Oct.  3,  1735,  aged  68."  See  Emery's 
Ministry  of  Taunton,  vol.  1,  pages  171-6. 

In  regard  to  the  statement  in  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary,  and 
elsewhere,  that  Rev.  George  Shove,  father  of  Rev.  Seth,  was  a  native 
of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  we  would  remark  that  the  assertion  needs  more 
substantial  evidence. — Editor.] 

Simsbury,  Sept.  10th,  '92. 
Honoured  Sr: 

I  received  yours,  dated  Aug':  25th:  yesterd:     Return  thanks  for 
your  Care  of  my  Letter.      Am  glad  to  hear  of  your  Health,  &  ye 
6 


70  Deposition  of  John  Wiswall,  Jr.  [Jan., 

Health  of  yours.  The  Feav:  and  Ag:  seized  me  July  ye:  30th:  & 
has  not  left  me  yet;  have  been  handled  very  moderately,  yet  not 
a  little  weakned  by  reason  of  my  extream  sweating:  Was  detained 
at  home  3  Sabb:  dayes.  Had  about  a  weeks  Intermisfsion.]  People 
are  well  generally  about  here,  except  in  Winsor,  several  have  hadye 
Tertian  &  Quartan  Ague.  Mr:  Mather  &  Mr:  Wood  bridge  are  well; 
Mr:  Mather  and  Mr:  Hooker  have  visited  me  in  my  sickness.  I  thank 
you  sr:  for  ye  news  you  sent.  Hope  God  will  still  goe  forth  with  our 
Armies,  succeed  ym:  and  grant  them  their  desire  upon  yr  Enemies,  y* 
ye  Praise  waiting  in  Sion  may  be  given  him.  Am  very  glad  yl  any 
.more  of  those  wicked  Instruments  of  Satan  are  found  out.  Hope  yr 
will  a  spirit  of  Judgment  be  given  to  such  as  sit  in  Judgment;  fur- 
ther Discovery  made  and  Deliverance  appear  for  yc  miserably 
afflicted. 

Gods  Mercic  is  much  to  be  admired  who  preserves  others  whom  ye 
Devil  is  as  desirous  and  ready  to  exercise  his  Malice  towards  w1':  he 
permitted.  Sr:  I  cannot  be  unmindful  of  all  your  Kindnesses  to  me. 
Intended  in  way  of  Return  for  ye  Last  to  have  sent  you  a  Barrll.  or 
2  of  Flower,  but  cannot  find  above  a  Bushl:  or  2  of  clear  Winter 
AVheat  through  out  ye  whole  Town.  Hope  to  have  some  of  my  own 
growing  next  year.  I  hope  (through  Gods  blessing)  I  shall  live 
(though  a  poor)  yet  comfortable  &  contented  Life.  The  People  are 
unanimously  desirous  yx  I  would  settle  among  ym:  We  have  no  news 
here.  Desiring  your  Prayers,  I  present  my  humble  service  & 
hearty  thanks  to  your  self,  Mis:  Sewall  &  Mis:  Hull,  for  all  your 
Bounty  to  me,  &  Remain  yours  to  serve  in  wl  I  can. 
Superscribed—  Seth  Shove. 

For  the  Worshipful 

Capt.  Samuel  Sewall, 

In  Boston. 


Deposition  of  John  Wiswall,  Jr.,  1695. — John  Wiswall,  of  full 
Age,  saith,  that  when  I  was  in  England,  about  the  year  (61)  or  (62) 
my  grand  father  Smith  tould  me,  that  my  father,  John  Wiswall,  had 
sent  to  him  to  agree  with  my  brother  Mahalaleels  Muningses  credit- 
ors there:  and  that  when  he  had  called  them  to  gather,  s(1  creditors 
offered  him  to  take  fine  shilings  in  the  pound,  but  he  durst  not  tak 
up  with  them,  becaus  it  did  Rise  to  so  great  a  some:  I  allso  know 
that  when  William  Read  maried  my  sister  Hannah  Munings  he 
would  not  sollomnizes  said  marig  before  ther  was  A  writing  signed 
and  witnesed  that  signefied  s(1  William  Read  toke  only  her  person 
and  mcdled  not  with  her  Estate,  becaus  of  the  debts. 

Mathew  Johnson  testefieth  to  ye  aboue  writen  concerning  William 
Read:  John  Wiswall  further  saith,  that  the  debt  which  Elder  John 
Wiswall  payed  to  decon  Parks  of  Roxbury,  of  one  hundred  and  fif- 
teen shilings  and  three  penc,  was  a  debt  due  from  the  estate  of  the 
aforesaid  Mahalalel  Monings.  Boston  July  5th  1695. 

Sworn  in  Iuferio1'  Court  of  Pleas  by  both  deponl\ 

attest  Joseph  Webb  Cler. 

Copied  from  Mass.  Archives.  See  Read  Family,  also  letter  from  Thomas  and  Ann 
Smith,  Reg.  vii.  273,  274. 


1864.]  Petition  of  George  Davie.  71 


PETITION    OP    GEORGE   DAVIE   TO  THE  GENERAL  COURT 
IN  MASSACHUSETTS— 1676. 

[George  Davie  was  nn  early  settler  on  Sheepscot  River,  Maine.  lie  purchased 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  year  1663,  of  the  Sagamores  of  Sheepscot.  The 
flourishing  village  of  Wiscasset  is  under  this  title  ;  and  two  other  deeds,  of  the 
same  date,  made  by  the  same  Indians,  convey  the  lands  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  river  to  him.  He  had  his  house  not  far  from  Wiscasset  Point,  on  the  westerly 
bank  of  the  river,  in  the  midst  of  what  is  now  the  village.  lie  did  much  for 
Wiscasset,  in  the  early  stages  of  its  settlement,  assisted  by  his  brother  and  two 
other  persons,  in  erecting  buildings,  devising  improvements,  and  encouraging 
people  to  locate  there.  But  King  Philip's  war,  in  1675,  overturned  these  fair 
schemes,  and  blighted  the  favorable  prospects  of  the  settlers.  The  inhabitants 
were  obliged,  about  1G80,  to  leave  their  pleasant  firesides,  forego  the  satisfactions 
and  delights  of  home,  and  seek  safety  for  themselves  and  little  ones  by  retreating 
to  the  older  settlements.  About  two  generations  passed  away  ere  a  permanent 
settlement  in  Wiscasset  was  effected.  In  1730,  Robert  Hooper  with  his  family, 
consisting  of  four  persons,  settled  there.  ''For  nearly  four  years  this  hardy 
pioneer  toiled  on,  unaided  and  alone,  in  his  wilderness  home." 

In  1734,  the  lands  conveyed  by  the  Indians  to  Davie,  having  come  by  inherit- 
ance and  transfer  into  the  possession  of  certain  individuals,  they  associated 
themselves  into  a  company  in  Boston,  called  the  "Boston  Company,"  but  they 
afterwards  held  their  regular  meetings  under  the  name  of  "  the  Jerrysquam  and 
Wiscasset  proprietors,"  arid  by  their  direction  settlements  were  made.  Michael 
Seavey,  Robert  Groves,  Shercbiah  Lambert,  and  a  Mr.  Foye  immigrated  from 
Rye,  N.  II.,  tliatyear;  and  about  the  same  time,  Josiah  Bradbury,  Nathaniel 
Rundlett,  Richard  and  Benjamin  Ilolbrook,  and  Col.  John  Kingsbury.  A  few 
years  later,  John  Young  and  others,  Taylor,  Boynton  and  Chapman  settled  on  the 
Cross  River,  about  two  miles  south  of  Wiscasset  Point. 

The  history  ot  George  Davie,  subsequent  to  1U70  is  unknown  to  us.  We  are 
informed  that  Mary  Davie,  the  widow  of  one  of  the  Davies,  it  is  not  known 
whether  of  George  or  his  brother,  died  at  Newton,  Mass.,  Sept.  L'3,  1752,  sup- 
posed to  be  116  years  old.  If  this  be  correct  she  was  born  about  1636,  and  Avas 
40  years  old  at  the  date  of  the  petition  which  follows.  The  portrait  of  this 
wonderful  woman,  painted  by  Smibert,  at  the  request,  it  is  stated,  of  Govr. 
Belcher,  was  presented  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Bentley,  of  Salem,  with  this  endorsement: 

"  The  Effigies  of  Mrs.  Mary  Davis,  aged  117.  She  had  three  husbands,  by 
whom  she  had  9  children,  45  grandchildren,  200  great-grandchildren,  and  800 
great-grandchildren's  children.  At  an  100  &  4  years  she  court*  do  a  good  day's 
work  at  shelling  corn,  at  100  &  10  she  sat  at  her  spinning  wheel.  She  was 
driven  from  the  eastward  40  years."  Sullivan's  History  of  Maine,  148  ;  William- 
son's Hist,  of  Maine,  I,  331,  671  ;  Sewall's  Ancient  Dominions  of  Maine,  178,  266; 
Bradford's  Hist,  of .  Wiscasset,  in  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vn,  163  ;  Holmes's  Annals,  II, 
40;  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  v.  275;  Jackson's  Hist,  of  Newton,  267  ;  Coolidge  &  Mans- 
field's Hist,  of  New  England,  364-367.] 

Boston  :  25  :  8:   1676. 

The  humble  petition  of  George  Davie,  presented  to  the  Honoured 
Governour  and  Councell  of  ye  Massachusetts,  now  assembled  in 
Boston. 

Sheweth  yl  whereas  your  petitioner  being  upon  a  fishing  voyage 
at  Sackitc-hock,  and  there  wanting  a  supply  to  carry  on  his  voyage, 
did  agree  with  and  take  up  a  quantitie  of  goodes  valued  at  13lb,  for  ye 
end  aforesaid  of  Mr.  Harvie,  of  pusquataque,  upon  this  condition,  that 
ye  said  Harvie  should  ankor  at  Sackitehock  upon  his  returne  from  ye 
eastward,  whither  he  was  then  bound,  and  then  and  there  receive  his 
paye  in  fish.  I  kept  his  fish  for  him,  but  he  went  by  and  called  not 
for  ye  same,  after  which,  I  being  sent  by  authoritie  to  Arowsick, 


72  First  Meeting  House  in  Chebacco  Parish.  [Jan., 

upon  ye  comon  concernementes  of  yt  part  of  the  Countrey,  was  there 
wounded  by  the  Indianes  :  upon  which  my  boate  was  conveyed 
thence  :  my  fish  left  upon  ye  Island  :  and  my  boate  arriving  at  pus- 
quataque  and  likewise  newes  that  I  was  slaine  :  the  said  Harvie 
arrested  niy  boate,  valued  by  the  rate-makers  at  Sackitehock  at  30lb, 
and  during  my  being  under  the  Doctor's  care,  viz.,  near  6  weekes, 
the  boate  in  her  sailes,  rigging,  hull,  received  much  damage,  being 
under  arrest  :  and  although  upon  my  coining  away  by  land  I  payed 
him  about  3lb  toward  the  said  debt,  and  then  put  my  bedding  on  board 
Mr.  Richard  Pattishalles  sloope,  which  was  bound  for  Boston  :  yet 
the  said  Harvie,  in  my  absence,  arrested  my  bedding,  though  it  was 
most  of  it  given  me  by  some  inhabitantes  of  the  said  river. 

Your  petitioner  being  thus  hardly  dealt  with,  and  so  unexpectedly 
deprived  of  his  necessarie  comfort  in  such  a  time  of  ye  yeer  as  now 
is  and  is  hastening  upon  him,  repaires  to  your  honoures,  as  under 
God  the  only  succoures  of  his  distressed  condition,  and  petitiones 
your  honoures  to  impower  some  able  men  at  ye  said  river  to  take 
cognisance  of  ye  present  case,  and  in  so  doing  you  will  ever  oblidge 
him  whoe  is  allready  youres  according  to  his  slender  abilitie. 

GEORGE  DAUIE. 


SKETCH  OF  PROCEEDINGS  IN  RELATION  TO  BUILDING 
THE  FIRST  MEETING  HOUSE,  SECOND  PARISH,  IPSWICH, 
CALLED  CHEBACCO  PARISH,  NOW  ESSEX,  MASS. 

[In  the  year  1676,  the  inhabitants  of  Chebacco  parish  were  desirous 
of  having  a  minister  to  preach  to  them,  the  distance  being  great  to 
the  meeting  house  of  the  First  Parish  in  the  town  of  Ipswich, 
where  they  had  been  in  the  habit  of  assembling.  They  spoke  of  "the 
great  straits  they  were  in  for  want  of  the  means  of  grace  among 
themselves."  By  importunity  and  perseverance  they  succeeded  in 
securing  the  services  of  a  minister,  viz.,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Shepard,  of 
Cambridge,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  who  preached  to  them  in  a 
private  house.  But  there  was  much  opposition,  in  the  old  parish, 
to  this  new  movement,  and  a  strong  and  continued  bandying  of 
words,  as  we  may  suppose,  occurred.  "  While  we  were  in  this  great 
conflict,"  says  the  record,  "that  all  things  seemed  to-'act  against  us, 
some  women  without  the  knowledge  of  their  husbands,  and  with  the 
advice  of  some  men  went  to  other  towns,  and  got  help  and  raised  the 
house,  that  we  intended  for  a  meetinghouse,  if  we  could  get  liberty." 
This  was  in  the  spring  of  1619.  Abraham  Martin,  John  Chubb,  and 
the  wives  of  Wm. Goodhue,  Thomas  Varney,  and  Abraham  Martin, were 
prosecuted  for  this  act.  They  were  ordered  by  the  General  Court, 
in  May,  to  appear  at  Salem  Court,  and  make  acknowledgment  of 
their  offence,  "and  pray  it  may  be  forgiven  them."  A  committee  of  five 
were  chosen  by  the  General  Court,  who,  at  the  appointed  meeting  in 
July,  heard  the  statements  made  by  the  Ipswich  delegates.  The  com- 
mittee decided  that  the  people  have  liberty  to  proceed  to  the  finishing 
their  meetinghouse.  Objection  was  raised,  however,  by  the  committee, 
to  the  settlement  of  the  proposed  minister,  Mr.  Shepard,  on  the  ground 


1864.]  First  Meeting  House  in  Chebacco  Parish.  73 

that  "he  hath  not  professed  his  subjection  to  the  order  of  the  Gospel 
amongst  us,  in  joining  to  any  particular  Congregational  church." 
Mr.  S.  subsequently  settled  in  Lynn,  where  he  continued  41  years. 
On  a  further  hearing  of  the  matter,  in  April,  1680,  tie  delegation 
presented  Mr.  John  Wise,  of  Roxbury,  as  one  in  whom  they  were 
unanimously  agreed,  to  be  their  pastor,  who  was  approved  and 
accepted  by  the  committee.  Obtaining  leave  of  the  Court,  the 
people  of  Chebacco  parish  finished  their  meeting  house.  So 
the  bold  and  decisive  measures  of  Mrs.  Goodhue,  Mrs.  Varney, 
Mrs.  Martin  and  others,  were  crowned  with  a  permanent  success. 

Mr.  Wise  was  ordained  over  Chebacco  parish,  Aug.  12,  1683, 
where  he  remained  nearly  42  years,  until  his  death,  April  8,  1725. 
He  was  a  learned  and  popular  minister.  It  is  inserted  on  his  tomb- 
stone, "  For  talents,  piety  and  learning  he  shone  as  a  star  of  the 
first  magnitude." 

Felt's  History  of  Ipswich,  257-260  ;  Cro well's  Essex,  95-124. 

The  following  grant  and  order  in  relation  to  this  Parish,  was,  in 
1680,  severally  passed  by  the  town  and  by  the  General  Court  :  ] 

The  Town  Meeting  the  15rA  of  Febrv  1680. 

In  Answer  to  the  Motion  made  by  our  Neighbours  of  Chebacco, 
to  be  freed  from  any  farther  charge  to  the  town  Meeting  House  and 
Ministry  &  to  put  them  into  a  Capacity  to  raise  maintenance  for  their 
Minister  &  other  charges  for  Meeting  House  &  Ministers,  It  was 
granted,  that  all  the  petitioners,  from  Goodman  Choates  up  to  Nicho- 
las Marbles,  vizt.  all  that  do  or  shall  Inhabit  within  that  bound,  shall 
henceforth  be  freed  from  all  charges  existing  at  Ipswich  for  Ministry 
House,  or  Meeting  House,  except  the  Charges  of  keeping  the  Meeting 
House  &  ringing  the  Bell,  which  they  shall  also  be  freed  from,  as 
soon  as  there  shall  be  a  Church  gathered  amongst  them,  and. to  ena- 
ble them  to  raise  the  said  Charges  &  Maintenance  amongst  the  In- 
habitants as  abovesaid,  It  is  Ordered,  that  when  the  said  Inhabitants, 
or  Major  part  of  them,  shall  make  any  such  rate  or  assess  any  such 
Charge  for  the  Ends  abovesaid,  and  shall  sign  the  same  under  five 
l  or  more  of  their  hands,  then  the   select  Men  of  Ipswich   shall   from 

time  to  time  give  order  to  the  Constable  to  levy  the  same  as  the 
Law  provides,  provided  if  the  said  Rate  so  made,  shall  appear  to 
the  Select  Men  to  be  Manifestly  unjust,  in  respect  of  any  particular 
Inhabitant,  then,  they  shall  exempt  such  Case,  or  leave  it  to  be  de- 
cided at  by  Law  according  to  the  rest,  as  abovesaid. 

Copy  from  Ipswich  Town  Book  of  Records. 

Exd.     pr.  John  Wainwright  T°.  Clerk. 

At  a  General  Court  held  at  Boston  13  of  Oct.  1680. 
In  Answer  to  the  petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Chebacco,  the 
Court  judgeth  it  meet  to  Order,  that  all  the  People,  Inhabitants  in 
Ipswich,  shall  contribute  their  several  proportions  to  the  Mainte- 
nance of  all  the  Ministry  there,  unless  those  of  Chebacco  be  dis- 
charged from  payment  to  the  Minister  of  Ipswich,  &  left  to  maintain 
their  own  Minister. 

That  this  is  a  true  Copy  out  of  the  Courts  Records 
as  attests,         Edwd.  Rawson  Seclry. 


74  Proceedings  to  Martha's  Vineyard.  [Jan., 

This  is  a  true  Copy  of  that  Copy. 

The  Town  being  met  together  the  10th  day  of  Decr.  1680,  past 
this  vote  upon  it,  vizt.  That  they  decline  the  upper  part  of  this 
order,  &  did  submit  to  the  latter  part. 

Copy  of  Record  from  Ipsw.  town  book. 

Exd.  pr  John  Wainwright  t°  Cler. 


A  JOURNAL  OF  PROCEEDINGS  TO  MARTHA'S    VINEYARD 
FROM  OCTOBER  2,  1712,  TO  OCTOBER  15th. 

[The  Original  Journal,  in  the  hand- writing  of  Samuel  Sewall,  jr.,  of  Brookline,  son 
of  Judge  Samuel  Sewall,  is  in  possession  of  the  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society. 
See  Reg.  xvi.  63.     The  notes  are  by  the  editor  of  the  Register.] 

Thirsday,  11  Clock,  sett  out  from  Col.  Townsends*.  Dined  at  Mil- 
lars. Gott  to  Majr  Thaxters,  at  Hingham  by  5  and  6.  Lodgd  at 
Cushins  the  Tavern  keeper,  Col  Townsend*  Mr  Barnard  and  myself. 
L1.  Govr.  Lodge  at  Mr  Nortonsj.  Friday  morning  Octobr.  3,  set 
forward  for  Plymouth.  Baited  at  Beirstos.  Gott  to  Plymouth  by 
one  a  clock.  Dind  about  3 — sett  forward  for  Sandige  [Sandwich] 
Baited  at  Morys — Gott  to  our  qrs.  by  7.  Lodgd  at  Newcombs,  at 
Sandige.  Satturday,  sett  forward  for  Seccunnessett.J  Baited  at 
Fishes.  Dind  at  Demiks.  There  send  Boy  for  to  see  for  the  Ferry 
Boat.  After  Dinner  proceeded  to  the  Ferry.  Gott  aboard  betwixt  4 
and  5,  Gott  ashore  about  9  a  Clock  at  Night.  From  thence  walkd 
one  mile  }2  to  Chases.  Then  ridd  to  Sheriff  Aliens,  gott  there  by  12 
a  Clock  at  Night.  Lodgd  there,  Col  Townsend  Mr.  Barnard,  and 
myself:  Govr  Taylor  &  Majr.  Thaxter  at  the  Ferry  Place.  Sabbath 
Day  went  to  meeting  at  Chilmark  at  Mr  Thatchers  Church;  Mr 
Barnard  Preach  all  Day.  Lt.  Gov  lodge  att  Kithcaths,  with  Majr 
Thaxter.  Monday  morning,  sett  forward  for  Gay  head,  with  Lt 
Gov1.,  Col.  Townsend,  Maj  .  Mayhew,  Maj  .  Skiff,  Mr.  Sherrif  Allen, 
Maj'.  Thaxter,  Mr.  Barnard,  Capt.  Mayhew,  Experience  Mayhew, 
Mr  Benj  '  Allen.  When  came  to  the  Indian  Meeting  House,  These, 
Maj1  Skiff  and  myself,  gave  livery  and  siezen.  Abel  gott  800  sheep 
and  400  Lambs,  Brave  Land,  6  Oxen,  6  Cows,  2  or  '3  Horses.  Re- 
member to  gett  Testament  for  Eliaz1  Allen  at  the  Vinyard.  Gay 
head  9  miles  Circumference,  60  Rude  fence  itt  from  English  Land. 
Indian  Sachem  Gott  his  Case  about  Chappaquidduck  §  Lands.  Jonas 
Desires  that  He  may  have  his  40  Acres  on  Gay  head  Lands.  He 
alwaies  acknowledged  the  Earl  of  Limorick  for  his  Land  Lord. 

*  Col.  Penn  Townsend,  was  son  of  William,  of  Boston.  He  was  Speaker,  Chief 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  besides  holding  the  military  office-  of  a  Colonel. 
He  was  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel  among  the 
Indians.     He  died  in  Boston,  Aug.  25,  1727,  a.  75. 

f  Rev.  John  Norton,  second  minister  of  Hingham  ;  son  of  William,  of  Ipswich, 
grad.  H.  C,  1671  ;  ord.  Nov.  27,  1(378  ;  died,  Oct.  3,  1716,  a.  6G. 

J  Or  Succanasset.  the  town  of  Falmouth,  incorporated  in  1686. 

§  This  is  an  island  east  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  separated  from  the  main  land  by  a 
strait  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  wide.     It  is  within  the  limits  of  Kdgartown. 


1864.]  Proceedings  to  Martha's  Vineyard.  75 

Tuesday  Octobr.  7,  went  from  Sherriff  Aliens  and  Dind  at  Mr. 
Kithcarths,  where  I  mett  with  Mr  Atturn  &  Mr  Terrey,  went  for 
Edgar,*    Lodgd  at  Mr  Worths. 

Wednesday  Night,  Lodgd  at  Mr.  Worths.  Had  a  great  Dispute 
about  Chappaquidduck,  the  Sachem  appearing  before  us  and  Mr. 
Haws  his  Attorney  for  him.  Mr.  Turner  Plead  for  English  for  their 
right  in  the  Herberge.  The  Island  right  over  agst.  the  Harbour, 
Mr.  Worths  House.  Thirsday  Night,  Lodgd  at  Homes'.  Hole.  Fri- 
day morning  betimes  gott  aboard  of  the  Ferry  Boat,  gott  ashore  on 
Seconnessett  side,  at  Woods'  f  Hole,  by  9  in  the  morning.  5  Horses. 
The  4  Gentlemen  come  in  the  Next  boat.  Come  a  Friday  Night  to 
Capt.  Latrops.  Capt.  Otis  and  Lt.  Latrop,  with  24  Troopers  went 
to  meet  his  Honor  at  Woodses  Hole.  The  4  Gentlemen  Gott  to  Capt. 
Latrops  by  8  a  Clock  at  Night.  There  Lodgd.  Att  Mr  Metchaalf  see 
Mr  ShiverickJ:  blind. 

Satturday  morning  come  for  Barnstable.  Called  at  Lt.  Crockers — 
entertained  nobly  then  ever  at  Boston,  From  thence  proceeded  to 
Barnstable  Town.  Gott  to  Mr  Aniballs,  there  kept.  The  Gentle- 
men of  Barnstable  mett  us  there  and  Dind  with  us. 

Sabbath  Day,  Mr  Greenleaf  of  Yarmoth  preachd  and  Mr.  Barnard. 
Sabbath  Night  came  Mr  Greenleaf  and  Mr  Russell  to  wait  on  their 
Honours.  Barnstable  250  families.  Mr.  Otis  Esq.  20s  to  Town 
Rate.  Monday  morning,  sett  out  from  Barnstable,  From  Anaballs 
the  Tavern  keeper.  Waited  upon  Capt.  Otis.  Then  went  forward 
to  Col.  Otis's — went  to  see  Couz.  Hinkly.  Gott  to  Sandege  by  2  or 
3  a  clock.     Dind  att  the  Tavern.     Lodgd  at  Mr  Cottons. 

Tuesday,  Dind  att  Plymouth — Lodgd  at  Majr.  Thaxters,  Hingham. 

Wednesday,  Dind  at  Millars — went  to  Dorchester  to  Stoughton 
House  §. — Parted  with  Lt.  Govr.  Coh  Townsend,  Mr  Barnard,  in 
Roxbury.  Waited  upon  Madm.  Dudley. — Govr.  Gone  to  Piscatiqua. — 
come  Home, find  all  People  in  Health.— Wife  at  Mr.  J.Winchesters  jun.* 
— went  too  her,  He  having  raisd  his  House  that  Day.  Octobr  15.  1712. 
Octobr.  17.  1712.  Bought  of  M'  Russel  for  his  Kinsman  Eliaz  .  Allen, 
att  the  Vinyard,  a  Testiment  Cost  3  . 

December  9th  1712.  Rec  >  of  Father  Sewall,  £1  10'.  0.,  For  the 
use  of  my  Horse  to  Martha*  Vinyard,  Allowed  me  P'  Commissioners. 

*  Edgartown  is  probably  intended. 

f  A  harbor  at  the  south-western  point  of  the  town  of  Falmouth. 

J  "  Mr.  Samuel  Shiverick  labored  in  this  place,"  (Falmouth),  says  Rev.  Enoch 
Pratt,  "  as  a  minister,  previous  to  1700."  In  1707  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Joseph 
Metcalf,  grad.  H.  C,  1703,  died  in  1723. 

\  The  residence  of  Lt.  Gov.  Wm.  Tailer,  as  his  name  was  then  written,  which  is 
conformable  with  the  fac-simile  of  his  signature  in  Drake's  Boston,  551.  His  mother, 
Rebecca,  was  a  sister  of  Lt.  Gov.  William  Stoughton,  who  died  in  1701.  Lt.  Gov. 
Tailer  came  over  from  England  with  his  commission  from  Queen  Ann,  in  1711. 
He  died  in  1732. 

*#  Probably  Josiah  Winchester,  junr.,  ofBrookline  ,who  died  April  28,  1724,  and 
was  buried  May  1st.     See  Reg.  xvi,  64. 


76 


Petition  from  Amesbury,  Mass. 


[Jan., 


PETITION  TO  THE  GENERAL  COURT   FROM  AMESBURY, 

MASS.,  IN  RELATION  TO  A  MILITARY  OFFICER,  1680. 
[Wee]  whose  names  are  undrwritten,  doe  desire  humbly  to  pre- 
sent] unto  the  honrd  generall  Courtt  ye  condition  off  ye  sould[ers] 
off  ye  Training  band,  appertaining  to  Amsbury,  who  are  [at]  ye  pre- 
sent wll,out  an  officer  to  conduct  &  instruct  them  in  military  exer- 
cises, &  are  therefore  in  pursuance  off  our  duty,  unto  wch  wee  Looke 
upon  cselves  in  conscience  bound,  &  in  obedience  unto  the  wholsom 
Laws  &  constitutions  off  this  commonwealth,  bold  to  present  this  our 
condition  unto  your  honrs  serious  considerac,  and  wthall  our  humble 
request,  yl  in  ordr  unto  a  redress,  yr  honrs  would  be  pleased  to  con- 
firme  &  establish  our  choyce  off  our  well  respected  and  esteemed 
Friend  Sam11  Foot,  our  late  Sergeant  &  chieffe  officer,  to  be  or  Lief- 
tena'tt,  whoe  is  ye  most  suitable  and  bestt  disposed  prson  amongst 
us  For  yl  place  and  purpose,  in  ye  apprehension  off  ye  generality  of 
ye  souldiers  off  ye  sl1  band,  &  off  most  others  amongst  &  aboutt 
us  yl  have  experienced  or  observed  his  faculty  in  Military  discipline. 
Thus  beseeching  yr  honrs  to  take  this  or  condition  &  request  into  seri- 
ous considerac,  craving  yr  pardon  for  this  or  boldness,  wth  all  due 
submission  unto  yr  Judgrn"  &  pleasure  herein,  wee  subscribe  orselves 
yr  unworthy  petitioners,  in  prsons  &  estates  devoted  to  the  sevice  of 
yr  honrs 


Philip  Watson 

Challis           }    -c 
Thos.  Wells  \  Fmm™ 

Will  Barns 

!? 

RlCHrD  CURRIE 

Hi 

.  ■- 

Gerhard  Hadden 

John  Hoyt  Sen1* 

Sam11  Hadley 

Abell  Pilsbury 

John  Weed  Senr 

John  Harvey 

EDWrd  Huntt 

Thomas  Nicols 

Henry  Blaisden 

John  Gimson 

Thomas  Sargeant 

Sam11  Mercer 

RicHrd  Goodwin 

Thomas  Rowell 

Orlando  Bayley 

Fraunciss  Daviss 

Thomas  Harvey 

Robert  Rawlins 

George  Carr 

Rich1'11  Martin 

John  Kemball 

Thomas  Hayns 

John  Coleby 

Henry  Tuxeberry 

George  Weed 

John  Prowse 

Joshua  Gouldsmith 

Will.  Challis 

Ezekiel  Watken 

Ebenezer  Blaisden 

Will:  Quinby 

Will  Jones 

Will  Hoytt 

Henry  Blaisden  Sen 

Will  Martinn 

John  Weed 

Apprtaining  to  the 

Joseph  Lankestef 

I 

Thomas  Stevens 

souldierye  off  ye 

Philip  Rowell 

Thomas  Freame 

training  band. 

Joseph  Large 

John  Elliott 

Will  Sargentt 

John  Hoyt  Junr 

Edmond  Elliott 

Joseph  Lovejoy 

Will  :  Sammon 

John  Foot 

John  Pessee 

Dat:  Amsbury:   10: 

Sam11  Weed 

3:  mo:  1680. 

We  do  empov 

7cv  leftent.   Georg.  Browne 

to   deliver  this  to  1 

Cort  and  to  prose 

cute 

William  Barnes 

the 
:s 
Phillip  Challis 
Jaritt  Haden 
Selectmen  of  the  towne  of  Amesbury 


1864.] 


Commission  to  Captain  David  Henshaw, 


77 


COPY  OF  A  COMMISSION  TO  CAPTAIN  DAVID  HENSHAW 
OF  LEICESTER,  AND  OF  THE  COMPANY  ROLL  OF 
HIS  COMMAND. 

[Communicated  by  Andrew  H.Ward,  Esq.  of  Newtonville.] 
State  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay. 

The  major  part  of  the  Council  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England  to  David  Henshaw,  Gentleman. 
Seal. 

Greeting.  You  being  appointed  Captain  of  the  tenth  Company  in 
the  Regiment  of  Train  of  Artillery  whereof  Thomas  Crafts  Esquire 
~~  is  Colonel,  by  virtue  of  the  Power  vested  in  us.  We 
do  by  these  presents  (reposing  special  Trust  and  Con- 
fidence in  your  Loyality,  Courage  and  good  Conduct) 
Commission  you  accordingly.  You  are  therefore  care- 
fully and  diligently  to  discharge  the  duty  of  a  Captain 
in  leading,  ordering,  and  exercising  said  Company  in 
Arms,  both  inferior  Officers  and  Soldiers,  and  to  keep 
them  in  good  Order  and  Discipline. 

And  they  are  hereby  commanded  to  Obey  you  as 
their  Captain,  and  are  yourself  to  observe  and  follow 
such  Orders  and  Instructions  as  you  shall  from  time 
to  time  receive  from  the  Major  part  of  the  Council  or 
your  superior  Officers 


Jer.  Powell, 

A.  Ward, 

B.  Greenleaf, 
J.  Winthrop, 
Rich.  Derby,  Jr. 
John  Whitecomb, 
John  Taylor, 

S.  Holton, 
Moses  Gill, 
T.  Gushing, 
B.  Austin, 
W.  Spooner, 
Caleb  dishing, 
Jabez  Fisher, 
Dan'l  Davis. 


In  testimony  whereof  We  have  hereto  affixed  our  names  and  the 
Seal  of  said  State  at  Boston,  this  [figures  destroyed]  day  of 
September  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1776. 

JOHN  AVERY,  Depy.  Secy. 

After  the  evacuation  of  Boston   by  the  British  troops  Captain  Henshaw  was  sta- 
tioned at  Castle  William,  now  Fort  Independence. 

Copy  of  the  Roll  of  the  Company  of  Artillery  commanded  by  Capt.  David  Hen- 
shaw : 

David  Henshaw, 
Nathaniel  Nazro, 
Albert  Martin, 
Benjamin  Jones, 
Joseph  Dunkley,  * 
Samuel  Duncan, 
Pel  eg  Hearsey. 
Edward  Blair, 
Nathan  Green, 
Isaac  Smith, 
Oliver  Hubbard, 
Hugh  Smith, 
Elijah  Clapp, 
Edward  Hastings, 
Willoby  Nason, 
Simeon  Duncan, 
Dana  Ciark, 
William  Haygwood, 
John  Fessenden, 


Captain, 

Liecester. 

Captain  Lieut., 

Worcester, 

1st  Lieut., 

Boston, 

2nd    do 

Shrewsbury 

3rd     do 

England, 

Sergeaut, 

Worcester, 

do 

Liecester, 

do 

Worcester, 

Corporal, 

Licester, 

do 

Rutland, 

do 

Chestertield, 

Bombadier, 

Rutland, 

do 

Walpole, 

do 

Worcester, 

do 

Walpole, 

do 

Worcester, 

Gunner, 

Worcester, 

do 

Lunenburg, 

do 

Rutland, 

Sale  of  a  Negro  Servant  in  Boston. 


[Jan., 


Leicester, 
Worcester, 
Med  way, 
Spencer, 

do 
Rutland, 

do 

do 

do 
Leicester, 

do 
Harvard, 

do 

do 

do 
Stow, 
Walpole, 

do 

do 
Worcester, 

do 
Brookfield, 

do 
Guilford, 
Marblehead, 
Pepperell, 
Newbury, 
Westminster, 
Princeton, 

5  Gunners, 

1  Fifer, 

I  Drummer. 

25  Matrosses.— Total  48. 

*  Father  of  Rev.  Abner  Morse,  whose  genealogies  of  the  Morse,  Richards,  Brig- 
ham,  and  other  families  have  been  noticed  frequently  in  our  pages.  See  Memorial 
of  the  Morses,  App.  xlviii. — Ed. 

*  He  was  a  deserter  from  the  British  army,  and,  while  closely  pursued  in  his 
flight  by  one  sent  to  arrest  him  and  bring  him  back,  escaped  through  the  aid  of  his 
subsequent  commander,  David  Henshaw. 

He  had  received  more  than  a  common  education,  was  much  of  a  gentleman  and 
a  distinguished  artist;  as  evidenced  by  a  minature  likenness  of  his  commander, that 
he  solicited  .and  obtained  permission  to  take — that  beautiful  piece  of  work,  set  in  a 
locket  of  gold  and  marked  "David  Henshaw  1777,"  lie  presented  to  his  best  friend 
as  a  memorial  of  gratitude  for  his  interposition  in  saving  his  life. 


Jabez  Payne, 

Gunner, 

Elislia  Clark, 

do 

John  Hair, 

Fifer, 

Abner  Morse,* 

Drummer, 

Caleb  Seager, 

Matross, 

James  Upham, 

do 

Tristam  Browning, 

do 

John  Forbes, 

do 

Ephraim  Church, 

do 

Joseph  Hunt, 

do 

Baily  Bond, 

do 

Ebenezer  Upham, 

do 

John  Moore, 

do 

Timothy  Crouch, 

do 

John  Crouch, 

do 

Daniel  Stearns, 

do 

James  Ellis, 

do 

Jeremiah  Blake, 

do 

Fisher  Hartshorne, 

do 

Jedediah  Healey, 

do 

Jacob  Smith, 

do 

Nath'l  Whitman, 

do 

Jacob  Harrington, 

do 

Samuel  Pratt, 

do 

Abner  Rumrell, 

do 

John  Kemp, 

do 

Patterson  Roby, 

do 

Samuel  Norcross, 

do 

Israel  Keys, 

do 

1  Captain, 

3  Sergeants, 

1  Captain  Lieutenant, 

3  Corporals, 

3  Lieuts., 

5  Bombadiers, 

BILL  OF  SALE  OF   A  NEGRO  SERVANT   IN  BOSTON,    1724. 

To  all  people  unto  whom  these  presents  shall  come,  Dorcas 
Marshall  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  in  New  England,  Widow 
sends  Greeting  — 

Whereas  Scipio,  of  Boston  aforesaid,  Free  Negro  man  &  Labourer, 
purposes  Marriage  to  Margaret  the  Negro  Woman  servant  of  the 
said  Dorcas  Marshall:  Now  to  the  Intent  That  the  said  Intended 
Marriage  may  take  Effect  and  that  the  s1  Scipio  may  Enjoy  the  said 
Margaret  without  any  Interuption,  I  the  said  Dorcas  Marshall,  in 
Consideration  of  the  Sum  of  Fifty  pounds  to  me  in  hand  paid  by  the 
said  Scipio  Negro,  the  receipt  whereof  I  hereby  acknowledge,  Have 


1864.J  Will  of  Eliezer  Hudson.  79 

Given  Bargained  and  sold  and  by  these  presents  Do  Give,  Bargain, 
sell,  Deliver  &  Confirm  unto  the  said  Scipio,  My  said  Negro  Woman 
named  Margaret  of  about  twenty  seven  years  of  Age,  with  her  ap- 
parel. To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  Negro  Woman  called  Margaret, 
with  all  her  apparel,  unto  him  the  said  Scipio  from  henceforth  & 
forever,  so  that  of  &  from  all  claim,  challenge,  Interest  or  Demand 
whatsoever  to  be  by  me  the  s1  Dorcas  Marshall  or  the  Heirs,  Exe'tor, 
Admrs.  of  my  late  Husband  Thomas  Marshall,  who  Dyed  possessed  of 
the  said  Negro  woman,  or  any  of  us  had  made,  pretended  or 
claimed  of  in  or  to  the  s:1  Negro  Margaret,  We  &  Each  of  us  shall  and 
will  be  utterly  Excluded  &  forever  Debarred  therefrom  by  force  and 
vertue  of  these  presents.  In  Witness  whereof  I  the  said  Dorcas 
Marshall  have  hereunto  put  my  hand  and  seal  this  21st  day  of  Novem- 
ber, In  the  Eleventh  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George,  Annoq  Domini 
1724.  her  mark 

Signed,  Sealed  &  Delivered  Dorcas   x   Marshall, 

in  presence  of  us 

John  Marshall 

Samuel  Tyley. 

Received  the  day  and  year  above  written  of  Scipio  Negro  the  sum  of 
Fifty  pounds  in  full  for  Margaret  my  Negro  Woman  hereby  sold  or 
disposed  of  to  him.  P'  me  her 

Dorcas   x  Marshall, 
mark 
Suffolk  Sc.  Boston  Nov  28\  1724. 

Mrs.  Dorcas  Marshall  acknowledged  this  Instrum'.  to  be  her  Act  & 
Deed. 

Before  me  Samuel  Sewall.  J.  Pac\ 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  WILL  OF  ELIEZER    HUDSON    OF  NEW- 
BURY,   MASS.  — 1727. 
[Eleazer  Hudson,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Hudson  of  Boston,  according  to  Savage 
was  born  June  19,  1668.     This  Eleazer  was  probably  the  testator.] 

I,  Eliezer  Hudson  of  Newbury  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Pro- 
vince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  Shopkeeper,  being 
weak  in  body  but  of  sound  &  disposing  mind  and  memory,  make 
this  my  last  Will.  Debts  and  funeral  expenses  paid.  Unto  my  two 
daughters,  Deborah  Bayley  &  Mary  Brown,  each  of  them  the  further 
sum  of  £5,  they  having  received  of  me  at  the  time  of  their  respec- 
tive Marriages  the  sum  of  one  Hundred  pounds  apiece  for  their  Por- 
tion. I  give  to  the  rest  of  my  Children,  viz  :  Rebccka/i,  Eliezer,  Ju- 
delh,  Hannah,  James,  and  Joseph,  each  of  them,  £105,  to  be  paid  them 
out  of  my  estate  as  they  shall  respectively  come  of  age  ;  and  my 
Dwelling  house,  where  I  now  live,  Wharfl',  Warehouse,  Outhouses 
and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging  ;  also,  all  my  household 
stuff,  goods  &  stock,  both  within  doors  and  without,  and  likewise  a 
piece  of  Land  with  a  small  Tenement  thereon  erected,  situate  near 
the  Mill-bridge  in  Boston,  and  now  in  the  possession  of  Francis 
Miller.  All  the  Residue  of  my  Estate  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever 
whether  Real  or  personal,  Lands  or  Tenements,  I  give  the  same  unto 


80  Important  Documents  Discovered,  [Jan., 

my  wife  Deborah  Hudson,  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  to  give,  sell 
&  dispose  thereof  or  of  any  part  thereof,  to  whom  shee  shall  see 
cause,  and  particularly  I  authorize  &  impower  my  sd  wife  to  sell  & 
dispose  of  ye  said  peice  of  Land  in  Boston,  provided  the  rest  of  my 
estate  be  not  sufficient  to  pay  my  just  debts  and  Legacies,  without 
putting  her  to  the  trouble  of  either  of  apprizing  or  selling,  all  or 
any  part  of  my  household  stuff  or  goods  at  home.  I  appoint  my 
wife  sole  executrix  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament.  11  May, 
1721.  Eliezer  Hudson. 

In  the  presence  of 
William  Johnson,  John  Weed  Junu,  Leonard  Cotton. 

Ipswich,  June  14,  1136.  Before  the  Honble  John  Appleton  Esq. 
Jud^e  of  Probate  of  wills  &c.  William  Johnson  and  Leonard  Cotton 
appeared  and  made  oath  [as  witnesses  to  the  above  instrument.] 

Dan1.  Appleton  Reg1*. 


THE  TESTIMONY  OF  THOMAS  STANTON,  1G62. 
These  maye  sertiefie  All  whoue  it  mayo  Consiren,  yt  my  selfe  bee- 
ing  at  the  hows  of  Thomas  Shaw  of  Sotherton*,  Mr  Dier  &  Mr  Cow- 
dell  beeing  present  :  I  heard  Mr  Dier  of  Road  Island  saye,  yl  good- 
man  Stickler),  Captaien  Gogenes  [Gookin's]  agent,  Came  &  trobled 
him  as  thaye  were  Layeing  owt  Capt  Googenes  Land  in  the  Peqwat 
Countrie  :  said  Mr  Dier,  I  bad  goodman  Stricklan  give  vss  no  bad 
wordes,  for  said  dier,  if  yo11  doe,  we  will  burne  3'our  hare,  &  drives 
awaye  your  Chattell  &  Carie  you  prissoner  to  Road  I  Land,  and  far- 
ther saith  not,  only  goodman  Stricklanwas  Present,  in  shawes  hows, 
when  thes  words  were  spoken  by  Dier. 

This  testimony  was  taken  upon  oath, 
the  2  of  Aprill  1662,  before  Mr 
George  Denyson, 

Commiss. 


Important  Documents  Discovered. — For  many  years,  says  the  Provi- 
dence Journal,  it  has  been  known  to  all  persous  interested  in  the  his- 
tory of  Rhode  Island,  that  the  journals  of  the  Convention  to  adopt 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  in  May,  1790,  as  well  as  the 
journals  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  same  year,  were  not  to  be 
found  among  the  public  archives  of  the  State,  nor  indeed  was  it 
known  that  they  were  in  existence.  Frequent  search  was  made  for 
them  without  avail.  Now,  however,  they  have  come  to  light.  On 
Monday  Mr.  Bartlett,  the  Secretary  of  State,  received  a  note  from 
the  Hon.  Wilkins  Updike  of  South  Kingstown,  accompanied  by  a  large 
bundle  containing  the  missing  journals,  together  with  other  papers  of 
value  connected  with  the  adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution  by 
Rhode  Island.  In  transmitting  these  valuable  papers,  Mr.  Updike 
said  that  in  looking  over  some  old  papers  he  came  across  these,  which 
he  at  once  sent  to  the  Secretary's  office,  where  they  properly  belong. 
— Boston  Journal. 

*  Now  Stonington,  Ct.  See  Caulkin's  New  London  for  information  concerning 
Thomas  Stanton. 


1864.]  Genealogical  Waifs.  81 


GENEALOGICAL  WAIFS. 

[Communicated  by  Joseph  Lemuel  Chester,  Esq.,  of  London.] 

Prerogative   Court  of  Canterbury. 

Letters  of  Administration  of  the  estate  of  Henry  Taylor,  late  of 
St.  Margaret's,  Westminister,  but  who  died  in  Virginia,  granted  to 
Joan  Taylor,  his  relict,  May  IT,  1 617. 

Ditto,  of  the  estate  of  Daniel  Taylor,  late  of  St.  Martin's  Ludgate, 
London,  but  who  died  in  Maryland,  granted  to  his  sister  Anne  Yates, 
July  24,  1677. 

Ditto,  of  the  estate  of  Margaret  Rogersof  Ipswich,  in  New  England, 
widow,  granted  to  William  Hubbard,  principal  creditor.  (The  for- 
mer, doubtless,  the  widow  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  and  the  latter 
the  historian  of  New  England,  who  married  his  daughter.  She  was 
probably  entitled  to  property  in  England  through  her  father). 
Granted  March  21,  1677-8. 

Ditto,  of  the  estate  of  John  Adams,  of  St.  Stephen's,  Coleman 
Street,  London,  but  formerly  of  Boston,  New  England,  granted  to 
Ann  Adams,  his  relict,  Dec.  1758. 

PARISH    REGISTERS. 

St.  Mary  Magdaleiis,  Bermondsly,  Co.,  Surrey. 

1654-5.  Mch.  7.  Buried.  Samuel  Lame  (Qy.  Lamb  ?)  "  a  New  Eng- 
land man." 

1698.  Aug.  30,  married  :  Ezekiel  Turner,  Bachlr,  a  mariner,  of  Bos- 
ton, in  New  England,  but  at  present  of  Rotherhithe  (co.  Surrey),  and 
Elizabeth  Starter,  widow,  at  Mr.  Neele's  in  Rotherhithe.  By  license. 

Navestock,  co.  Essex 
1639.  Dec.  15,  baptized  :  "John,  grandchild  of  Thomas  Coale,  at  3 
years  of  age,  wch  came  out  of  New  England." 

St.  Mary's  Newington,  co.  Surrey. 

1673-4.  Feb.  24,  buried:  Thomas  North,  a  New  England  Man. 
1682.  Oct.   16,  married  :  Robert  Yard  and  Isabella  Lewis,  late  of 
Virginia. 

St.  George's,  Bloomsbury,  co.  Middlesex. 

1808.  Apl.  26.  James  Temple  Bowdoin  Esq.  of  Boston,  in  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  North  America,  Bachelor,  and  Mary  Dickason  of  this 
parish,  spinster.     By  licence. 

St.  Autholin's,  London 

1638.  Oct.  18,  christened  :  Jane  dau.  Urian  and  Jone  Oakes. 
Buried  Dec.  18,  same  year.  ^ 

1640     Aug.  23,  christened  :  Urian,  son  of  ditto. 

1642     Sep.     1,         "  Sarah,  dau.  "       " 

1644     June    4,  "  Mary,       "     " 

1647     May  11,         •'  Mary        "     " 

1649     Apl      2,         "  Thomas,  son" 


82  Records  of  Springfield,  Mass.  [Jan., 

1650     Dec.  17,  christened  Hannah,  dau.  of  ditto. 

1652  June  10,         "  James,  son  "       " 

1653  Aug.  26,         ".  Hannah,  dau"       " 
1654-5Mch     6,  Buried  :  Thomas,  son"       "   )    . 
1655     May     5,         "  Thomas,  "     "       "   j  81C' 
1665     Sep.  21,         "  Jone  Oakes. ."       " 

Same  Register. 

1643.  Apl.  13,  "  Sarah  Clegat  maried  by  a  Captain  of  New  Engl  : 
at  home." 

If  the  relationship  between  Edward  Rawson,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  Rev.  John  Wilson,  the  first 
preacher  of  Boston,  be  still  only  conjectural,  it  may  interest  their 
descendants  to  know  that  I  am  able  to  prove  the  fact.  Edmund  Raw- 
sou's  mother  was  Margaret,  the  sister  of  Rev.  John  Wilson.  Their 
parentage  is,  of  course,  well  known.  She  remarried  William  Taylor,  a 
wealthy  "  citizen  and  haberdasher"  of  London.  The  marriage  settle- 
ment (whether  ante  or  post-nuptial  I  am  unable  to  determine)  was 
dated  Mch  23,  1623-4.  She  had  three  children  by  Taylor,  and  died 
evidently  about  1627,  as  Taylor's  eldest  son  by  a  subsequent  wife 
was  of  age  as  early  as  May,  1649. 


RECORDS  OF  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

[Communicated  by  Charles  H.  S.  Davis  of  Springfield,] 

Ruth  Hubbert  ye  daughter  of  Samuell  Hubbert  borne  ye  tenth  day  of 

y*  7th  month  1640. 
John  Cablo  ye  sone  of  John    Cablo  borne   ye  twelfth  day  of  ye   11 

mon.  1640. 
James  Warnner  ye  sone  of  William  Warnner  borne  21  day  of  ye  11 

mon.  1640. 
Thomas   Merrith    y°  sone  of  Thomas  Merrith  borne  2    mon.    12  day 

1641. 
Hama    Burt   ye    daughter  of  Henry   Burt  borne  2  mon  28  day  1641, 

in  ye  forenoone. 
John  Searle  ye  sone  of  John  Searle  borne  3  mon.  30  day  1641. 
Martha  Smith   ye    daughter    of  Henry  Smith   borne   5   mon  31    day 

about  7  a'clock  in  yc  morneing. 
John    Leonard  ye  sone  of  John  Leonard  borne   6  mon.  25  day  1641. 
John   Holioke  ye  sone  of  mr.  Eliztzur  Holioke   borne  6  mon.  27  day 

1641. 
Union   Moxon   ye  sone  of  mr.  George    Moxon  borne  12  mon.  11  day 

1641.  ' 

Judah  Wright  ye  sone  of  Samuell  Wright  borne  3  mon  10  day  1642. 
David  Ashley  ye  sone  of  Robert  Ashley  borne  4   mon.  3  day  1642. 

At  the   same  tyme   a  daughter  was    borne  to   Robert   Ashley  with 
life  in  it  but  ******** 
John  Holioke  ye  sone  of  Eliztzur  Holioke  borne  6  mon.  5  day  1642. 


1864.]  Records  of  Springfield,  Mass.  83 

Experience  Sikes  ye  daughter  of  Richard  Sikes  borne  9  mon.  5  day 

1642. 
Mary  Smith  ye  daughter  of  mr.  Henry  Smith  borne  1  day  of  yo  1  mon. 

16  t§. 
Samuell  Edwardes  yc  sone  of  Alexander  Edwardes  borne  7  day  1  mon. 

16||. 
Rachel  1  Hubbert  ye  daughter  of  Samuell  Hubbert  borne  ye  same  day 

viz  7  day  1  mon.  16|-§. 
Joseph  Leonard  ye  sone  of  John  Leonard  borne  17  day  1  mon.  16^§ 
Sarah  Merrith  ye  daughter  of  Thomas  Merrith  borne  3  mon.  9  day 

1G43. 
********  Burt  ye  daughter  of  Henry  Burt  borne  *****  19  day  1643. 
llama    Warnner  ye  daughter  of  William   Warnner  borne  6  mon.   17 

day,  1643. 
Bethiah  Couley  ye  daughter  of  Benjamin  Couley  borne  7  mon.  16  day 

1643. 
Zechary  Dibble  ye  sone  of  John  Dibble  borne  2  mon.  4  day  1644. 
Mary  Ashley  ye  daughter  of  Robert  Ashley  2  mon.  6  day  1644. 
Tymothy  Cooper  ye  sone  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne  2  mon,  26  day  1644. 
Joseph  Leonard  ye  sone  of  John  Leonard  borne  3  mon.  20  day  1644. 
Hannah  Holioke  ye  daughter  of  mr.  Elizur  Holioke  4  mon.  9  day  1644. 
Encrease  Sikes  ye  sonne  of  Richard   Sikes  borne  6  mon.  6   day  1644. 
Elizabeth  Smith  daughter  of  mr.  Henry  Smith   borne  8  mon.  22  day 

1644. 
Hannah  Chapin  daughter  of  Samuell  Chapin  borne  10  mon.  2  day  1644. 
Helped  Wright  daughter  of  Samuell  Wright  borne  7  mon.  15  day  1644. 
Sarah  Harman  daughter  of  John  Harman  borne  7  mon.  24  day  1644. 
Joseph  Warnener  ye  sone  of  William  Warnener  borne  12  mon.  6  day 

1644. 
Mary  Morgan  daughter  to  Miles  Morgan  borne  12  mon.  14  day  1644. 
Abigail  Jesse  daughter  to  William   Jesse  borne   first  day   of  first 

month  called  March  16  ££. 
A  sone  was   borne  to  Samuell   Hubbert  1  mon.  25  day   1645  it  was 

borne  deade. 
Abigail  Mathewes  daughter  to  John  Mathewes  borne  2  mon.  10  day 

1645. 
Samuel  Moxon  sone  to  mr.  George  Moxon  borne  3  mon.  10  day  1645. 
John  Bridgeman  sone  to  James  Bridgeman  borne  5  mon.  7  day  1645. 
Mary  Munden  daughter  to  Abraham  Munden  borne  6  mon.  8  day  1645. 
********  Burt  ye  daughter  of  Henry  Burt  borne  6  mon.  8  day  1645. 
Ye  daughter  of  Gryffith  Johnes  borne  ye   7  mon.  2  day  1645   it  lived 

not  longe. 
Mary  Merrith  ye  daughter  of  Thomas  Merrith  borne  7  mon.  28  day 

1645. 
Jonathan  Ball  sone  to  Francis  Ball  borne  about  midnight  -f  day  of  ye 

8  mon.  1645. 
Sarah  Leonard  daughter  to  John  Leonard  borne  10  mon.  13  day  1645. 
Elizabeth  Dibble  daughter  to  John  Dibble  borne  7  mon.   12  day  1645. 
Jonathan  Ashley  sone  to    Robert  Ashley  borne  12  mon.  25  day  1645. 
Margret  Smith  ye  daughter  of  mr.  Henry  Smith  borne  2  mon.  26  day 

1646. 
Ruth  Haynes  ye  daughter  of  Edmund  Haynes  borne  2  mon.  27  day 
1646. 


84  Records  of  Springfield,  Mass.  [Jan., 

A  son  to  Reese  Bedortha  borne  3  mon.  14  day  1646. 
A  daughter  borne  deade  to  mr.  Eliztzur  Holioke3  mon.  21  day  1646. 
Thomas  Cooper  ye  sone  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne  5  mon.  3  day  1646. 
Joseph  Pynchon  sone  to  mr.  John  Pynchon  borne  5  mon.  26  day  1646. 
Hama  Parsons  daughter  of  Hugh  Parsons  borne  6  mon.  7  day  1646. 
Samuel  Stebbins  ye  sone  of  Thomas  Stebbins  borne  7  mon.   19  day 

1646. 
Nathaniell  Sikes  ye  sone  of  Richard  Sikes  borne  8  mon.  30  day  1646. 
Jonathan  Morgan  sone  to  Miles  Morgan  borne  9  mon.  16  day  1646. 
Naathe  Colton  ye  sone  of  George  Colton  borne  9  mon.  21  day  1646. 
Bethiah  Hubbert  ye  sone  of  Samuell  Hubbert  borne  10  mon.   29  day 

1646. 
Joseph  Harman  ye  sone  of  John  Harman  borne  7  mon.  4  day  1646. 
John  Stebbins  ye  sone  of  John  Stebbins   borne  7  mon.  28  day  1646. 
Obediah  Cooley  y°  sone  of  Benjamin  Coolev  was  borne  7  mon.  27  day 

1646. 
Sarah    Mathewes  daughter  of  John  Mathewes  borne  18    day  of  first 

month  16-Jy. 
Sarah  Dibble  ye  daughter  of  John  Dibble  borne  2  day  of  first  month 

1647. 
John  Bedortha  ye  sone  of  Reese  Bedortha  borne  3  mon.  13  day  1647. 
*******  Moxon  ye  6one  of  George  Moxon  borne  3  mon.  19  day  1647. 
Elizabeth  Osborne  ye  daughter  of  James   Osborne  borne  3  mon.   27 

day  1647. 
Samuel  Holioke  ye  son  of  mr.  Eliztzur  Holioke  borne  4  mon.  9  day 

1647. 
Mercy  Johnes  ye  daughter  of  Gryffyth   Johnes  borne  5  mon.  4  day 

1647. 
Joseph  Edwardes  ye  sone  of  Alexander  Edwardes  borne  6  mon.  8  day 

1647. 
Sarah  Smith  ye  daughter  of  mr.  Henry  Smith  borne  6  mon.  8  day  1647. 
Mary  Merrith  daughter  of  Thomas  Merrith  borne  6  mon.  27  day  1647. 
Mary  Leonard  ye  daughter  of  John  Leonard  borne  7  mon  14  day  1647. 
Mercy  Burt  yc  daughter  of  Henry  Burt  was  borne  7  mon.  27  day  1647. 
John  Pynchon  yc  sone  of  mr.  John  Pynchon  was  borne  8  mon.  15  day 

1647. 
Samuell  Bliss  ye  sone  of  Nathaniell  Bliss  borne  9  mon.  7  day  1647. 
John  Clarke  ye  sone  of  John  Clarke  borne  7  mon.  6  day  1647. 
Joseph  Thomas  ye  sone  of  Rowland  Thomas  was  borne  7  mon.  6  day 

1647. 
Thomas  Bridgeman  ye  sone  of  James  Bridgeman  was  borne  7  mon.  14 

day  1647  and  buryed  12  mon.  28  day  1647. 
Samuel  Ball  ye  sone  of  Francis  Ball  was  borne  16  day  of  first  month 

1644 
Ephraim  Colton  ye   sone  of  George  Colton  borne  2  mon.  9  day  1648. 
Samuel  Parsons  ye  sone  of  Hugh  Parsons  borne  4  mon.  8  day  1648. 
John  Lumbert  ye  sone  of  John  Lumbert  borne  5  mon.  20  day  1648. 
Thomas  Stebbins  ye  sone  of  Thomas   Stebbins  borne  5   mon.  31   day 

1648. 
Sarah  Ashley  ye  daughter  of  Robert  Ashley  borne  6  mon.  23  day  1648. 
David  Morgan  ye  sone  of  Miles  Morgan  borne  7  mon.  23  day  1648. 


* 


1864.]  Records  of  Spring  field,  Mass.  85 

Margaret  Smith  ye  daughter  of  mr.Henry  Smith,  borne  9  mon.  1st  day 

1648. 
A  daughter  borne  to  mr.  Thomas  Lowell  7  mon.  5  day  1G48  she  lived 

but  three  weeks. 
Eliakim  Cooley  sone  to  Benjamin  Cooley  borne  7  mon.  8  day  1648. 
Hephziba  Johnes  daughter  to  Gryffth  Johnes  borne  7  mon.  26  day  1648. 
llama  Reeves  daughter  to  Thomas  Reeves  borne  12  mon.  7  day  1648. 
Elizabeth  Cooper  ye  daughter  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne   12  mon.  23 

day  1648. 
Samuel  1  Thomas  ye   sone  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  1st  mon.   2  day 

1 6  4-H- 
Victory  Sikes  ye  sone  of  Richard  Sikes  borne  1st  mon.  3  day  16Jf. 
Joseph  Bedortha  ye  sone  of  Reese  Bedortha  borne  1st  mon.  15  day 

l  A48 

Nathaniell  Brame  ye  sone  of  Nathaniell  Brame  borne  1st  mon.  15  day 

1648 
Martha  Leonard  ye  daughter  of  John  Leonard  borne  2  mon.  15  day 

1649. 
Elizabeth  Ilarman  yfi  daughter  of  John  Harman  borne  ******* 
Mary  Taylor  yc  daughter  of  Jonathon  Taylor  borne  ye   1st  day  of  6 

mon.  1649. 
Edward  Ilolioke  ye   sone  of  Eliztzur  Holioke  borne  yc  8  day  of  ye  6 

mon.   1649. 
Esther  Laneton  daughter  of  George  Lancton   borne   ye  22  day  of  y° 

6  mon    1649. 
Mary  Coulton  daughter  of  George  Coulton  borne  ye  22  day  of  7  mon. 

1649. 
Margaret  Bliss  daughter  of   Nathaniel  Bliss  was  borne  12  day  of  yc 

'9,  mon.  1649. 
Martha  Bridgman  daughter  of  Francis  Bridgman  borne  ye  20  day  of 

y^  9  mon.   1649. 
Sarah  Clark  daughter  of  John  Clark  borne  y^  27  day  ofye  10  mon.  1649. 
Mary  Edwards  daughter  of  Alexander  Edwards  borne  20  day  of  ye  7 

mon.  1649. 
Hannah  Miirick  daughter  of  Thomas  Mirrick  borne  ye  10  day  of  yc 

12  mon.  1649. 
Abigail  Sewell  daughter  of  Thomas  Sewell  was  borne  yc  14  day  of 

ye  1st  mon.  1649. 
Mary  Osbourne  daughter  of  James  Osbourne  was  borne  ye  16  day  of 

ye  1st  mon.  1649. 
Mary  Thomas  daughter  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  ye  25  day  of  1st 

mon.  1650. 
Rebecka  Smith  daughter  of  Henry  Smith   borne  ye  1st  dayofye  2 

mon.   1650. 
Joseph  Stebbins  sonne  of  Thomas  Stebbins  borne  yc  18  day  of  ye  3 

mon.   1650. 
Abigail  mun  daughter  of  Benjamin  mun  borne  ye  28  day  of  ye  4  mon. 

1650. 
Pellatiah  Morgan  sone  of  Miles   Morgan  borne  yc  7  day  of  ye  5  mon. 

1650. 
John  Parsons  ye  sone  of  Joseph  Parsons  borne  ye  14  day  of  ye  6  mon. 

1650. 

7 


86 


Will  of  fienjamin  Whitmore. 


[Jiin  , 


Joshua  Parsons  ye  sone  of  Hugh   Parsons  borne  ye  26  day  of  ye  8 

moii.  1650. 
Sarah  Miller  daughter  of  Thomas  Miller   borne  ye   3d  of  yu  1  mon. 

1650. 
David  Lumbard  son  of  John  Lumbard  borne  ye  16  of  ye  8  mon.  1650. 
Mary  pinchon  daughter  of  John  pinchon  borne  y°  2  of  ye  8  mon.  1650. 
Lidda  Leonard  daughter  of  John  Leonard   borne  yc  20  of  yc  8  mon. 

1,650. 
John  dumelton  sone  of  John  dumelton  borne  ye  2  of  yc  11  mon.  1650. 
Samuell  Jones  yc  sone  of  Griffith    Jones  borne   yc    19   day  of  yy  11 

mon.  1650. 
Joseph  Thomas  ye  sone  of  Eowland  Thomas   borne  yc  25  of  ye    1st 

mon.  1651. 


WILL  OF   BENJAMIN  WHITMORE.*    1696. 

[Copied  from  the  original  in  the    Prerogative  Office,  London,  by  Joseph  L. 
Chester,  Esq.,  of  London,  Eng.] 

"Dated  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Royal]  Katherine,  at  Sea, 
where  printed  or  stamped  papers  were  not  to  bee  had,  the  five  and 
twentieth  d;iy  of  June,  1696. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Benjamin  Whitmore,  in  the  coroiiey 
of  Connellecot,  in  the  towne  of  Massleloest  als.  Model  Towne,  in  new 
England,  being  very  sick  and  weake,  but  of  good  and  perfect  mem- 
ory, doe  make,  order,  and  ordaine  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  in 
manner  and  force  as  followeth.  Revoking  and  rnakeing  void  all 
other  Wills  or  writings  by  me  formerly  made  of  Whatsoever  fforce  or 
vertue.  Imprimis  I  comit  my  Soul  and  Spirit  into  the  hands  of 
Almighty  God,  as  into  the  hands  of  a  loveing  and  faithfull  Creator, 
hopeing  to  have  a  full  and  free  pardon  of  all  my  sinns  through  the 
meritorious  Death  of  my  blessed  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ;  my 
body  I  comit  to  the  Earth  to  bee  interred  at  the  discretion  of  my  law- 
full  executor  hereafter  mencoued.  And  as  for  my  worldly  and 
Temporall  estate  and  goods  both  reall  and  temporal!,  I  dispose  of  as 
followeth.  Item,  I  will  and  desire  that  my  debts  and  funeral  1 
charges  be  paid  and  discharged.  And  all  the  rest  and  residue  of 
my  whole  estate  in  Lands,  goods  or  wages,  dues  or  demands  &c, 
either  reall  or  personall,  1  freely  give  and  bequeath  unto  Charles 
Hill  of  the  Croney  of  Connellecot,  in  the  towne  of  New  London  in 
New  England,  whom  I  institute  my  lawfull  Executor.  And  I  doe 
hereby  revoke  and  make  void  all  other  Wills  and  writings  by  mee 
made  of  what  sort  soever.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  inter- 
changeably set  my  hand  and  seale,  the  yeare  and  day  above  written. 

BENJAMIN    WHITMORE. 
Signed  and  sealed  in  the  presence  of  us,  Moses  Tiller,  Ebeuzer  Doness, 
Charles  Crowley,  witnesses." 

*  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  Whitmore  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  the 
progenitor  of  the  Wetmores,  and  was  born  27  Nov.  107L] 


1864.]  Rev.  Deodate  Lawson.  87 

Administration  30  Sept  1696,  to  Isabella,  wife  of  Hugh  Edwars, 
attorney  of  Chas.  Hill,  now  in  ship  "  Kathei'ine",  during-  his  absence 
and  to  his  use. 


REV.   DEODATE   LAWSON. 


A  good  deal  of  obscurity  rests  upon  the  history  of  this  clergyman. 
Savage  says  he  was  first  heard  of  at  Martha's  Vineyard  in  1676.  He 
presumes  him  to  have  been  bred  to  divinity.  He  took  the  freeman's 
oath  1680,  was  called  to  preach  at  Salem  village  now  Danvers,  in  1683, 
but  went  to  Scituate  in  1694.  He  may  have  lived  at  Boston  in  the 
meantime,  as  he  had  a  son  Deodate  born  there  1682,  and  married 
Deborah  Allen  there,  as  his  second  wife,  6  May  1690. 

He  was  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Lawson,  a  minister  ejected  from  Den- 
ton, Suffolk,  who  "  was  a  man  of  ability,  but  had  no  good  utterance." 
[See  Nonconformists'  Memorial  ii  :  192].  Deane  [Hist.  Scituate,  p, 
195]  says  "Deodate  not  being*  found  on  the  Catalogue  of  Har- 
vard College,  leads  us  to  suspeet  that  he  may  have  been  born  and 
educated  in  England."  It  is  certain  that  he  was  born  there,  and 
I  have  probable  evidence  that  he  was  also  educated  there.  I  have  in 
my  library  the  Rev.  John  Quick's  two  folios  entitled  Synodicon  in 
Gallia  lief ormata,  the  firstvolume  of  which  bears — clearly  an  original 
autograph — the  following  : — 

For  my  Reverend  |  and  deare  Brother  |  mr.  Lawson  minister  of  ye 
Gospell  |  &  Pastor  of  the  Church   of  Scituate  |  in  the  Province  of  ye 
Massachusetts  |  in  New  England,  from  the  Publisher  |  John  Quick.  | 
honoris  &  amoris  ergo 
Augt.  6.  1693. 

Quick  was  born  1636,  and  educated  at  Exeter  Coll.  Oxford,  where 
lie  took  his  degree  of  arts  1657  ;  then  officiated  at  Ermington,  Kings- 
bridge,  Churchstow,  and  Brixton,  whence  he  was  ejected  in  1662. 

I  suggest  the  probability  that  the  above  warm  inscription  from  a 
man  of  so  much  eminence  us  Quick  had  among  Nonconformists  of  his 
time,  must  have  been  the  result  of  college  friendship,  at  least  in  its 
original  ;  and  that  Lawson  was  probably  an  Oxford  man. 

Savage  is  silent  as  to  his  ending.  Dean  merely  states  the  fact  of 
his  dismissal  from  Scituate  in  1 698,  by  advice  of  Elders  on  account 
of  ■'  long  and  still  continued  absence."  Savage  attributes  that 
absence  to  his  having  "  gone  home."  The  Rev.  Thomas  Noyes 
[Amer.  Qua?'.  Reg  viii:  158.]  says  he  removed  from  Scituate  "  to  Bos- 
ton and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life."  But  Palmer  [Noncon- 
formist's Memorial  ii  :  192.]  seems  to  favor  the  idea  that  he  went  back 
to  England,  and  that  some  cloud  rested  on  him  there,  for /he  saj^s  of 
Thomas  Lawson  "  he  was  the  father  of  the  unhappy  Mr,  Deodate  Law- 
son,  who  came  hither  from  New  England."  JI.  M.  D. 

Hillside.  Roxbury.    { 
7  Nov.  1863.  \ 


88  History  of  the  Register.  [Jan., 


HISTORY  OF  THE  REGISTER.     ADDITIONAL  FACTS. 
[Communicated  by  John  Ward  Dean  of  Boston.] 

In  the  preface  to  tlie  seventeenth  volume  of  the  Register,  I  gave  a 
brief  history  of  this  publication,  compiled  from  the  materials  then 
accessible  to  me.  On  the  16th  of  October,  after  the  preface  was 
printed  but  before  the  number  was  issued,  many  documents  relative 
to  the  Register  were  received  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Mr.  Charles 
Ewer.  From  these  documents,  I  glean  a  few  additional  facts  and 
dates. 

An  agreement  was  made  by  the  committee  with  Mr.  Drake  on  or 
before  the  11th  of  December  184C,  and  on  the  16th  of  that  month,  as 
stated  in  the  preface,  a  contract  was  concluded  between  Mr.  Drake 
aud  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cogswell.  Mr.  Drake  issued  a  prospectus  without 
delay,  a  copy  of  which,  bearing  date  Dec.  22,  1846, — just  one  year 
after  the  first  prospectus  is  said  to  have  been  put  forth, — is  among 
the  documents  received.  The  body  of  the  prospectus  is  almost 
verbatim  like  that  on  the  first  number  of  the  Register  ;  but  it  has  a 
brief  note  by  Mr.  Drake  appended. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  to  the  Society  at  its  annual  meeting, 
January  6,  1847,  is  now  recovered.  It  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Rev. 
Samuel  H.  Riddel,  who  signs  it  as  chairman.  Credit  is  given  to  Mr. 
Ewer  for  originating  the  idea  of  the  periodical.  I  make  a  single  ex- 
tract from  the  closing  paragraph  : — 

"The  committee  cannot  close  their  report  without  a  distinct  recog- 
nition of  the  efficient  and  generous  aid  afforded  by  Charles  Ewer, 
Esq.,  the  president  of  the  Society,  towards  the  accomplishment  of 
the  object  which,  during  the  year  that  has  elapsed  since  their  ap- 
pointment, they  have  had  more  especially  in  trust.  His  concern  in 
regard  to  it  commenced  at  a  much  earlier  period  ;  the  original  con- 
ception and  design,  and  many  of  the  first  steps  towards  its  accom- 
plishment, having  been  entered  into  by  him  before  the  Society  was 
called  upon  to  assume  any  care  in  relation  to  it.  The  same  disin- 
terested endeavors  have  been  continued  by  him  in  his  connection 
with  the  committee,  and  any  private  interest  which  he  might  have 
been  entitled  to  claim  to  himself  as  the  fruit  of  his  own  design  he 
has  cheerfully  relinquished." 

In  a  letter  to  the  Publishing  Committee,  dated  August  5,  1848,  Mr. 
Drake  states  that,  before  the  formation  of  this  Society,  M/r.  Ewer 
mentioned  to  him  "  a  periodical  connected  with  a  Society."  Tin's 
confirms  the  recollection  of  Mr.  Montague. 

The  above  facts  I  should  have  incorporated  with  the  preface  had  I 
been  in  possession  of  them.  There  are  other  statements  that  will  be 
of  use  if  a  fuller  history  of  the  Register  should  ever  be  written. 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  .  89 


MARRIAGES  AND  DEATHS. 

MARRIAGES. 

Burtis=Bradlee. — At  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  New  York,  Wednes- 
day, Sept.  23,  18G3,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Pierson  of  Rockaway,  L.  I.  James 
W.  Burtis  of  Rockaway,  to  Miss  Eliza,  dau.  of  Thomas  Bradlee  Esq., 
of  Jamaica. 

Chipman=Baldwin. — In  New  Haven,  Ct.,  Oct.  14,  1863,  Eleazer 
Moses  Chipman,  formerly  of  Salem,  Mass.,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Bald- 
win of  New  Haven. 

Curtis=Appleton. — In  Boston,  Nov.  11,  1863,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Gannett, 
Greely  S.  Curtis,  to  Harrist,  dau.  of  the  late  Hon.  Nathan  Appleton. 

Henchman— Pingry. — In  East  Boston,  Thursday,  Nov.  5,  1863,  by 
Rev.  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee,  Charles  T.  Henchman,  to  Miss  Mary  A.  H. 
Pingry. 

Lincoln=Colburn. — In  Leominster,  Mass.,  Nov.  11,  Luke  Lincoln, 
to  Carrie  M.  Colburn,  both  of  Leominster. 

Phinney—  Pratt. — At  Long  wood,  Sept.  24,  by  Rev.  Frederick  A. 
Whitney,  Gorham  Palfrey  Phinney  of  Barnstable,  merchant  of  New 
Orleans,  to  Miss  Ellen  Jane  Oakes,  dau.  of  Isaac  Pratt  Jr. 

Smitit=Ripley. — In  East  Boston,  Sabbath  evening,  Nov.  8,  by  Rev. 
C.  D.  Bradlee,  Capt.  Edward  Smith,  of  New  York,  to  Miss  Josephine 
Ripley,  of  East  Boston. 

DEATHS. 

Appleton. — Miss  Lydia,  Haverhill,  Mass.  Nov.  14,  a.  15. 

Bliss. — Sylvester,  Roxbury  March  6,  after  a  week's  illness,  a.  48. 
He  was  a  son  of  John1  Bliss,  and  was  born  at  Tolland,  Ct.,  June  19, 
1814.  He  was  a  descendent  of  Thomas'  Bliss,  who  died  at  Hartford, 
Ct.,  in  1640,  through  John-  and  Ebe/iezer3  of  Longmeadow,  Mass., 
Rev.  John4  of  Ellington,  Ct.,  and  John5  of  Tolland.  Mr.  Bliss  has 
fur  the  last  twenty  years  been  editor  of  the  Advent  Herald.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  two  children.  He  had  made  large  collections  for 
a  genealogy  of  the  Bliss  family. 

Bkigham. — William  Henry,  at  Boston,  Oct.  1,  a.  29.  He  was  born 
Feb.  16,  1834,  being  a  son  of  William  A.7  and  Lydia  (Johnson)  Brig- 
ham  of  Boston,  and  was  descended  from  the  immigrants  Thomas1  and 
Mercy  (llurd)  Brigham  of  Cambridge,  through  Thomas"  .Nathan ,3 
Nathan*  Elijah^  Sylvester0  and  William  Ashhcl,1  above.  See  Morse's 
Ancient  Puritans,  n,  91.  He  was  an  artist  of  great  promise  and  at 
his  death  was  engaged  on  a  picture  illustrating  the  last  scene  in 
King  Lear.  In  1858,  he  painted  a  portrait  of  the  venerable  Rev. 
William  Jenks,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  which  was  presented  to  the  Historic- 
Genealogical  Society  at  the  June  meeting  in  that  year,  for  which  the 


90  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [Jan., 

society  voted  him  the  use  of  its  library.     His  last  work,  the  Rialto 
Scene  in  the  Merchant  of  Venice,  has  been  much  admired. 

Chipman. — Deacon  Richard  Manning-,  Salem,  17  Oct.  1863,  a.  77 
years,  lacking  six  days.  He  had  always,  (some  twenty  months  ex- 
cepted, spent  in  Millburn,  111.,  in  1843-5)  resided  in  the  place  of  his 
nativity,  above  named.  In  the  mechanical  business  which  he  con- 
ducted he  exhibited  faithfulness  with  dexterity  and  skill  ;  but  those 
inclinations  toward  literature  which  led  him  in  youth  to  begin  a  pre- 
paration for  college,  adhered  to  him  till  his  last  hour.  His  reading 
was  as  continual  and  omnivorous,  as  his  memory  was  retentive  ;  yet 
his  "elect"  authors  were  standard  ones  of  whom,  ever  at  hand,  he 
was  never  tired.  He  held  a  ready  pen  the  productions  of  which  were 
occasionally  published.  A  friend  who  knew  him  and  who  had  per- 
usal of  his  MSS.,  says  :  "  His  miud  was  more  akin  to  Robert  Burns 
than  to  William  Cowper," — though  both  of  them  were  by  him  highly 
prized.  His  views  and  his  character  regarding  religion  were,  in 
1810,  greatly  changed.  He  was  unanimously  chosen  in  1811,  an 
officer  in  the  South  (Cong.)  Church  of  which  Hon.  and  Rev  Daniel 
Hopkins,  D.  D.,  was  senior  pastor.  Until  an  advanced  period  of  his 
life  he  was  an  acceptable  lay  preacher,  when  aid  from  him  in  that 
capacity  was  desired.  After  other  services  at  his  funeral  by  Rev. 
Brown  Emerson,  D.  D.,  and  his  pastor  for  more  than  half  a  century, 
by  whom  all  his  children  had  been  baptized,  Rev.  Charles  Cleveland 
of  Boston,  formerly  of  Salem,. now  past  91  years  of  age,  delivered  an 
energetic  and  appropriate  address.  The  subject  of  this  obituary 
notice  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Gray,  (deceased  8  April,  I860,)  had 
eight  sons  and  four  daughters  who,  all  but  one,  reached  adult  age, 
and  of  whom  survive  Rev.  R.  Manning  Chipman  and  four  other  sons. 
The  father  of  said  subject  was  John  Chipman,  of  Salem,  born  1746  ; 
died  1819,  a  son  of  Capt.  Samuel  Chipman,  of  Salem,  born  1726  ;  died 
at  St.  Martins,  W.  I.,  1761,  who  was  a  son  of  Rev.  John  Chipman,  of 
Beverly,  born  at  (West)  Barnstable,  1690-91  ;  grad.  H.  C,  1711  ; 
died  1775.  The  last  named  was  a  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Chipman, 
of  (West)  Barnstable,  born  1661  ;  died  1723  ;  a  son  of  the  emigrant 
ancestor  named  below.  A  memoir  of  the  latter,  with  a  catalogue 
of  his  descendants,  (mainly  those  retaining  his  surname,)  in  which 
are  embraced  extended  notices  of  prominent  persons  among  them, 
exists  in  MS.  In  connection  with  this,  see  "  Sketch  of  the  Chip- 
man  Family."  Reg.  xv,  pp.  79-81.  Deacon  Chipman  himself 
left  great-grandchildren  ;  while  in  one  branch  of  his  lineage,  there 
are,  though  his  father's  father  died  more  than  102  years  ago,  living 
now  (in  Beverly)  children  of  his  father's  uncle  who  are  younger  than 
some  of  his  own  ;  and  while,  in  another  branch  of  his  lineage,  there 
is  living  now  (in  Lawrencetown,  N.  S.,)  a  son  of  his  father's  grand- 
father's cousin-german.  All  these  persons  bear  the  same  surname, 
which  in  its  origin  was  Chippenham.  The  gentleman  last  above 
designated,  Hon.  Major  Chipman  is  (as  was  Deacon  Chipman's 
grandfather,  Capt.  Samuel  Chipman,  in  1761  of  Salem,)  a  great- 
grandson  of  John  Chipman.who  was  born  at  Bringspuddell,  near  Dor- 
chester, Dorsetshire,  England,  in  1613-14,  came  to  New  England 
in  1631,  died  at  Sandwich,  Mass.,  in    1708,   having    long  been    the 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  91 

"Ruling  Elder"  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  (-West)  Barn- 
stable, Mass.,  whose  posterity  (probably  10,000  in  all,)  comprises 
all  the  persons  thus  far  found,  (more  than  2,000  of  whom  were 
by  one  of  bis  great-grandson's  great-grandsons  collected  some 
fifteen  years  ago,)  bearing  the  surname  Chipman  and  residing  in  the 
United  States  and  in  the  British  American  Provinces  and  Islands 
adjacent  to  this  country.  C. 

Duane.— Deborah,  Philadelphia  Pa.  Feb.  12,  1863  a.  81  ;  wife  of 
Hon.  William  J.  Duane  ;  and  at  Chelten  Hills,  Montgomery  County 
Pa.  on  the  6th  October,  1863,  her  sister  Sarah,  widow  of  lion.  Thomas 
Sergeant,  aged  seventy-five  years.  Both  of  these  ladies  were  grand- 
daughters of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Mrs  S.  was  the  last  surviving 
grand-child  of  that  distinguished  man.  See  tabular  pedigree,  Keg. 
viii,  374.  Hon  Thomas  Sergeant  was  an  honorary  member  of  the 
N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society.     See  obituary  notice — Reg.  xiv,  292. 

Haines.— Mrs  Martha  Griffin,  Lynn,  Mass.  21  Sept,  1863,  a.  78  yrs. 
3  mos.  and  28  days.  She  was  dau.  of  Capt.  John  Dwinnell  of  Salem, 
Mass.  Londonderry  and  Manchester,  N.  II.,  and  Elizabeth  Kittredge 
dau.  of  Doctor  Benjamiu'Kittredge  of  Andover,  Mass.,  who  were  mar- 
ried at^Andover  19  June,  1775.  She  was  a  decendant  of  Michael  Dwin- 
nell, who  settled  at  Topsfield,  Mass.  1668.  She  Was  born  at  London- 
derry, N.  H.,  24  May  1785,  and  was  the  widow  of  Joseph  Haines  to 
whom  she  was  married  at  Salem,  Mass.  13  Sept.,  1806.  He  was  a 
decendant  of  the  6th  generation  from  Deacon  Samuel  Haines  of 
Portsmouth  (parish  of  Greenland)  N.  II.,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land in  the  ship  "  Angel  Gabriel,"  in  August  16351.  He  was  born  at 
Greenland,  N.  II.,  13th  July,  1784,  and  died  at  Loudon,  Merrimac 
count}',  N.  II.,  29th  Nov.  1828,  and  was  a  son  of  Matthias  and  Mary 
(Edgerly)  Haines  of  Greenland  and  Loudon  N.  II.  FourLsons  and 
one  daughter  survive  her.  To  wit,  Joseph  and  Mary  Jane  at  Lynn, 
Mass  ;  John  Kittredge  and  Sylvester  II.  at  Allamakee  county, 
Iowa  ;  Andrew,  m.  at  Galena,  111. 

A.  M.  II. 

IIayward. — Dr.  George,  Boston,  Oct.  7,  a.  72.  He  died  suddenly, 
of  apoplexy,  at  his  residence  in  Pemberton  square.  He  was  son  of 
Dr.  Lemuel  IIayward,  and  was  born  in  Boston  9th  of  March,  1791. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Public  Latin  School  in  Boston,  and 
in  1809  graduated  with  distinction  at  Cambridge.  His  father,  who 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1768,  was  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished physicians  of  Boston  in  his  day,  and  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
Revolutionary  Army.  He  was  born  in  Braintree  22d  March,  1749, 
and  died  in  Boston  20th  March,  1821,  aged  72  years.  The  son,  hav- 
ing studied  the  profession  of  medicine,  established  himself  as  a 
physician  in  his  native  city,  acquired  an  extensive  practice,  and  at- 
tained to  an  eminence  equal  to  that  of  his  father.  In  1835  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Surgery  and  Clinical  Surgery  in  the  Medical 
School  of  Harvard  College,  which  chair  he  held  until  1849.  He 
spent  several  years  in  Europe  and  enjoyed  a  reputation  there  for 
skill  in  surgery  which  reflected  credit  upon  America,  lie  was  for 
several  years  President  of  the  Massaehusetts  Medical  Society.  In 
1852  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  corporation  of  Harvard  College, 


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an. 


which  important  trust  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Aits  and  Sciences.  Dr.  Hay- 
ward  was  a  gentleman  of  large  mind  and  liberal  culture,  of  genial 
temperament  and  astute  knowledge  of  the  world  ;  qualities  which 
made  him  a  valuable  friend  and  trustworthy  counsellor  both  in  pub- 
pic  and  private  affairs,  and  gave  him  an  influence  in  the  community 
which  was  felt  far  beyond  the  limits  of  his  professional  life,  in  which, 
at  the  same  time  he  had  the  highest  place. — Boston  Daily  Advertiser. 

Jewett. — Hon.  Jedediah,  at  Portland  Me.,  Oct.  10,  a.  56.  He  was 
a  son  of  Pea.,  James  and  Ruby  (Bridges)  Jewett,  (ante  vm,  252.) 
In  1858-9,  he  was  mayor  of  Portland,  and  in  1861  he  was  appointed 
U.  S.  collector  of  that  port,  which  office  he  held  at  his  death.  His 
connection  with  the  capture  of  the  Tacony  pirates,  June  1863,  is 
well  known.  He  presided  at  the  Fort  Popham  celebration  last 
August. 

Newton. — Willard,  Marlborough  Mass.,  Aug. 18, 1863,  a.  92  years  and 
15  days,  being  born  Aug.  3,  1771.  He  was  for  a  long  time  a  justice  of 
the  peace  for  the  county  of  Worcester  and  a  prominent  and  respect- 
ed citizen  both  of  the  towns  of  Southborough  and  Marlborough. — He 
lived  on  the  old  homestead  and  farm  which  had  been  the  property  of 
his  ancestors  for  more  than  two  hundred  years  ;  and  was  the  sou  of 
Solomon  Newton  who  was  born  Jan.  4,  1734,  and  died  March  1, 
1830.  The  old  mansion  was  in  the  town  of  Southborough  until  1843 
when  it  was  set  off  to  Marlborough  by  an  act  of  the  legislature, 
chapter  89.  The  subject  Of  this  notice  represented  the  town  of 
Southborough  in  the  general  court  for  the  civil  year,  which  then  com- 
menced in  May  1811,  and  the  two  succeeding  years. 

H.  W. 

Phillips. — John,  Dorchester,  Oct.  22,  1863  a,  59  yrs.  6  mo.  : — a  de- 
scendant of  Rev.  George,  the  first  minister  of  VVatertown  through 
Rev.  Samuel'-2  of  Rowley — Samuel3  of  Salem — Rev.  Samuel4  of 
Andover — Samuel5  of  North  AndoVer — Samuel0  Lt.  Gov.  of  Mass. — 
John7  of  North  Andover.  He  was  born  in  North  Andover  April  12, 
1804  ;  m.  Nov.  24  1829,  Sarah  Ann  Dorr  of  Roxbury,  who  died  Sept. 
22,  1842,  a.  31, — by  her  he  had  four  children  all  of  whom  died — one 
daughter  m.  George  R.  Sampson  of  Boston.  He  m.  2(!  Caroline 
Little  of  Newburyport,  March  22,  1851,  who  died  about  1855.  He  in. 
3d  Ann  Jane  Gardner  widow  of  Joshua  Gardner  of  Dorchester  who  sur- 
vives. He  was  the  son  of  Hon.  John  Phillips  who  died  in  Andover 
Sept.  1820,  leaving  thirteen  children  all  minors — ten  daughters  and 
three  sons  being  all  the  children  he  ever  had.  The  preservation  in  life 
of  all  these  children  is  remarkable  as  this  is  the  first  death  among  them. 
At  the  decease  of  the  father,  more  than  half  of  them  were  confined 
by  severe  sickness,  from  which  they  were  all  restored  to  health  ;  and 
they  all  survived  him  more  than  forty-three  years — the  youngest  being 
now  fifty-seven  years  old.  Mr.  Phillips  was  a  merchant  in  Boston  of 
the  firm  of  Vila,  Phillips  &  Reynolds,  and  afterwards  in  New  Orleans, 
and  was  also  at  one  time  Deputy  Collector  at  Newburyport.         B. 

Tolman. — Thomas  Jones,  Dorchester,   July  8,  1863,  a.  88.     He  was 
son  of  Ebeuezer5  and  Sarah  (Tolman,)  gr.  s.  of  Ebenezer1  and  Mary 


1864.]  JV.  E.   Hist. -Gen.  Society.  93 

(Jones,)  g.  gr.  8.  of  Daniel3  and  Sarah  (Humphreys,)  g.  g.  gr.  s.  of 
Thomas-  and  Elizabeth  (Johnson,)  g.  g.  g.  gr.  s.  of  Thomas1  Tolman, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Dorchester.  His  father,  Ebenezer5,  held 
the  office  of  tow-n  clerk  in  Dorchester  from  1799  until  1814,  and  from 
1816  to  1827,  when  he  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
Thomas  Jones0  Tolman,  above,  who  filled  the  office  until  1846  when 
he  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  .son,  Ebenezer7,  who  was 
Town  Clerk  until  his  death,  Sept,  6,  1863,  at  the  age  of  50.  See 
Tolman  Genealogy  :   Reg,  xiv,  247-260. 

Tucker. — Gideon,  Saco.  Me.,  Oct,  17,  a.  61.  He  was  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Scammon)  Tucker,  and  was  born  in  Saco  the 
4th  of  June,  1802.  Having  been  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age,  he 
removed  to  Salem,  Mass.,  and  was  educated  under  the  charge  of  his 
uncle  Iehabod  Tucker.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  in  the 
Salem  Latin  Grammar  School  under  the  charge  of  Abiel  Chandler, 
and  graduated  at  Harvard  College  with  high  honors  in  1820.  After 
leaving  college  he  settled  in  Saco  as  a  merchant,  where  he  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1862  he  was  elected  a  Senator  in  the 
Maine  Legislature.  He  married,  30th  December,  1847,  Caroline 
Atkinson,  of  Saco,  by  whom  he  had  four  children — two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  who  with  their  mother  survive  him. 

Ward. — Sarah  Henshaw,  West  Newton,  suddenly,  Oct.  6,  1863,  a. 
76  yrs..6  mos  ;  wife  of  Andrew  Henshaw  Ward,  Esq.  (See  Register 
xvn,  339.) 


NEW  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

OBITUARIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS,    1863. 
[Prepared  by  William  B.  Trask,  Historiographer.] 

Duyckinck.  —  George  Long,  New  York,  March  30,  1863,  in 
the  40th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  b.  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  Oct,  17,  1822,  of  an  old  Knickerbacker  family,  dating 
from  the  early  settlement  of  the  island  by  the  Hollanders.  His  mo- 
ther's maiden  name  was  Harriet  June.  She  was  of  French  Huguenot 
descent.  His  father,  Evert  Duyckinck,  was  the  son  of  Christopher 
Duyckinck,  a  zealous  whig  in  the  revolution  and  an  active  agent  in 
the  conduct  of  the  war.  Evert  Duyckinck  was  for  many  years  one 
of  the  leading  book  publishers  in  New  York,  his  name  being  found 
on  the  title-page  of  most  of  the  standard  literature  issued  in  the  city 
during  the  first  quarter  of  the  present  century.  The  late  Dr.  Francis 
in  his  Old  New  York  has  paid  a  genial  tribute  to  his  memory.  He 
retired  from  business  some  years  before  his  death  which  happened  in 
1833.  He  left  two  sons,  Evert  A.  and  George  L.,  both  of  whom 
have  kept  up  the  association  of  their  father's  name  by  their  devotion 
to' literary  occupations.  George,  seven  years  the  younger,  was  named 
after  his  uncle,  George  Long,  a  well  known  printer  and  publisher  of 
New  York,  an  Englishman  by  birth,  a  man  of  marked  character  and 
deservedly  respected.  George  was  educated  at  Geneva  College,  N.  Y., 


94  JY.  E.  Hist-G  g  Society.  [Jan., 

and  at  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  graduating  at  the 
hitter  institution  in  1843.  He  early  visited  Europe  in  company  with 
his  friend  and  college  classmate  Mr.  William  Allen  Butler,  now  an 
eminent  lawyer  in  New  York,  and  widely  known  by  his  poem  "  Noth- 
ing to  Wear,"  one  of  the  most  popular  productions  of  its  class  ever 
published.  The  opportunities  which  the  tour  afforded  Mr.  Duyck- 
inck  for  the  cultivation  of  his  tastes,  determined  him  to  literaiy 
pursuits,  lie  gave  however  some  attention  to  the  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  member  of  the  bar  in  New  York;  but  he  never  practised  the  . 
profession.  In  1848,  on  his  return  from  Europe,  Mr.  Duyckinck  be- 
came engaged  with  his  brother  in  the  editorship  of  The  Literary 
World,  a  journal  published  weekly,  in  quarto,  and  occupied  with  the 
interests  its  name  imports.  It  was  received  with  great  favor  in  intel- 
ligent circles  and  had  among  its  contributors  some  of  the  most  emi- 
nent thinkers  of  the  country.  It  was  continued  to  the  end  of  1853, 
when  it  was  closed  with  its  13th  volume.  Mr.  Duyckinck  then  im- 
mediately entered  with  his  brother  upon  the  preparation  of  the  Cyclo- 
pedia of  American  Literature,  the  first  edition  of  which  appeared  from 
the  press  of  Mr.  Scribner  of  New  York  in  1856.  After  a  second  visit 
to  New  York  Mr.  Duyckinck  became  the  author  of  several  biographi- 
cal works  which  he  presented  to  the  Church  Book  Society,  a  pub- 
lishing society  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  New  York,  in  the  manage- 
ment of  which  he  took  an  active  part.  The  first  of  these  was  a  Life 
of  the  Christian  poet,  George  Herbert,  and  was  followed  in  rapid 
succession  by  biographies  of  Bishop  Ken,  Latimer  and  Jeremy  Tay- 
lor. Written  to  supply  a  want  in  popular  religious  literature,  they 
are  at  the  same  time  distinguished  by  their  historical  fidelity  and 
pains-taking.  Pure  and  simple  in  style,  they  breathe  a  calm,  rever- 
ential spirit,  in  unison  with  the  character  of  the  subjects  to  which 
the  writer  was  attracted  by  his  own  earnest  piety  and  tastes.  [He  be- 
came a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society  in  1855.J 

For  some  years  Mr.  Duyckinck  had  been  affected  by  pulmon- 
ary difficulties;  but,  though  of  a  slender  constitution,  his  energetic 
nature  would  not  suffer  these  obstacles  to  stand  in  the  way  of  his 
usefulness.  He  bore  up  manfully  through  increasing  infirmities, 
keeping  the  house  but  a  short  time  before  his  death,  which  took 
place  at  the  residence  of  his  brother  in  New  York. 

Special  resolutions  were  passed  by  theNTew  York  Historical  Societ}', 
of  which  Mr.  Duyckinck  was  a  member,  paying  a  deserved  tribute 
to  "his  personal  worth  and  his  intellectual  ability",  and  also  by  the 
Church  Book  Society,  which  has  issued  a^brief  but  interesting  memo- 
rial, prepared  by  Mr.  Duyckinck's  friend  and  pastor,  tho  Rev.  Dr. 
William  P.  Morgan,  of  St.  Thomas  Church,  New  York. — Contributed 
by  Evert  A.  Duyckinck,  Esq.,  brother  of  the  deceased. 

Darlington.  —  Hon.  William,  M.  D.,  LL  D.,  West  Chester, 
Pa.,  April  23,  1863,  a.  about  81.  He  was  born  near  the  ancient 
village  of  Dil worth,  now  called  Dilworthstown,  in  Birmingham  town- 
ship, Chester  county,  Pa.,  April  28,  17S2.  His  great  grandfather, 
Abraham  Darlington,  son  of  Job  and   Mary  Darlington  of  Darnhall,  S 

Cheshire,  Eng.,  came,  whilst  a  young  man,  with  his  brother  John, 
to  Pennsylvania  in  the  beginning  of  the  last  century,  and  settled  at 
first  near  Chester.     He  soon   however  removed    to  the   banks  of  the 


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Braridywine,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  above  Chadd's  Ford,  in  Bir- 
mingham township,  where  lie  remained  till  his  death  in  1776.  Hem. 
Elizabeth  Hillborn,  of  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  and  at  his  decease  left 
three  sons,  Abraham,  Thomas  and  John,  and  several  daughters. 
Thomas,  who  was  a  farmer,  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Edward  Brinton,  and 
had  nine  sons  and  two  daughters,  and  died  in  the  fall  of  1808.  Ed- 
ward Darlington,  eldest  son  of  the  said  Thomas,  and  father  of  Wil- 
liam, was  also  a  yeoman.  He  m.  Hannah,  dan.  of  John  Townsend,  of 
East  Bradford,  Chester  county,  by  whom  lie  had  five  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

Edward  Darlington   was    a  self-educated    man.     He  was  several 
times  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature.     He   died  in  1825. 

William  Darlington,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  eldest  child  of  Ed- 
ward and  Hannah  (Townsend)  Darlington,  above  mentioned,  was  de- 
scended from  ancestors,  each  branch  of  which,  as  far  back  as  it  can  be 
traced,  was  an  unmixed  race  of  English  Quakers.  He  was  early  inured 
to  the  labors  of  an  agricultural  life,  attending  the  common  school  in 
the  winter  season  only,  where  he  obtained  a  plain  English  education 
under  the  tuition  of  John  Porsythe,  an  Irish  friend,  at  that  time  one  of 
the  best  teachers  in  the  county.  Becoming  wearied  with  farm  labor, 
which  was  not  at  all  agreeable  to  him,  he  succeeded  in  inducing  his 
father  to  permit  him  to  study  medicine.  For  this  purpose,  in  the 
spring  of  1800,  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  John  Vaughan,  a  physi- 
cian of  Wilmington,  Delaware.  During  his  leisure  hours  he  acquired 
a  knowledge  of  the  French  language,  under  a  private  teacher,  and 
subsequently  he  became  acquainted  with  the  French,  Latin,  Spanish, 
and  German.  In  1802  the  malignant  yellow  fever  prevailed  in  many 
parts  of  the  Union.  Amongst  other  places  it  visited  Wilmington. 
Large  numbers  of  the  citizens  sought  safety  in  flight  ;  even  physi- 
cians left,  and  the  only  medical  personages  that  remained  were  Dr. 
Vaughan  and  his  pupil  William  Darlington — who  with  great  moral 
courage  faithfully  continued  at  their  posts — and  rendered  their  ser- 
vices to  those  afflicted  with  the  fearful  epidemic.  In  the  winters  of 
1802-3  and  1803-4,  William  Darlington  attended  the  medical  lectures 
in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  on  June  6,  1804,  received  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  being  as  it  is  thought,  the  first  citizen 
of  Chester  county  who  took  this  degree  in  that  University.  He  then 
commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  his  native  place.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  appointed  physician  to  the  Chester  County  Alms 
House,  and  also  surgeon  to  a  regiment  of  militia.  In  1806,  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  surgeon  to  an  East  India  Merchantman, 
belonging  to  Philadelphia,  and  made  a  voyage  to  Calcutta,  whence 
he  returned  the  following  year.  A  sketch  of  the  observations  made 
during  this  voyage,  was,  some  years  afterwards,  published  in  the 
form  of  familiar  letters  in  the  Analectic  Magazine.  In  the  3'ear 
succeeding  his  return  from  Calcutta,  he  settled  in  West  Chester  and 
resumed  the  practice  of  medicine.  In  1811,  he  was  made  a  Trustee 
and  Secretary  of  the  West  Chester  Academy,  then  about  to  be  built 
an  institution  which  gave  the  first  impulse  to  popular  education  in 
his  native  county.  He  was  chosen  Major  of  the  first  battalion  of 
volunteers  for  the  protection  of  Philadelphia  in  1814,  and  soon  after 
the  disbanding  of  the  division  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  14th 


96  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [Jan., 

Congress,  and  also  afterward  of  the  16th  and  17th  Congress — was 
subsequently  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  visitor  to  West 
Point — was  one  of  the  members  of  the  first  board  of  Canal  Commis- 
sioners in  Pennsylvania,  associated  with  Albert  Gallatin,  John  Ser- 
geant, Robert  W.  Patterson  and  David  Scott.  He  served  in  that  sta- 
tion two  years,  during  the  last  of  which  he  was  President  of  the 
Board.  In  182G,  in  conjunction  with  some  intimate  friends,  he 
assisted  in  organizing  the  Chester  County  Cabinet  of  Natural  Science, 
of  which  institution  he  was  President  from  its  origin  ;  and  in  the 
same  year  he  published  his  Florida  Cestrica,  being  a  catalogue  of 
plants  growing  around  the  borough  of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 
He  resigned  the  office  of  Canal  Commissioner  the  next  year,  and  was 
appointed  Prothonotary  and  Clerk  of  the  Courts  of  his  native  county, 
by  Gov.  Shulze,  the  duties  of  which  office  he  continued  to  discharge 
till  1830.  Whilst  holding  the  above  office  lie  co-operated  with  some 
of  his  friends  in  forming  the  Medical  Society  of  Chester  county.  He 
held  the  position  of  President  of  the  Society  til!  1852,  when  he 
resigned  and  was  immediately  elected  an  honorary  member.  In  1830, 
the  Legislature  appointed  him  one  of  the  Commissioners  to  lay  out  a 
State  road  from  Delaware  river,  near  New  Hope,  to  the  Maryland 
line.  About  the  same  time  he  assisted  in  exploring  a  route  for  a  rail- 
road from  West  Chester  towards  Philadelphia,  to  intersect  the  Colum- 
bia Railroad.  He  was  made  the  first  President  of  the  company,  and  su- 
perintended the  construction  of  the  road,  which  was  the  first  private 
tributary  to  the  line  of  public  works.  In  1830  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Chester  County,  of  which  institution  he  had  been 
one  of  the  Commissioners  named  in  the  charter  for  receiving  subscrip- 
tions of  its  capital  stock,  and  a  director  almost  ever  since  its  estab- 
lishment in  1814.  He  was  re-elected  annually,  and  continued  in  that 
station  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1837,  he  published  his  Flora 
Cestrica,  which  was  anew  edition  of  his  former  work,  much  enlarged 
and  improved.  This  work  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  complete 
local  Floras  extant,  and  a  model  for  works  of  a  similar  character.  In 
J-S47,  his  Agricultural  botany  was  published,  descriptive  of  weeds  and 
useful  plants,  which  has  since  been  enlarged.  About  1843  he  began 
to  collect  together  the  letters,  memoranda,  &c,  of  Dr.  Win.  Baldwin, 
a  native  of  his  own  county,  who  was  also  passionately  devoted  to 
botany,  but  who  died  at  an  early  age  while  on  an  expedition  up  the 
Missouri,  under  Major  Long.  These  remains  were  given  to  the 
world  in  a  volume  entitled  Reliquicu  Baldioiniana.  In  1849,  Dr.  Dar- 
lington collected  and  published  the  correspondence  of  Humphrey 
Marshall  and  John  Bartram,  the  pioneers  of  Botany  in  Penn- 
sylvania, together  with  letters  of  other  eminent  botanists  of 
the  day,  in  an  octavo  volume  of  585  pages,  with  illustra- 
tions of  their  homes,  under  the  title  of  Memorials  of  Bartram  and 
Marshall.  His  latest  labors  in  the  cause  of  natural  science  consist 
in  a  new  edition  of  the  Flora  Cestrica.  Besides  this,  in  connection 
with  others,  he  was  engaged  in  the  composition  of  a  work  descrip- 
tive of  the  objects  of  the  Natural  History  of  Chester  County  in  all  its 
branches.  His  own  portion  of  it  is  completed  and  ready  for  the  press. 
Such  a  work,  when  finished,  will  be  to  Chester  county  something  like 
the  great   production  given   to  the   world    under  the    auspices  of  the 


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State  of  New  York  —  a  complete  natural  history  of  the  district  of 
which  it  is  written.  The  last  publication  of  Dr.  Darlington  was  his 
Notce.  Cestrienses,  or  sketches  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  his 
county,  which  was  undertaken  in  conjunction  with  his  friend,  J. 
Smith  Futhey,  when  he  was  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  and  which  was 
finished  only  a  few  months  before  his  death.   (See  Keg.  xvi.  360-363). 

Dr.  Darlington  m.  Catharine,  dau.  of  Gen.  John  Lacey  of  New 
Jersey  (See  Keg.  xvi.  386,)  and  Antis  his  wife,  June  1,  1808.  They 
had  8  children: — 1.  John  Lacey  Darlington,  resides  in  West  Chester, 
Pa.,  is  engaged  in  the  nursery  business — formerly  resided  for  some 
years  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  2.  Antis  Lacey  Darlington,  b.  13  May,  1811, 
d.  2  Sept.,  1820.  3.  Benjamin  Smith  Barton  Darlington,  b.  13  May, 
1813,  d.  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  28  Feb.,  1845.  lie  was  a  Lieut,  in  the 
U.  S.  Navy,  and  after  17  years  service  died  of  a  disease  contracted 
during  the  first  cruise  of  our  squadron  on  the  coast  of  Africa  under 
the  stipulation  of  the  Ashburton  treaty  which  concerns  the  slave 
trade.  He  was  named  after  Dr.  Benjamin  Smith  Barton,  one  of  the 
Professors  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania when  Dr.  Darlington  was  a  student  there,  and  an  intimate 
friend  of  the  doctor.  Lieut.  D.  usually  went  by  the  name  of  Barton. 
4.  Jane,  now  the  wife  of  Henry  S.  Evans,  editor  and  proprietor  of 
the  Village  Record,  a  semi-weekly  paper  published  in  West  Chester, 
and  in  which  the  Notce  Cestrienses  appeared.  5.  Edward  E.  Darling- 
ton, was  formerly  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Lancaster  (Pa.)  Ex- 
aminer and  Herald — now  resides  near  Yorktown,  Va.,  and  is  the  pro- 
prietor of  an  extensive  nursery  there.  He  is  a  loyal  man.  6. 
Catharine  Lacy  Darlington  is  now  Directress  of  the  Union  Hospital  in 
Baltimore  under  Miss  Dix.  7.  Sarah  Painter  Darlington,  now  resides 
in  Farabault,  Minnesota.  8,  JVilliam  Baldwin  Darlington,  Acting 
Col.  of  the  18th  Penn.  Cavalry;  named  after  his  father  and  Dr.  Bald- 
win. Mrs.  Catharine  Darlington,  the  doctor's  wife,  was  born  4  Nov., 
1785,  d.  15  Feb.,  1847. 

On  the  20th  of  Aug.,  1853,  a  sesqui-centennial  gathering  of  the  Clan 
Darlington  was  held  at  the  old  ancestral  mansion  in  West  Chester 
county,  at  which  about  400  of  the  family  made  their  appearance.  A 
pamphlet  was  printed  at  the  time  containing  the  speeches,  and  pro- 
ceedings, and  a  classified  list  of  the  descendants  of  Abraham  Dar- 
lington, their  progenitor. 

In  the  spring  of  1862,  Dr.  Darlington  was  attacked  by  a  slight 
stroke  of  paralysis,  from  which  he  partially  recovered.  This  was 
followed,  in  the  early  part  of  1863,  by  another  attack  of  the  same 
disease,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  gradually  sank,  until  Thursday, 
the  23d  of  April,  when  he  departed  tins  life.  He  died  as  he  lived  a 
Christian  gentleman,  of  great  purity  and  simplicity  of  character. 
He  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

The  self-taught  farmer's  lad  has  had  his  name  and  fame  bequeathed 
to  future  time. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.,  from  Yale  College,  and  was 
elected  member  of  more  than  forty  literary  and  scientific  associa- 
tions. He  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E,  Hist. 
Gen.  Society  in  1858,  and  Honorary  Vice-President  of  t|ie  Society  for 


9S  JV*.  E.  Hist-.Gen.  Society.  [Jan., 

Pennsylvania,  Jan  18G3,  in  place  of  Hon.  Samuel  Brcck  of  Philadel- 
phia, deceased. 

The  mortal  remains  of  Dr.  Darlington  rest  in  a  quiet  and  shady 
spot,  selected  by  himself,  in  the  beautiful  Oaklands  Cemetery,  where 
the  hand  of  affection  will  cause  to  be  realized  his  wish,  inscribed 
upon  the  stone  above  his  grave,  that  "  the  plants  of  Chester,  which 
he  loved  and  described,  may  blossom  for  ever  above  his  tomb." 

Condensed  from  a  Memorial  of  William  Darlington,  M.D.,  by  Wm. 
Townsend,  Esq.,  with  additional  information  furnished  by  J.  Smith 
Futhey,  Esq.,  both  of  West  Chester,  Pa. 

Martin.— Hon.  Noah,  Dover,  N.  II.,  May  28,  1863,  a  62.  He  was 
born  in  Epsom,  N.  II.,  July  26,  1801,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sally 
(Cochrane)  Martin.  His  ancestors  both  on  the  paternal  and  mater- 
nal side  were  of  that  sterling  class  of  settlers,  the  Scotch  Irish. 
Nathaniel1  Martin,  the  progenitor,  who  married  Margaret  Mitchell, 
had  a  son  William3  who  came  to  this  country  with  his  father  when 
he  was  a  mere  child.  They  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Samuel3, 
son  of  William2,  was  the  father*of  the  subject  of  this  notice.  His 
mother,  Sally,  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Major  Cochrane  of  Pembroke, 
N.  II.  In  his  early  years,  Noah  evinced  an  untiring  love  for  books, 
and  a  desire  as  he  advanced  in  life  to  study  for  the  medical  profes- 
sion as  his  future  calling.  He  persevered  through  many  difficulties, 
until  he  had  acquired  a  thorough  classical  and  professional  educa- 
tion. His  medical  studies  were  commenced  under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  Pillsbury  of  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  being  with  him  one  year,  and  fin- 
ished the  two  remaining  years  with  Dr.  Graves  of  Deerlield,  N.  H, 
He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  medical  class  of  1824,  and 
soon  after  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  as  partner  with 
Dr.  Graves,  his  former  teacher,  remaining  with  him  one  year.  In 
1825  he  removed  to  Great  Falls,  N.  II.;  the  same  year  he  married 
Mary  Jane,  dan.  of  the  late  Dr.  Robert  Woodbury  of  Barrington. 
After  residing  at  Great  Falls  nine  years,  he  went  to  Dover,  N.  H., 
and  there  passed  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  had  established  for  himself 
at  Great  Falls  an  enviable  reputation  both  as  a  surgeon  and  a  phy- 
sician, and  he  soon  gained  at  Dover  the  confidence  and  affection  of 
the  people.  He  was  now  considered  one  of  the  best  physicians  and 
surgeons  in  the  state;  in  fact  the  leading  physician  of  that  section, 
and  the  consulting  physician  in  difficult  cases  requiring  superior 
medical  skill.  His  natural  dignity  of  mien  and  courteous  bearing, 
united  with  his  social  qualities,  pleasing  address  and  sympathetic 
heart,  served  to  make  him  very  popular.  He  was  deeply  devoted  to 
his  profession,  pursuing  it  with  a  ceaseless  ardor,  giving  it  his 
greatest  thoughts  and  study,  and  making  many  sacrifices  of  a  per- 
sonal nature  for  its  benefit.  All  who  sought  his  counsels  found  him 
faithful  and  sure.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  of  the  Jefferson 
and  Jackson  school.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire House  of  Representatives  in  1830,  1832,  1837;  New  Hampshire 
Senate,  1835,  183G,  and  in  1852  and  1853  he  was  elected  Governor 
of  the  State. 

He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Strafford  District  Medical  Society 
in  1835,  and  was  chosen  its  President  in  1841  and  1842 — New 
Hampshire   Medical   Society  in   1836,  President  in  1858;  member  of 


1864.]  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  99 

the  American  Medical  Association  in  1849.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Dover  Medical  Association,  and  was  chosen  its  first 
President  in  1849,  and  also  filled  that  office  in  1850.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  in  1853,  the 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society  in  1853,  Vice-President 
of  the  same  for  New  Hampshire  in  1855.  He  was  one  of  the  Corpo- 
rators of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Agricultural  Society,  was  elected 
Vice-President  of  the  same  in  1851.  He  always  evinced  much  inter- 
est in  agriculture,  and  he  proposed,  when  Chief  Magistrate  of  the 
State,  the  institution  of  an  Agricultural  Commission,  and  also, 
•earnestly  urged  the  introduction  of  agriculture  as  a  branch  of  edu- 
cation in  our  schools.  He  was  elected  President  of  the  Savings 
Bank  for  the  County  of  Strafford  in  1844,  holding  the  office  until 
1852,  when  he  declined  a  re-election — was  a  leading  Director  of  the 
Dover  Bank  from  1847  to  1855,  when  he  resigned — also  a  Director  of 
the  Strafford  Bank  from  1860  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  held  vari- 
ous other  offices  of  trust.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Frater- 
nity many  years,  and  also  that  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  had  two 
children,  Elizabeth  A.  and  Caroline  M.,  who  with  their  mother, 
survive.  • 

On  the  morning  of  his  decease  he  arose  apparently  as  well  as 
usual — partook  of  his  breakfast,  and  was  in  the  act  of  adjusting  his 
toilet,  when  symptoms  of  severe  pain  were  felt  in  his  head — he  be- 
•came  insensible  in  the  short  space  of  an  hour,  and  in  less  than  half 
an  hour  more  he  expired  as  in  a  gentle  slumber — so  tranquil  the 
(flight  of  the  spirit  that  the  exact  moment  of  its  departure  was  hardly 
(perceptible.  He  was  a  kind  and  affectionate  husband  and  father, 
.a  wise  counselor  and  a  true  patriot.  He  had  for  many  years  a  pre- 
sentiment that  his  death  would  be  sudden. 

Henshaw. — Daniel,  Boston,  July  9,  1863,  a.  81.  He  was  born  in 
Leicester,  Mass.,  May  9,  1782  ;  grad.  H.  C.  1806  ;  read  law  with 
Hon.  Nathaniel  Paine  of  Worcester  ;  practiced  law  in  Winchendon, 
Mass.,  from  1809  till  1830.  In  1815  he  was  admitted  a  member  of 
the  first  Congregational  church  in  Winchendon.  In  1821  he  m. 
Deborah,  third  dau.  of  Dea.  Charles  Starkweather  of  Worthington, 
Mass.,  where  she  was  born  Nov.  2,  1796.  In  July  1830,  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  Massachusetts  Yeoman,  a  newspaper  printed  at  Worces- 
ter, invited  Mr.  Henshaw  to  become  the  editor  of  that  paper,  suc- 
ceeding Austin  Denny  Esq.,  then  recently  deceased.  Mr.  H.  continued 
to  edit  the  Yeoman  through  that  and  the  following  year,  1831,  when 
he  resigned,  to  take  charge  of  the  Boston  Christian  Herald,  in  the 
beginning  of  the  year  1832.  Near  the  close  of  the  latter  year,  he 
engaged  to  become  editor  of  the  Lynn  Record,  and  for  this  purpose 
took  up  his  abode  in  Lynn,  in  Jan.  1853.  Mr.  Henshaw  continued  as 
editor  of  that  paper  till  its  close,  in  Feb.  1842,  although  he  removed 
to  Boston  in  Aug.  1839.     In  Lynn  he  resumed  the  practice  of  the  law. 

His  wife  died  July  6,  1851,  in  her  55th  year,  leaving  3  children, 
Frances  Ellen,  b.  July  25,  1824;  Daniel  Horatio,  b.  Sept.  25,1827, 
Marian,  b.  in  Lynn,  June  13,  1833,  m.  Thomas  Kingsbury  of  Boston, 
and  d.  May  25,  1856,  leaving  one  son.  Mr.  K.  since  m.  his  sister- 
in-law,  Frances  Ellen. 

The  father  of  Daniel, — Col.  Wm.  Henshaw,  late  of  Leicester,  de* 


100  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [Jan., 

ceased,  was  b.  in  Boston,  Oct.  1135.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Hen- 
shaw of  Boston,  who  moved  with  a  large  family  of  children  from 
Boston  to  Leicester  in  April  1748,  and  settled  on  land  belonging-  to 
the  estate  of  his  father,  Joshua  Henshaw  of  Boston,  an  original  pro- 
prietor of  Leicester  whose  death  had  then  recently  occnred.  Col. 
William  Henshaw,  father  of  Daniel,  was  in  his  13th  year  at  the  time 
of  this  removal  to  Leicester.  He  lived  on  the  farm  till  he  was  of 
age.  Soon  after  that  he  served  in  the  French  war  at  Crown  Point, 
Ticonderoga,  etc.,  as  Lieutenant.  Returning  to  Leicester,  he  m. 
about  1761.  Miss  Ruth  Sargent,  of  Leicester,  by  whom  he  had  3 
children,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  William.  He  in.  2d,  Jan.  1772,  Phebe 
Swan,  dan.  of  Dudley  Wade  Swan,  of  Leicester,  and  Beulah  his  wife. 
By  this  second  marriage  he  had  10  children,  among  them  Daniel, 
their  fifth  child  and  third  son,  the  subject  of  this  notice.  The 
mother  died  at  Leicester,  Nov.  5,  1808,  in  her  56th  year.  The  father 
died  in  that  town,  Feb.  1820,  aged  84. 

Daniel  Henshaw  became  a  resident  member  of  the  N.  E.,  Hist. 
Gen.  Society  in  1857.  His  contributions  to  the  newspapers  were 
valuable,  and  were  read  with  much  interest.  The  communications 
were  chiefly  biographical  and  historical  in  their  nature.  He  had  a 
great  taste  for  genealogy — possessed  a  large  fund  of  wit — was 
quite  a  genial  and  communicative  gentleman.  He  read  many  enter- 
taining and  instructive  papers  befor  the  Society,  filled  with  remin- 
iscences of  the  past.  Several  of  these  were  published  in  the  Boston 
Evening  Gazette.  One  delivered  in  1860,  entitled  Statistics  and 
Anecdotes  of  Travel,  was  of  a  very  interesting  character.  It  was 
printed  in  several  successive  numbers  of  the  above  mentioned 
paper.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  he  resided  in  Boston,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  year  or  two  spent  in  Wisconsin  with  a  relative.  As  it 
was  thought  he  might  tarry  in  the  West  the  residue  of  his  days,  his 
connection  with  the  Society  was,  in  1861,  changed  to  that  of  a  cor- 
responding member. 

Hildreth. — Samuel  Prescott,  MD.,  Marietta,  Ohio,  July  24,  1863,  in 
the  80th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  genera- 
tion from  Richard  Hildreth,  of  Cambridge,  b.  in  1612,  freeman  1643  ; 
who  was  a  sergeant,  and  one  of  the  grantees  of  Chelmsford,  where 
he  died  in  1688. 

Samuel  Prescott  Hildreth,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Bod- 
well)  Hildreth,  was  born  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  Sept.  30,  1783  ;  about  a 
mile  north  of  the  present  city  of  Lawrence.  His  boyhood  was 
passed  on  his  father's  farm,  until  he  was  15  years  old,  his  primary 
education  being  received  at  the  common  school.  From  thence  he 
was  sent  to  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  then  under  the  care  of  Mark 
Newman  Esq.  Four  seasons  were  spent  at  this  institution  and  at 
the  Franklin  Academy  in  the  North  Parish.  Without  completing  a 
collegiate  course,  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Thomas  Kittredge,  a 
noted  surgeon  of  Andover,  and  received  a  diploma  from  the  Medical 
Society  of  Aiassachusetts  in  Feb.  1805,  The  following  May  he  com- 
menced practice  in  Hampstead,  N.  II.,  boarding  with  John  True  Esq., 
whose  brother,  Dr.  Jabez  True,  was  then  living  in  Marietta,  where  he 
located  early  in  the  summer  of  1788,  the  first  season  of  the  settle- 
ment,    Samuel    decided  to  try  his   fortune   there,  after  16  months 


1S64.J  JY.  E.  Hist-Gen,  Society.  101 

practice  in  New  Hampshire,  lie  started  from  his  parental  hearth, 
then  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  on  horseback,  Sept.  9,  1S0G,  being  23  years 
old  that  month,  and  arrived  at  Marietta,  Oct.  4th,  traveling  upwards 
of  3  weeks.  He  tarried  at  Marietta  about  9  weeks,  when,  on  invita- 
tion of  the  citizens  of  Belpre,  a  flourishing  town  of  New  Engend- 
ers, 12  or  14  miles  below,  to  become  their  physician,  he  went  to  that 
place,  Dec.  10,  1806.  While  at  Belpre,  he  married,  in  Aug.  1807, 
Miss  Rhoda  Cook,  a  native  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  who  went  to 
Ohio  some  three  years  previous,  in  1804,  her  mother  having  purchas- 
ed a  farm  in  Belpre,  nearly  opposite  the  mouth  of  the  Little  Kan- 
awha. Mrs.  Hildreth  survives  her  husband.  Dr.  Hildreth  was  quite 
successful  in  the  treatment  of  his  patients.  An  epidemic  malarious 
fever  prevailed  in  the  summer  of  1807,  in  that  section,  and  scarce  a 
family  in  the  town  escaped  an  attack.  Out  of  more  than  a  hundred 
cases  treated  by  Dr.  Hildreth,  three  only  of  the  number  died.  In 
March  1808,  he  removed  back  to  Marietta,  where  the  duties  of  his 
profession  were  less  arduous,  after  a  practice  of  15  months  in  Belpre. 
He  ever  after  resided  in  Marietta.  On  the  6th  of  April  last  he  wrote: 
11  After  a  laborious  practice  of  medicine  for  55  years,  I,  two  years 
ago,"  in  1861,  "  laid  it  entirely  aside."  He  was  then  in  his  78th 
year.  In  £810,  Dr.  H.  was  elected  Representative  to  the  Ohio  Legis- 
lature ;  was  re-elected  in  1811  ;  was  then  a  supporter  of  the  Admin- 
istrations of  Jefferson  and  Madison,  but  on  the  formation  of  the  Re- 
publican party  in  1854,  he  connected  himself  with  it.  In  1810,  ho 
became  Clerk  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Ministerial  Lands,  and  retained 
the  position  until  his  death.  He  was  well  known  at  home  and 
abroad  for  his  scientific  labors,  for  his  various  publications  in  medi- 
cine and  in  local  biography  and  history.  In  the  summer  and 
autumn  of  1822  he  visited  daily  from  60  to  80  patients  in  town  and 
country,  being  constantly  occupied  from  16  to  18  hours  in  every  24. 
In  Aug.  1823,  he  was  attacked  with  the  prevailing  fever,  but,  by  a 
strong  treatment,  arrested  its  course  in  a  few  days.  In  1826,  he 
published  in  Silliman's  Journal  of  Science,  New  Haven,  a  series  of 
articles  on  the  Natural  and  Civil  History  of  Washington  County. 
Prom  that  time  until  his  death,  nearly  40  years,  he  contributed  to 
that  journal  such  articles  as  descriptions  and  drawings  of  fresh 
water  shells  found  in  the  Muskingum  and  other  streams,  several 
touching  the  geology  of  Southeastern  Ohio,  the  salt  bearing  rock,  the 
history  of  salt  manufacture  from  the  first  settlement  of  Ohio,  the 
coal  formation,  &c.,  the  Diary  of  a  Naturalist,  &c.  From  1826  to  near 
the  time  of  his  decease  he  kept  a  journal  of  the  weather,  amount  of 
rain,  flowering  of  plants,  ripening  of  fruits,  &c,  for  each  year.  In 
1837  he  was  a  member  of  the  Geological  survey — delivered  the 
annual  address  at  Cleveland  before  the  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
was  then  President,  giving  a  history  of  the  diseases  and  climate  of 
Southeastern  Ohio  from  its  first  settlement,  which  was  printed  by  the 
Society.  He  published  the  same  year  a  history  of  the  settlement  of 
Belville,  Western  Va.,  which  was  continued  in  several  numbers  of 
the  Hesperian,  a  magazine  then  published  at  Cincinnati.  In  1841  and 
1843  he  contributed  many  valuable  articles  to  the  American  Pioneer. 
In  1848,  was  published  his  Pioneer  History,  an  octavo  volume  of  525 
pages,  giving  "  an  account  of  the  first  examinations  of  the  Ohio 
8 


102  JV.  E.  Hist.'Gen.  Society  [Jan., 

valley,  and  early  settlements  of  the  North  West  Territory."  His 
Lives  of  the  Early  Settlers  of  Ohio,  followed  in  1852,  being  a  volume 
of  539  pages  octavo.  These  are  valuable  books.  He  had  lived  in 
the  country  more  than  40  years  at  the  time  he  published  the  first  of 
these  historical  works,  was  personally  acquainted  with  a  large 
number  of  the  first  pioneers  —  maintained  a  high  character  for 
integrity,  assiduity,  and  accuracy,  with  an  intense  interest  ever 
manifested  in  such  purtsiiits,  these  things  made  him  jnst  the  man  for 
such  a  praiseworthy  undertaking.  The  materials  for  his  Pioneer 
history  are  almost  wholly  original,  comprising  the  papers  of  Col. 
Geo.  Morgan,  those  of  Judge  Barker,  the  diaries  of  Joseph  Buell 
and  John  Matthews,  the  records  of  the  Ohio  Company,  &c,  &c.  The 
volumes  are  published  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ohio  Historical 
Society.  One  mode  Dr.  Hildreth  adopted  in  collecting  materials  for 
the  history,  was,  ''to  employ  some  of  the  few  that  remained  of  the 
first  settlers  to  write  down  their  recollections  of  the  events  as  they 
occurred  in  the  settlement  to  which  they  belonged,  in  Marietta 
Waterford,  or  Belpre,  and  by  collating  these  several  sketches,  the 
truth  could  be  very  nearly  ascertained."  The  larger  portion  of  these 
men  were  dead  at  the  time  he,  published  his  works,  and  many  of  the 
events  would  have  perished  with  them,  had  they  not  been  preserved 
in  this  manner.  So  that  all  who  take  an  interest  in  that  portion  of 
our  Western  history  are  greatly  indebted  to  Dr.  Hildreth  for  his 
timely  rescue  of  important  matter,  without  which  that  history  could 
not  have  been  so  correctly  or  so  fully  written. 

In  1830,  Dr.  H.  commenced  in  earnest  the  collection  of  a  cabinet 
of  natural  history  from  the  fossils,  insects,  shells  and  plants  of  his 
own  state,  and  by  exchanges  from  other  quarters.  In  the  course  of 
about  8  years  he  had  collected  more  than  4000  specimens  in  natural 
history,  arranged,  classified  and  catalogued — witli  many  curious 
relics  from  the  ancient  mounds.  All  this  was  accomplished  while 
pursuing  actively  his  profession  by  "  saving,"  as  he  expressed  it, 
"the  odds  and  ends  of  time."  He  collected  more  than  5000  shells  in 
the  summer  of  1832,  some  of  these  were  exchanged  for  other  articles 
of  natural  history  and  books,  by  which  course  a  valuable  library  was 
formed.  The  room  devoted  to  this  object  and  his  curious  collection 
from  the  mounds  being  filled,  he  in  1840,  turned  his  attention,  as 
before  mentioned,  to  writing  the  early  history  of  Ohio.  Dr.  Hildreth 
donated  to  Marietta  College  his  cabinet,  together  with  his  scientific 
library  and  various  rare  volumes  upon  the  early  history  of  the  West. 
They  occupy  a  room  in  one  of  the  College  buildings — known  as  the 
"  Hildreth  Cabinet."  This  donation  made  Dr.  Hildreth  one  of  four 
or  five  of  the  largest  benefactors  of  the  College. 

Dr.  Hildreth  was  a  cheerful  man.  He  "  looked  on  the  bright 
side — "loved  beauty,  although  of  an  eminently  practical  turn  of  mind 
— was  very  fond  of  flowers,  which  he  cultivated  diligently.  In  a  letter 
of  June  nth,  a  little  more  than  a  fortnight  before  his  last  sickness, 
and  about  5  weeks  before  his  death,  he  writes  in  regard  to  himself, 
that  his  health  is  "  very  good  for  an  old  man  of  80,  being  able  to 
rise  before  5  o'clock  and  work  in  the  garden  until  breaklast,  about 
\\  hours." 

He   was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen. 


1864.]  JV.  E.  Hist-Gen.  Society.  103 

Society  in  184G.  He  took  great  interest  in  the  Register,  to  which  he 
contributed  some  valuable  articles,  among  tliem,  in  1*49,  vol.  iii, 
pages  47,  137,  biographical  sketches  of  the  early  physicians  of  Mari- 
etta, Drs.  True,  Farley,  Drown,  Putnam,  Mcintosh,  Hart,  Leonard, 
Regnier,  Cotton,  and  himself.  Also,  Journal  of  Manasseh  Cutler, 
LL.D.,  1788,  contained  in  several  numbers  of  the  Register. 

Dr.  Hildreth  had  by  his  wife  Rhoda  (Cook)  Hildreth,  six  children, 
three  sons  and  three  daughters.  The  sons  and  one  of  the  daughters 
with  their  mother  survive. 

1.  Mary  Ann,  b.  May  13,  1808,  m.  Feb.  17,  1831,  Douglas  Putnam 
of  Marietta  ;  they  had  five  children,  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  She 
died  Oct.  24,  1842. 

2.  Charles  Cook,  b.  1811,  rn.  Sarah  Swearengen,  March  24,  1836. 
He  is  a  physician  residing  in  Zauesville,  Ohio.  They  have  no 
children. 

3.  George  Osgood,  b.  Nov.  17,  1812  ;  is  a  physician  in  Marietta,  un- 
married. 

4.  Samuel  Prescott,  b.  Dec.  19,  1819,  m.  Sophia  Adams,  Aug  3,  1852 
— has  2  dans. — is  a  minister — resides  in  Dresden,  Ohio,  where  he  has 
been  settled  15  years. 

5.  Rhoda  Maria,  b.  Nov.  20,  1,822,  no.  Andrew  Ross  of  Boston,  June 
1847,  d.  Feb.  20,  1854.     She  left  two  children. 

6.  Harriet  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  4,  1826,  m.  John  Means  of  Kentucky, 
Oct.  25,  1847.  They  have  five  children,  two  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

Dr.  IT.  had  been  in  usual  health  until  Sunday,  July  5th.  On  that 
morning  he  went  to  church,  of  which  he  was  a  regular  attendant, 
but  at  the  evening  service  he  was  too  unwell  to  attend.  He  grad- 
ually sank  away  until  July  24th,  when  he  passed  from  earth.  His 
funeral  took  place  on  Sunday  26,  from  the  Congregational  Church, 
of  which  he  was  a  member. 

The  Marietta  Register  in  closing  an  interesting  notice  of  Dr.  Hil- 
dreth, from  which,  in  connection  with  his  own  autobiography  (Reg. 
iii,  142,)  we  have  chiefly  drawn,  has  the  following  in  regard  to  his 
character.  "  He  was  exact  in  all  his  dealings — an  honest  man,  a 
Christian.     His  was  a  complete  life.     He  finished  his  work." 

"  His  life  was  gentle;  and  the  elements 

So  mixed  in  him,  that  Nature  might  stand  up 
And  say  to  all  the  world  :   This  was  a  man." 


Procefmncs — .1 863. 

Boston,  September  2. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon  at 
three  o'clock  in  the  Society's  hall,  No.  13  Bromfield  street — the  regu- 
lar time  and  place.  In  the  absence  of  the  president,  Winslow  Lewis, 
M.  D.,  the  vice  president  for  Massachusetts,  Rev.  Martin  Moore,  pre- 
sided. 

Rev.  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee,  corresponding  secretary,  reported 
letters,  received  from  the  following  gentlemen,  accepting  the  mem- 
bership to  which  they  had  previously  been  elected,  namely,  Resident 
— James   M.  Beebe   and  Henry  Warren,  M.  D.,   of  Boston,  and   Na- 


104  N.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [Jan., 

thaniel  G.  Chapin  of  Brookline  ;   Corresponding — B.  Homer  Dixon,  K. 
N.  L.,  of  Toronto,  Canada. 

John  IT.  Sheppard,  librarian,  made  his  monthly  report  by  which  it 
appeared  that  since  the  last  meeting  19  volumes  and  46  pamphlets 
had  been  received  as  donations. 

William  B.  Trask,  historiographer,  read  an  interesting  memoir  of 
Samuel  P.  Hildreth,  M.  D.,  of  Marietta,  0.,  a  corresponding  member, 
who  died  July  24  aged  80. 

Hon.  Timothy  Farrar,  of  Dorchester,  read  a  paper  on  the  signifi- 
cance of  the  words,  "  Citizen  of  the  United  States,"  and  the  rights  of 
those  constituting  that  class.  The  paper  bore  evidence  of  great  re- 
search and  deep  thought. 

Boston,  October  7. — A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon  at 
the  usual  place  and  hour,  vice  president  Moore  in  the  chair. 

The  corresponding  secretary  reported  letters  of  acceptance  from 
the  following  gentlemen  viz.  : — As  Resident  members,  Rev.  William 
P.  Tildeii  of  Boston,  Isaac  Osgood  of  Charlestown,  and  Harrison  Ellery 
and  John  S.  Howard  of  Chelsea  ; — as  Corresponding  member,  Martin 
B.  Scott  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

The  libarian  reported  6  volumes,  91  pamphlets  and  3  manuscripts 
as  donations  since  the  last  meeting. 

The  historiographer  read  interesting  memoirs  of  two  deceased 
members,  viz.  : — Hon.  Noah  Martin  of  Dover  N.  H.,  formerly  vice 
president  of  this  society  for  that  state,  and  Hon.  Luther  Bradish 
LL.  D.,  of  New  York,  president  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society. 
Kev.  William  Chauneey  Fowler,  LL.  D.,  of  Durham,  Conn.,  for  merly 
a  professor  in  Amherst  College,  read  a  very  elaborate  paper  entitled 
Hints  on  the  Ecclesiastical  History  of  Connecticut.  He  spoke  of  the 
importance  and  the  ample  materials  for  such  a  history.  Would 
not,  he  urged,  a  history  of  this  kind  make  us  accept  the  inductions  of 
the  past  for  the  dreams  of  the  present,  and  secure  a  proper  estimate 
of  our  honored  ancestry  ? 

Kev.  Henry  M.  Dexter,  of  this  city,  read  a  carefully  prepared 
paper  on  the  dates  of  birth  and  death  of  Elder  Brewster,  which 
paper  is  printed  in  the  present  number  of  the  Register. 

Col.  Samuel  Swett,  also  of  Boston,  exhibited  Silhouette  likenesses 
of  various  American  celebrities  of  the  past  generation,  which  had 
lately  come  into  his  possession. 

A  committee  to  nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was  chosen, 
consisting  of  William  R.  Deane,  George  Mountfort,  Frederic  Kidder, 
Kev.  E.  F.  SI  after,  and  John  M.  Bradbury. 

The  secretary  of  the  directors  reported  to  the  meeting  that  this 
board  had  chosen  at  its  meeting  yesterday  the  following  committee 
on  publication  for  the  year  ending  October,  1864,  namely,  John  W. 
Dean,  William  B.  Trask,  Kev.  Elias  Nason,  William  IT.  Whitmore 
-end  William  S.  Appleton. 

Boston,  November  4. — A  monthly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon, 
the  vice  president  for  Massachusetts  in  the  chair. 

Kev.  Mr.  Bradlee,  the  corresponding  secretary,  reported  letters  of 
acceptance  from  Rev.  E.  A.  Dalrymple,  D.  I).,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  as 
honorary  member  iu  place  of  the  late  Hon.  Noah  Martin  ;  and 
from  James  Read,  M.  Field  Fowler,  El  bridge  Torrey  and   Frank  F. 


1864]  JV.  E.  UisL-Gen.  Society.  105 

Fowler,   of  Boston  ;  and   Jonathan   Tenuey  of  Boscawen,  N.  H.,  as 
resident  members. 

Mr.  Sheppard,  the  librarian,  reported  the  donations  during  the  last 
month,  viz.,  19  volumnes,  CO  pamphlets,  a  large  number  of  manu- 
scripts aud  several  newspapers.  Among-  the  most  valuable  of  these 
donations  were  some  ancient  manuscripts  including  two  volumes  of  per- 
sonal and  literary  memoranda  by  Rev.  Michael  Wigglesworth,  from 
the  estate  of  the  late  Charles  Ewer,  first  president  of  the  society, 
presented  by  his  sister  Miss  Charlotte  Ewer  ;  also  a  large  native 
map  of  Kanazawa,  once  a  large  commercial  city  in  Japan,  and 
several  newspapers,  in  the  English  language,  published  in  1862,  at 
Yokohama,  namely,  the  Japan  Herald  and  the  Japan  Express,  present- 
ed by  Capt.  Charles  A.  Ranlet.  These  newspapers  are  fac  similes  of 
the  copy  furnished  by  the  editor,  the  blocks  being  cut  and  the 
papers  printed  by  natives. 

Rev.  George  IT.  Hepworth,  of  Boston,  gave  some  account  of  the 
history  of  the  Mississippi  river,  with  a  graphic  description  of  the 
historic  localities  he  had  visited  during  the  past  year,  while  serving 
in  the  army  in  those  regions.  His  remarks  were  listened  to  with 
deep  interest. 

Mr.  Sheppard  made  a  stirring  appeal  to  the  members  in  behalf  of 
the  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  and  urged  them  to  support  the 
society's  organ  by  a  more  liberal  subscription. 

Col.  Samuel  Swett  presented  additional  facts  in  relation  to  the 
original  designs  of  Bunker  Hill  Monument,  the  substance  of  which  is 
published  in  this  number  of  the  Register. 

Boston,  December  2. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,' the 
vice-president  for  Massachusetts  in  the  chair. 

The  corresponding  secretary  reported  that  since  the  last  meeting 
letters  accepting  membership  had  been  received  from  the  following- 
gentlemen,  viz.  : — Corresponding — Hon.  George  P.  Fisher,  of  Wash- 
ington, Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Resident — Thomas  W.  Parsons,  M.  1).,  of  Boston,  Edward  S.  Moseley, 
of  Newburyport,  and  Charles  C.  Dame  of  Boston. 

The  historiographer  read  a  memoir  of  the  Right  Honorable  John 
Singleton  Copley,  Baron  Lyndhurst,  an  honorary  member,  who  died  at 
London,  Eng.,  Oct.  12,  aged  91. 

The  librarian  reported  as  donations  during  the  past  month  21 
volumes,  33  pamphlets,  1  large  map  and  3  photographs.  The  photo- 
graphs which  represent  a  relic  recently  discovered  at  Valley  Forge 
were  the  gift  of  John  A.  McAllister,  of  Philadelphia,  who  gavc^  this 
account  of  the  relic  : — 

"  A  few  weeks  ago,  workmen  engaged  in  removing  the  foundations 
of  an  ancient  building  near  Washington's  head  quarters  at  Valley 
Forge,  found  what  appeared  to  be  a  block  of  wood  three  inches 
square.  It,  remained  among  the  rubbish  for  several  days  when  one 
of  the  laborers  turned  it  over  and  discovered  it  to  be  a  box  This 
outer  box  appears  to  be  of  some  composition  metal  resembling  copper 
but  somewhat  corroded.  On  removing  the  outside  box  another  was 
discovered  plated  with  silver  ;  and  in  this  case,  carefully  packed  to 
protect  it  from  the  moisture,  was  a  miniature  beautifully  painted  and 
in    excellent  preservation.     The  miniature  represents    a    person    in 


106  Anecdote  of  Washington.  [Jan., 

an  embroidered  coat,  ruffled  shirt  and  powdered  wig,  and,  from  the 
costume,"  was  evidently  painted  between  1130  and  1740.  The  paint- 
ing is  on  enamel,  and  lias  on  its  edge  near  the  right  shoulder  the 
letters  hall,  which  can  be  distinguished  in  the  photograph  with  the 
aid  of  a  powerful  magnifier:  The  house  in  which  the  relic  was  dis- 
covered is  said  to  have  been  built  in  1770."  The  librarian,  Mr.  Shep- 
pard,  suggested  that  hall  might  be  the  name  of  the  painter. 

After   the  transaction  of  the  ordinary    business  the  meeting  was 
dissolved. 


ANECDOTE  OF  WASHINGTON. 


Lucius  Manlius  Sargent,  Esq.,  ("  Sigma  ")  communicates  to  the  Bos- 
ton Transcript,  July  15,   1863,  an  interesting  anecdote. 

"That  excellent  and  amiable  man,"  he  writes,  "  the  late  Henry  Lunt, 
of  Newburyport,  told  me,  several  years  ago,  an  anecdote  of  Washing- 
ton, too  pleasing  and  characteristic  to  be  lost.  I  requested  Mr.  Lunt 
to  give  it  me,  in  writing.  He  did  so,  and  in  turning  over  the  contents 
of  an  old  portfolio,  the  manuscript  lies  before  me.  Mr.  Lunt's  anec- 
dote is  as  follows. 

"  In  October,  1789,  when  he  was  on  his  tour  Eastward,  he  stopped 
at  Newburyport,  over  night.     Tristram  Dalton,  then  United  States 
senator,  had  him,  the  next  morning,  to  breakfast;  and  invited  all  the 
professional  men  to  come,  and  be  introduced.     While  at  breakfast, 
and  while  the  President  was  in    conversation  with   the  Rev.   John 
Murray,*  the  servant  of  Mr.  Dalton  came  in,  and  said  to  Mr.  Dalton, 
that  an  old  man  was  in  the  entry,  and  wished  to  speak  to  Washing- 
ton.    Mr.  Dalton  said  to   him,  that   the  President  was  engaged:  but 
this  request  caught  the  ear  of  the  President,  and  he  immediately  sprang 
to  his  feet,  and  went  to  the  entry  —  The  Rev.  Mr.  Murray    accompa- 
nied him;  As  soon  as  the  soldier  saw  him,  he  says  — '  God  bless  you 
Major   Washington.'     The    President  immediately    recollecting  him, 
said  '  Cotton,  how  do  you  do  !  I  am  glad  to  see  you?'  and  took  a 
guinea  from  Ids  pocket,  and  gave  it  to  him.     Returning  to  his  break- 
fast seat,  he  told  Mr.  Murray,  that  this  man  had  been  a  faithful  ser- 
vant to  him,  in  the  old  French  war,  and  he  had  not  seen  him,  till  then, 
since  thirty  years  ago. 

Cotton,  who  was  always  nicknamed  Colonel  Cotton,  and  did  er- 
rands for  people,  made  a  hole  through  the  guinea  and  wore  it  round 
his  neck,  till  poverty  obliged  him  to  part  with  it." 

*  Not  John  the  Universalist,  of  Boston,  but  John  the  Presbyterian,  of  Newbury- 
port. The  former  died  in  1815,  the  latter  in  179.'.!.  They  were  popularly  contradis- 
tinguished  as   "Damnation"  and    "  Salvation  !'  Murray. —  Rote  by  Sigma. 


1864.]  Current  Events.  107 


CURRENT  EVENTS. 

Continued  from  page  375. 

[By  the  Rev.  Elias  Nason  of  Exeter,  N.   II.] 

September,  1863. 

7.  Port  Wagner  and  Battery  Gregg  taken  by  the  Union  forces. 

7.  Fruit  and  hay  crops  of  New  England  below  the  average. 

9.  Gen  Bumside  captures  Cumberland  Gap  ;  together  withyabout 
2000  prisoners  and  14  pieces  of  artillery. 

9.  An  unsuccessful  attack  is  made  on  Fort  Sumter  by  the  Federal 
gunboats. 

11.  Gold  is  worth  $1.28. 

11.  The  length  of  coast  now  under  blockade  is  3,549  miles. 

16.  A  severe  N.  E.  gale  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina. 

16  Value  of  taxable  property  in  Boston  $302,000,000  :  in  New 
York,  $449,196,113. 

17.  Jabez  Halleck,  father  of  Gen.  Halleck,  dies  at  Westernvillo 
N.  Y.,  aged  102  years.  % 

17.  Gen.  Franklin  meets  with  a  repulse  at  the  Sabine  Pass,  La. 

18.  Gold  is  quoted  at  $1.33. 

19.  20.  The  great  and  bloody  battle  of  Chickamauga — at  the  close 
of  which  Gen.  Rosecrans's  army  withdraws  to  Chattanooga.  Gen.  G. 
H.  Thomas  (b.  1816),  greatly  distinguishes   himself  in  this    action. 

21.  Gen.  Kilpatrick  takes  Madison  Court  House,  Va.,  and  150 
prisoners. 

24.  Rev.  Calvin  Pease,  D.  D.,  dies  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

26.  About  20  persons  are 'killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  boiler  at 
the  Swartz  Iron  works  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     Gold  is  quoted  at  $1.39. 

26.  Spencer  Kellogg  is  executed  at  Richmond,  Va.,  at  this  time  as 
a  Union  spy. 

28.  The  rebel  steamer  Herald  is  captured. 

29.  About  100  confederate  soldiers  killed  and  wounded  by  the  fall- 
ing of  the  stairs  at  the  Maxwell  House,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

October,  1863. 

1.  The  N.  Hampshire  Gazette  completes  its  107th  year.  It  is  the 
oldest  paper  in  N.  H. 

6.  The  Confederates  attempt  to  blow  up  the  Ironsides  near  Fort 
Moultrie  with  a  torpedo.  One  Union  officer  killed.  Gold  is  quoted 
at  $1.45. 

6.  Am.  B:  Com.  of.  For.  missions  hold  their  annual  meeting  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

9.  The  ship  Bold  Hunter,  captured  by  the  Confederate  steamer 
Georgia. 

9.  The  number  of  Union  prisoners  confined  in  the  Libby  prison  at 
Richmond,  Va.,  is  8,556  ;  in  Castle  Thunder  900. 


108  Current  Events.  [J 


an. 


9.  Battle  near  Greenville,  75  miles  N.  E.  of  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Confederate  loss  300. 

12.  John  Brough  elected  Governor  of  Ohio.     Gold  quoted  at  $1.49. 

13.  A  rebel  force  of  1000  under  Col.  W.  L.  Jackson,  is  repulsed  by 
the  Union  troops  at  Bulltown,  Va. 

14.  Battle  at  Bristoe  Station,  Va.,  in  which  the  2nd  and  5th  corps 
of  Gen.  Meade's  army  are  hotly  engaged.  The  enemy  is  repulsed — 
losing  5  guns  and  450  prisoners. 

17.  President  Lincoln  calls  for  300,000  more  soldiers. 

18.  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  assumes  command  of  the  Military  Division 
of  the  Mississippi,  etc. 

20.  Gen.  W.  S.  Rosecrans  superseded  by  Gem  Geo.  H.  Thomas  as 
commander  of  the  Cumberland  army. 

21.  The  Venus,  a  blockade  runner,  destroyed  at  New  Inlet,  N.  C. 

22.  Over  six  inches  of  snow  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

24.  An  Expedition  under  Gen.  N.  P.  Banks,  consisting  of  16  steam 
ships  and  many  other  vessels,  sails  from  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi 
for  the  reconquering  of  Texas. 

25.  Four  thousand  rebel  cavalry  under  Marmaduke  and  Cobbett 
are  repulsed  in  an  attack  on  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 

27.  A  sharp  fight  occurs  at  Philadelphia,  35  miles  S.  W.  of  Knox- 
ville, Tenn. 

27.  The  union  forces  reopen  fire  upon  Charleston,  S.  C. 

29.  Gen.  Hooker  attacks  the  enemy  at  Brown's  Ferry,  repulses  him 
at  every  point,  captures  many  prisoners  and  about  1000  Enfield 
rifles.     Our  loss  350  men. 

31.  Gold  is  quoted  at  $1.45. 

November,  1863. 

2.  The  splendid  organ  in  the  Music  Hall,  Boston,  dedicated.  It 
lias  89  stops. 

2.  The  whole  number  of  vessels  in  our  navy  is  427. 

3.  John  A.  Andrew  reelected  Governor  of  Mass. 

5.  Gen.  N.  P.  Banks  enters  Brownsville,  Texas. 

6.  James  Callender  executed  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  for  the  murder  of 
Mrs.  Emily  L.  Jones  and  her  two  children,  Sept.  7,  1862. 

7.  Action  at  Rappahannock  Station,  Va.,  in  which  the  5th  and  6th 
army  corps  under  Gen.  Sedgwick  take,!, 846  prisoners. 

11.  The  Steamer  Sunny  Side  is  burned  near  Island  No.  16  in 
the  Mississippi  River,  and  30  passengers  lost.  The  Siege  of  Charles- 
ton has  now  continued  123  days. 

13.  Gov.  Sprague  of  R.  I.,  and  Miss  Kate  Chase  are  married  at 
Washington,  I).  C. 

13.  About  two  shots  per  minute  are  sent  into  Charleston  through 
the  night. 

14.  A  large  quantity  of  provisions  sent  via.,  Fortress  Munroe  to 
the  Union  soldiers  starving  in  the  prisons  at  Richmond,  Va. 

18.  Rev.  Asa  D.  Smith,  D.  D.,  is  inaugurated  president  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  N.  H. 

19.  The  national  Cemetery  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  for  the  killed  in  the 


1864.]  Thomas  Cheever's  Scholars.  109 

great  battle  at  that  place,  dedicated— address  by  Edward  Everett— 
150,000  persons  present. 

21.   Gold  is  quoted  at  $1.52. 

23.  A  great  battle  begins  at  Chattanooga  and  continues  three  days. 
The  Union  arms  are  victorious.     Our  loss  about  3,000. 

25.  Our  forces  take  Missionary  Ridge  and  Lookout  Mountain. 

25.  34,000  armed  negroes  are  now  in  the  service  of  the  Federal 
Government. 

26.  A  day  of  general  Thanksgiving.  The  President's  Hymn  by 
Dr.  Muhlenberg  is  sung  in  most  of  the  churches. 

26.  Gen.  Meade  crosses  the  Rapidail. 

27.  Battle  between  the  armies  of  Generals  Meade  and  Lee  at 
Mine  River,  Va. 

27.  Gen.  John  Morgan  and  six  of  his  officers  escape  from  the  peni- 
tentiary at  Columbus,  O. 

27.  Battle  at  Ringgold,  Ga.,  Gen.  Palmer  takes  4  guns  and  300 
prisoners. 

28.  Gold  is  quoted  in  New  York  at  $1.45 — in  Richmond,  Va.,  at 
$16. 

29.  Gen  Longstreet's  army  repulsed  in  an  attack  on  Fort  Saunders 
at  Knoxville,  Tcnn. 

29.  Average  daily  expenditure  of  the  government,  $2,500,000. 

December,  1863. 

I.  Longstreet  in  full  retreat  from  Knoxville  into  Virginia. 

4.  Gold  is  quoted  at  $1.54. 

5.  The  boiler  of  the  splendid  steamer  Isaac  Newton  explodes  on 
the  Hudson  river  and  several  persons  killed. 

7.  The    Portland     steamer    [Chesapeake    captured    by    17     con- 
federates off  Cape  Cod  and  the  captain,  Willetts,  put  in  irons. 
9.  The  shortest  afternoon  in  the  year. 

II.  Mercury  at  zero  in  Exeter,  N.  II.,  at  7  o'clock  a..m.  Barome- 
ter, 30.52. 


THOMAS  CHEEVER'S  SCHOLARS,  RUMNEY  MARSH,  NOW 
CHELSEA,  MASS.  1709-10. 

[I'homas  Cheever  was  son  of  the  celebrated  Ezekiel  Cheever,  schoolmaster  at 
New  Haven,  Ipswich,  Charlestown  and  Boston,  who  died  Aug.  21,  1708,  a.  93,  and 
brother  of  Samuel  Cheever,  first  minister  of  Marblehead,  who  died  in  1724,  a.  85. 
Thomas  was  horn  Aug.  23,  1658,  grad.  H.  C.  1677  ;  ord.  at  Maiden  July  27,  1681  ; 
dismissed  May  20,  1686  ;  ord.  the  1st  pastor  of  the  First  church  in  Chelsea,  Oct. 
19,  1715  ;  died  Dec.  27,  1749,  a.  91.] 

An  account  of  ye  schollars  attending1  ye  School  in  Rumny — marish 
for  reading,  writing'  and  cyphering-,  in  the  last  quarter  :  ending- 
February  :  8th  170  tV 

3  from  Hug  island  ;  2  of  Jon°  :  Tuttle  :  2  of  Edwd  Tuttle  :  sen1'  ; 
4  of  Elisha  Tuttle's  ;  4  of  Hugh  Floyd's  ;  2  of  John  Floyds  ;  2  of 
Chamberlane's  ;  3  of  Will  :  Hassey  ;  1  of  Abra  :  Hassey  ;  2  of 
Lewis's  ;  1  ol  Cole's  ;  3  of  Marble  ;  1  of  Pratt  ;  1  of  Center's  ;  2 
of  Cheever's.  T1IO  :  CHEEVER. 


110  Centennials.  [Jan., 


CENTENNIALS. 

Wilbraham. — The  100th  anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  the 
town  of  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  was  celebrated  on  Monday,  June  15, 
1863.  Judge  Morris  of  Springfield  was  President  of  the  day.  An 
historical  oration  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Rufus  P.  Stebbins,  D.  D.,  of 
Wobnrn,  after  which  there  was  a  public  dinner  at  the  Academy  di- 
ning hall.  At  the  festive  board  speeches  were  made  by  Judge  Mer- 
rick of  Boston,  Rev.  Dr.  Russell  of  East  Randolph,  Rev.  Horatio 
Stebbins  of  Portland,  Me.,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Stebbins  of  Woburn. 

Dummer  Centennial  Celebration. — The  centennial  celebration  of  the 
establishment  of  Dummer  Academy,  at  old  Newbury,  took  place 
Wednesday,  Aug.  12th,  1863.  Nehemiah  Cleaveland,  Esq.,  for  a 
number  of  years  Preceptor  of  the  Institution,  delivered  the  address. 
Judge  Lord  of  Salem  presided.  A  series  of  speeches  were  given,  af- 
ter partaking  of  a  substantial  dinner,  by  Judge  Lord  of  Salem,  Prof. 
Parsons  of  Harvard  College,  Col.  Swett  of  Boston,  Chief  Justice 
Tenny  of  Maine,  Hon.  Asahel  Huntington  of  Salem,  Rev.  John  Pike 
of  Rowley,  Col.  J.  W.  Sever  of  Boston,  Col.  B.  Perley  Poore  of  West 
Newbury,  chief  marshal,  Dr.  Chickering,  Rev.  Daniel  Noyes,  a  native 
of  Byfield,  Dr.  Elisha  Cleveland,  J.  C.  Peabody  of  Byfield,  Rev. 
George  Dole,  a  native  of  Byfield,  Joshua  Coffin,  the  historian  of  New- 
bury. Most  if  not  all  of  these  gentlemen  had  in  some  way  been  con- 
nected with  the  Academy. 

Fryeburg,  Maine. — The  centennial  celebration  of  the  settlement  of 
Fryeburg  and  neighborhood  took  place  Aug.  20,  1863.  An  address 
of  welcome  was  given  by  Asa  Charles,  Esq.,  President  of  the  day, 
after  which  an  original  ode  was  read  by  Hon.  Geo.  B.  Barrows,  and 
sung  by  the  choir.  Prayer  was  read  by  Rev.  Mr.  Sewall  of  Frye- 
burg. Rev.  Samuel  Souther,  a  native  of  Fryeburg,  now  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  delivered  an  historical  address.  After  dinner  sentiments 
were  given  and  responses  made.  A  letter  was  read  from  Jacob 
McGaw,  Esq.  of  Bangor,  the  first  lawyer  in  Fryeburg,  and  now  in 
his  86th  year.  Gov.  Andrew  of  Massachusetts  addressed  the  audi- 
ence. 

Semi-centennial  Meeting  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society, 
Worcester,  Mass. — This  Society  held  its  50th  annual  meeting  in  its 
hall  at  Worcester,  Oct.  21,  1863.  Of  the  earlier  members  of  the  So- 
ciety, only  four  are  now  living,  viz  :  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy,  Hon.  Levi 
Lincoln,  Rev.  Win,  Jenks,  D.  D.,  and  Dr.  John  Green  of  Worcester, 
all  of  whom,  excepting  the  first  mentioned,  were  present.  There  are 
now  in  the  library  32,329  bound  books,  and  the  pamphlets  bound  or 
arranged  for  binding  will  make  the  total  number  of  bound  volumes 
35,462. 

Rev.  Dr.  Jenks,  who  addressed  the  society  fifty  years  ago,  read  a 
commemorative  address,  reviewing  the  progress  of  the  society  and 
sotting*  forth  the  importance  of  its  objects. 

The  annual  election  of  officers  of  the  society  took  place. 


1864.]  Book  Notices.  1U 


BOOK    NOTICES. 
An  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Provincial  Dialects  of  England,  Illustrated  by 

numerous  examples.     By  James  Orchard  Halliwell,  F.  R.  S.,  F.  S.  A. 

Albany,  N.  Y.:  J.  Munsell,  78  State  st.    18G3.     Royal  8vo.  pp.  12G. 

Mr.  Halliwell,  the  author  of  this  essay,  is  one  of  the  most  eminent  English  anti- 
quaries of  the  present  day.  His  contributions  to  the  archaeological  literature  of  his 
country  are  not  so  well  known  to  the  public  here  as  those  of  some  other  writers, 
owing  to  the  small  number  of  copies  of  which  his  editions  generally  consist.  His  best 
known  work  is  a  Dictionary  of  Jlrchaic  and  Provincial  Words,  of  which  several  edi- 
tions have  been  published  The  present  essay  forms  the  Introduction  to  that  work. 
Fifty  copies  were  issued  separately.  Mr.  Munsell  has  obtained  the  author's  consent 
to  print  an  edition  for  circulation  in  this  country,  which  he  has  done  with  his  usual 
good  taste.  His  object  in  reproducing  the  volume,  he  states  to  be,  "  to  aid  persons 
investigating  the  history  of  the  English  language,  and  at  the  same  time  to  gratify 
the  curiosity  of  those  who  would  like  to  know  not  only  the  provincial  English 
words,  so  olten  declared  to  be  Americanisms,  but  how  they  are  employed  in  phrases 
and  sentences.  As  there  are  known  to  be  fifty  thousand  of  such  words  in  actual 
local  use,  not  received  into  our  dictionaries,  the  subject  is  certainly  as  interesting  as 
important."     The  dialects  are  arranged  under  counties  alphabetically. 

The  War  Powers  of  the  President,  and  the  Legislative,  Poivcrs  of  Congress 
in  relation  to  Rebellion,  Treason  and  Slavery.  By  William  Whiting. 
Fourth  Edition.  Published  for  the  Emancipation  League.  Boston  : 
John  L.  Shorey.     1863.     8vo.     pp.  143. 

State  Rights.  By  Hon.  T.  Farrar  of  Mt.  Bowdoin,  Mass.  From  .the 
New  Englander,  for  October,  1862.  New  Haven.  1862.  8vo. 
pp.  30. 

For  five  years  Solicitor  Whiting  and  Judge  Farrar  were  associated  together  as 
officers  of  our  society ;  the  former  having  been  president  and  the  latter  vice  presi- 
dent from  1853  to  1858.  As  their  pamphlets  are  on  kindred  subjects  we  notice 
them  together.  Mr.  Whiting's  work  has  been  so  extensively  circulated  that  its 
characteristics  and  merits  are  well  known.  Judge  Farrar's  is  a  work  of  deep  thought, 
and  presents  some  original  views  upon  "  State  Rights."  His  opinion  is  that  the  in- 
dividual states  like  corporations  may  "  forfeit  their  franchises  and  privileges  by 
misuser  and  nonuser"  the  forfeiture  to  be  taken  "  by  due  process  of  law." 

Memorial  of  William  Darlington,  M.  D.     Pom  April  28,   1782.     Died 

April  23,  1863.     West  Chester  :  E.  F.  James.    1863.     12mo.    pp.  32. 

Obituary  Notice  of  the  late  George  L.  Dityckinck,  Esq.     New  York  :   Gen. 

Prot.  Episc.  Sunday  School  Union.     1863.     18mo.  pp.  26. 

Here  are  two  excellent  sketches  of  the    lives  of  two   corresponding  members  of 

our  society  who  have  lately  heen  taken  away  from  spheres  of  usefulness — one  after 

a  long  life  of  untiring  htbor  and  devotion  to  science  and  humanity,  the  other  in  the 

fullness  and  strength  of  manhood       In  this  number  the  historiographer  presents 

some  of  the  prominent  events  in  their  lives.     The  memorial  of  Dr.   Darlington  is 

by  his  triend  Washington  Townsend,  Ksq.,  and  the  obituary  of  Mr.  Duyckinck  by 

his  pastor  Rev.  Dr.  W.  F.  Morgan. 

The  Annual  Address  to  the  Candidates  for  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  the  Medical  Institution  of  Yale  College.  By  Henry  Bronson,  M. 
[).,  in  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Examiners.  New  Haven  :  Printed 
by  Wm.  H.  Stanley.     1863.     8vo.     pp.19. 

This  well  written  address  is  by  the  author  of  the  History  of  Waterbury,  Ct.,  no- 
ticed in  the  Register  xm,  84.  Dr.  Bronson  warns  his  hearers  against  enthusiasm 
and  empyiicism,  and  advises  them  not  to  relax  their  studies  after  they  leave  the 
institution. 


112  Book  Notices.  [Jan., 

Life  and  Letters  of  John  Winthrop,  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Company  at  their  Emigration  to  New  England,  1 G30.  By  Robert 
C.  Winthrop.     Boston  :     Ticknor  &  Fields.     18G4.    8vo.,   pp.  439. 

It  is  with  no  ordinary  pleasure  that  we  announce  the  publication  of  the  work 
whose  title  we  have  cited.  It  has  long  he  en  known  that  Mr.  Winthrop  had  pro- 
posed to  gather  the  scattered  memorials  of  the  life  of  his  distinguished  aucestor, 
and  from  the  marked  ahility  with  which  he  had  discussed  historical  topics,  a  most 
valuable  hook  was  expected.  Within  a  year  or  two,  his  researches  have  been  most 
signally  successful.  He  has  obtained  the  collections  of  manuscripts  preserved  in  the 
Winthrop  family,  and  these  on  examination  have  proved  to  be  of  the  highest  value. 
Documents  which  were  unknown  to  Mather,  Prince  and  Hutchinson  are  now  sub- 
mitted to  our  inspection  for  us  to  revise  our  opinions  of  the  character  oi  the  first 
colonists  of  Massachusetts. 

The  collection  has  proved  unexpectedly  rich  in  those  details  which  give  us  an 
insight  into  the  private  life  of  this  distinguished  puritan  family.  The  present  vol- 
ume brings  the  history  of  John  Winthrop  only  to  the  date  of  Ins  departure  from 
England,  and  yet  hardly  a  score  of  its  pages  are  covered  with  matter  known  to  his- 
torians heretofore.  We  shall  no  longer  consider  our  Governor  as  an  abstract  idea  ; 
he  becomes  now  a  familiar  acquaintance,  and  as  we  peruse  this  hook,  seeing  the 
trials  he  endures,  the  pleasures  he  enjoys,  the  abiding  faith  which  increases  with 
years,  we  gain  an  insight  into  his  character,  which  brings  him  within  the  circle  of 
our  intimate  acquaintances. 

We  are  first  shown  the  earliest  known  ancestor  of  the  race  in  Adam  Winthrop  of 
Lavenham,  co.  Suffolk,  whose  son  Adam  was  born  there  9  Oct.  1498.  The  second 
of  the  name  went  to  London,  was  apprentice  and  next  member  of  the  Clothworkers 
Company,  and  in  1550  master  of  the  Company.  He  undoubtedly  prospered  in  his 
calling,  and  in  1544  he  bought  the  manor  of  Groton,  in  Sullblk.  Hereafter  we  may 
trace  the  list  of  his  descendants  for  the  benefit  of  our  readers ;  at  present  it  is  suffi- 
cient to  note  that  Adam,  third  of  his  name,  was  born  10  Aug.  1548.  He  was  a  law- 
yer in  his  earlier  years,  but  afterwards  resided  almost  altogether  at  Groton.  He 
has  been  one  of  the  main  contributors  to  our  knowledge  of  the  family,  for  his  Diary, 
letters  and  almanacs  have  been  preserved,  and  are  full  of  memoranda  concerning 
events  in  his  daily  life.  From  them  we  learn  the  baptisms,  the  marriages  and  the 
deaths  of  his  children  and  grand-children, and  even  those  of  his  more  distant  relatives. 

We  have  his  letters. to  his  wife  Anne  Browne,  and  his  niece,  Lady  Mildmay  with 
their  replies,  and  we  learn  also  that  he  was  a  writer  of  verses  after  he  had  passed 
three-score  and  ten. 

For  some  sixteen  years  he  was  an  Auditor  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  for 
a  long  time  an  active  rural  magistrate. 

John  Winthrop,  the  only  son  of  Adam  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  January  ]2, 
1587-8.  It  has  long  been  surmised  that  he  was  educated  at  Cambridge,  but  as  the 
lists  were  imperfect  it  could  not  be  proved.  From  the  Diary  however  we  learn  that 
he  was  admitted  into  Trinity  Dec.  8,  1602,  where  he  stayed  some  eighteen  months, 
and  then  left  on  account  of  sickness. 

On  the  1G  April,  1605,  he  married  Mary  dau.  and  sole  heir  of  John  Forth,  Esq., 
of  Great  Stambridge,  co.  Essex,  being  then  a  little  over  seventeen  years  old.  By 
her  ho  had  John  (Oov.  of  Connecticut),  Henry,  Forth  and  Mary,  who  m.  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Dudley. 

The  reader  will  find  at  this  portion  of  the  narrative  a  very  interesting  autobiogra- 
phy of  John  Winthrop,  dating  from  Feb.  1606.  From  this  we  learn  how  deeply 
imbued  he  was  with  Puritanism  at  the  time  when  he  was  commencing  his  life  as  a 
country  gentleman  of  position  and  influence.  If  any  one  has  ever  felt  a  suspicion 
of  the  genuineness  of  the  convictions  ot  the  founders  of  this  commonwealth,  let  him 
read  this  journal  and  confe-s  his  error. 

His  second  wife,  Thomasine  Clopton,  died  in  about  a  year  after  her  marriage,  and 
the  manuscript  has  a  minute  and  most  pathetic  description  of  her  death- bed.  It  is 
too  long  to  be  copied  here,  and  too  admirable  to  be  marred  by  any  attempt  to  ab- 
breviate it ;   the  closing  tribute  to  her  character  is  especially  to  be  studied. 

In  1618,  Winthrop  married  his  third  wife  Margaret  Tyndal,  and  here  we  have 
three  letters  to  her  during  the  courtship,  two  from  John  and  one  from  his  father  ; 
as  specimens  of  the  epistles  of  that  date  they  would  be  worth  perusal,  and  as  the 
actual  words  of  so  prominent  a  Puritan,  they  deserve  a  careful  study. 


1864] 


Book  Notices.  113 


From  this  date  the  letters  from  Winthrop  to  his  wife  and  family  and  their  replies, 
are  frequent ;  nearly  all  of  them  are  now  in  print  for  the  first  time.  From  them  we 
learn  that  he  was  attorney  of  the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries,  and  as  a  lawyer 
spent  much  of  his  time  in  London. 

In  1G28  he  was  sick  at  London,  and  in  June  1G29  he  lost  his  place.  The  next 
month  he  and  Downing  visited  Isaac  Johnson  to  consult  about  the  Massachusetts 
enterprise.  Chapter  XVI.  relates  to  agreement  and  considerations  fur  justifying 
the  Plantation,  and  it  brings  up  the  interesting  point  whether  Winthrop  was  not 
the  author  instead  of  White  or  Higginson.  The  remainder  of  the  volume  opens  too 
large  a  field  for  any  brief  notice.  We  have  here  the  letters  which  were  written  after 
Winthrop  became  connected  with  the  company,  and  while  he  was  making  prepara- 
tions for  the  voyage.  They  form  an  important  part  of  our  knowledge  of  the  events 
which  led  to  the  success  of  the  colony. 

We  have  space  only  to  glance  at  the  other  new  facts  here  given.  We  learn 
much  of  the  various  members  of  the  family  ;  we  read  their  familiar  letters  on  all 
subjects  of  personal  interest.  We  read  the  letters  of  John  Winthrop  jr.,  from  the 
expedition  to  Rochelle,  and  from  the  cities  he  visited  in  a  prolonged  tour  to  the 
East.  We  learn  thatt  the  men  who  planned  the  new  settlement  were  not  ignorant 
visionaries  in  an  obscure  village,  but  educated  gentlemen,  learned  in  law  and  the 
ways  of  the  Court,  with  minds  enlightened  by  travel,  experience  and  reflection. 

This  book  we  repeat  is  most  valuable.  It  is  edited  throughout  with  the  patient 
care  of  an  enthusiast,  and  the  material  is  worth  the  labor.  We  hope  that  Mr.  Win- 
throp will  be  incited  to  continue  his  work,  and  give  us  a  clear  and  connected  view 
of  John  Winthrop's  life  and  acts  in  New  England.  No  other  can  do  this  work  so 
well,  and  it  is  almost  a  sacrtd  duty  demanded  at  his  hands.  W. 

Flowers  for  the    Parlor  and    Garden.     By   Edward  Spkague   Hand,  Jr. 
Published   by  J.  E.  Tilton   &  Co.,  Boston.     1863.     pp.  411.     8vo. 

This  book  is  elegantly  got  up,  en  tinted  paper,  ornamented  with  numerous  vig- 
nettes, and  in  a  type  of  great  beaiUy.  It  is  a  luxury  which  deserves  a  place  on 
every  centre-table.  It  is  full  of  happy  illustrations,  touching  the  cultivation  of 
plants,  whether  in  the  conservatory,  on  the  window-sill,  or  on  the  domestic  stand 
of  choice  flower-pots.  It  is  written  in  a  style  of  sweet  simplicity  and  purity,  and 
presents  a  botanical  assemblage  of  lovely  plants  to  the  eye  of  taste  and  lovers  of 
refined  enjoyment. 

Our  limits  forbid  a  detail  of  the  variety  of  floral  productions  which  embellish  this 
work.  Mr.  Hand  has  donehimself  honor  ;  that  amidst  the  dry  pursuits  and  drudg- 
ery of  the  profession  of  the  law  he  has  found  time  to  write  a  treatise  of  so  much 
excellence. 

Some  may  ask,  cut  bono,  of  what  benefit  is  the  cultivation  of  flowers  or.  delight  in 
the  beauties  of  Nature  ?     But  may  we  not  ask  on  the  other  hand,  with  Shakespeare, 

"What  is  man, 
If  his  chief  good  and  market  of  his  time 
Be  but  to  sleep  and  feed  ?  a  beast,  no  more." 

A  word  in  reply  may  suffice.  If  our  great  Creator  has  thought  fit  to  clothe  the 
mountains  and  valleys  in  their  season  with  trees  and  flowers  of  exquisite  forms,  and 
lias  penciled  the  colors  of  light  in  the  humblest  petal — so  ravishing  that  even  Solo- 
mon in  all  his  glory  was  not  arrayed  like  the  Lily  op  the  Valley — can  man  be 
so  stupid  and  buried  up  in  fleshy  feelings,  as  to  see  no  beauty  nor  charm  in  their 
cultivation. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  rich  contribution  by  one  of  our  members  to  a  virtuous 
and  elegant  taste,  may  meet  with  general  circulation  and  be  duly  appreciated. 

S. 

"  My  Days  and  Nights  on  the  Battle-Field.     A  Book  for  Boys  by  Carle- 
ton."     pp.  bT2.     Boston  :     Ticknor  &  Fields.     1864.     18mo. 
This  work  issues  from  the  same  fountain,  which  has  given  to  the  public  no  small 
library  of  books  beautifully  printed,  and  a  delight  to  the  eye  of  the  reader. 

Why  this  interesting  and  well  written  account  of  some  of  the  early  battles  in  this 
calamitous  war  of  Kebellion,  should  be  called  "  a  book  for  boys",  may  appear  sin- 
gular, for  it  is  no  puerile  affair  ;  it  is  a  Man's  book,  and  as  such  is  worthy  of  a  gene- 
ral perusal.     Charles  Carleton  Coffin,  Esq.,  the  author,  it  is  well  known,  has  been 


114  Book  Notices.  [ Jan . , 

among  the  foremost  correspondents  in  the  Boston  Journal,  and  his  description  of 
battles,  anecdotes  and  narrative  of  events,  drawn  in  the  camp,  the  battle-field,  and 
amidst  scenes  of  suffering  and  trial  he  has  witnessed,  have  met  with  no  small  admi- 
ration. 

The  principal  subjects  of  this  book,  are  the  history  of  the  origin  of  the  Rebellion — 
the  defeat  at  Bull  Run — the  capture  of  Fort  Henry  and  Fort  Donel.son — the  thrill- 
ing victory  at  Shiloh — the  evacuation  of  Columbus — and  the  naval  light  at  Mem- 
phis. The  narrative  has  the  charm  of  romance  and  the  truthfulness  of  history.  The 
brief  account  of  that  great  and  good  man,  the  lamented  Admiral  Foote,  so  remarka- 
ble for  heroism  and  piety,  is  peculiarly  touching.  In  a  word  it  is  a  well  written, 
meritorious  production.  S. 

"Introduction  and  Early  Progress  of  the  Cotton  Manufactures  in  the 
United  States"     pp.  107.     Little,  Brown  &  Co.     1863      12mo. 

There  is  a  great  deal  of  valuable  information  in  this  small-  volume;  Multum  in 
parvo.  It  comes  from  a  gentleman  of  long  experience  in  this  branch  of  business, 
and  who  lias  himself  invented  several  successful  improvements  in  mills  where  he 
was  interested.  Cotton  manufacture  has  been  a  matter  of  such  preponderating  im- 
portance, that  the  early  account  of  its  progress  and  development  is  now  in  a  degree 
connected  with  our  national  prosperity.  This  manufacture  has  adorned  several  of 
our  States  with  beautiful  cities  and  villages,  and  given  fresh,  vitality  to  agriculture 
and  commerce. 

The  first  machinery  in  this  country  for  this  purpose  was  introduced  into  Bridge- 
water,  Mass.,  in  1786 — the  first  factory  was  at  Beverly  in  1787 — and  the  first 
power-loom  was  used  in  the  Waltham  factory  in  1814.  Such  has  been  the  wonder- 
ful increaso  since,  that  in  I860,  there  were  30]  cotton  mills  and  1,688,471  spindles 
in  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  alone. 

An  interesting  account  is  also  here  given  of  the  mechanical  improvements  which 
have  gone  hand  in  hand  with  cotton  manufacture.  Many  of  them  have  been  the 
inventions  of  some  of  our  own  citizens — particularly  the  cotton-gin  of  such  countr 
less  value  to  the  grower  of  the  Royal  plant. 

Whoever  wishes  to  know  the  history  of  this  great  article  of  commerce  will  find 
much  instruction  in  this  small  treatise,  written  in  a  plain  and  lucid  style  and  rich 
in  facts.  Indeed  it  is  a  happy  illustration  of  a  little  golden  work,  called  u  The  Re- 
sults of  Machinery",  published  many  years  ago  by  Charles  Knight  of  England. 

S. 

History  of  Delaware  County,  Pennsylvania,  from  the  Discovery  of  the  Ter- 
ritory included  within  its  limits  to  the  present  time  ;  with  a  notice  of  the 
Geology  of  the  County,  and  catalogues  of  its  minerals,  plants,  quadrupeds, 
and  birds.  Written  under  the  direction  and  appointment  of  the  Delaware 
County  Institute  of  Science.  By  George  Smith,  M.  D.  Philadelphia  : 
1802.     8vo.,  pp.  582.     . 

Under  the  above  title  we  have  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  valuable  local  his- 
tories that  has  found  a  place  in  our  library.  Commencing  with  the  discovery  of  the 
bay  by  Hudson  in  1609,  and  its  explorations  by  Hendrickson  in  the  Manhattan 
built  yacht  Restless  in  1614,  it  proceeds  to  give  a  minute  account  of  the  transient 
settlement  in  the  bay  by  the  Dutch  in  1624,  and  of  its  permanent  occupation  by  the 
Swedes  in  1638,  at  Tennaconk  (Tinicnm)  now  in  Delaware  county. 

After  detailing  the  fortunes  of  the  Swedes,  it  contains  a  full  account  of  the  arri- 
val of  Penn  and  the  holding  of  his  first  court  at  Chester  in  1682,  and  so  on  to  the 
present  time.  The  work  is  full  of  minute  and  interesting  details,  with  many  beau- 
tiful engravings,  and  what  is  rare  out  of  New  England  a  good  genealogy  of  the  set- 
tlers and  their  descendants. 

We  cannot  but  hope  that  ere  long,  some  one  competent  to  the  task,  will  give  us 
a  full  history  of  the  "  Swedes  in  America",  as  abundant  materials  still  unused  exist 
for  such  a  work. 

We  would  refer  those  desiring  to  learn  other  particulars  of  interest  relative  to  the 
early  Swedish  colonists  and  their  successors,  to  Clay's  Jlnnals  of  the  Swedes  on  the 
Delaware,  and  to  the  more  elaborate  work  by  Ferris,  entitled  Original  Siltlc7>ienls  on 
the  Delaware.  K. 


1864.] 


Book  Notices.  115 


Memorial  Volume  of  the  Popham  Celebration  Aug.  29,  1862.  Commemora- 
tive of  the  planting  of  the  Popham  colony  on  the  peninsula  of  Sabirio,  Aug. 
19,  O.  S.,  1G07 — establishing  the  title  of  England  to  the  continent. 
Published  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Ballard,  secretary 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  celebration.  Portland,  Bayley  & 
Noyes.     18G3.     8vo.,  pp.  512. 

The  above  named  work  contains  matter  of  much  historio  value.  Pophani 
Gorges,  and  other  worthies  who  by  their  exertions  planted  Colonies  at  so  early  a 
period  on  the  shores  of  Maine,  have  not  heretofore  received  their  full  meed  of 
praise,  and  we  are  pleased  to  see  that  by  the  exertions  of  the  friends  of  history  in 
that  State  they  are  henceforth  to  be  better  appreciated.  The  great  efforts  which 
were  made  to  plant  a  permanent  settlement  on  the  Kennebeok  as  early  as  1607,  was 
an  event  well  worthy  of  commemoration.  The  publication  of  this  volume  will  throw 
much  light  on  its  history  and  serve  to  perpetuate  the  known  facts  in  relation  to  it, 
proving  thereby  a  sure  monument  to  the  memory  of  its  projectors.  K. 

Practical  Strategy,  as  illustrated  by  the  achievements  of  the  Austrian  Field- 
Marshal  Tkaun.  By  J.  Watts  De  Peyster.  Catskill.  18G3.  Pam- 
phlet, pp.  G4. 

General  De  Peyster  has  added  another  to  his  list  of  Military  and  Historical  works 
in  these  sketches  of  the  military  life  of  one  almost  unknown,  we  presume,  to  the 
American  public,  though  he  occupied  a  position  "  the  highest  in  the  scale  of  the 
Austrian  military  hierarchy."  Traun  was  born  Aug  27,  1677,  and  died  at  Herinan- 
Stadt,  the  capital  of  his  Province,  Feb.  28,  1748.  lie  sprang  from  one  of  the 
most  ancient  and  noble  families  of  Bavaria,  and  is  presented  to  us  in  these  pages  as 
"  the  greatest  practical  strategist  (i.  e.  General  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word),  of  the 
middle  half  of  the  XVIII.  century,'" — the  "  preceptor  in  the  art  of  war"  as  is  al- 
leged, of  his  skilful  opponent,  King  Frederick  the  Great  of  Prussia,  that  monarch 
being  reported  to  have  said.  "  I  went  to  school  to  Traun." 

The  author  of  this  pamphlet  raises  a  question  as  to  the  want  of  "  practical  strate- 
gy" in  the  present  war.  He  quotes  from  Washington  Irving — "  The  natural  prin- 
ciple of  war  is  to  do  the  most  harm  to  our  enemy  with  the  least  harm  to  ourselves, 
and  this,  of  course  is  to  be  effected  by  strategem,  (i.  e  practical  strategy)  ;"  and  from 
Shakspeare — 'A  victory  is  twice  itself,  when  the  achiever  brings  home  full  numbers." 

A  Funeral  Discourse,  delivered  in  the  Universalits  meeting  house  in  Canton, 
Mass.,  on  the  day  of  the  Stale  Fast,  April  2,  18G3,  commemorative  of  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Emma  F.  Horrobin,  wife  of  William  T.  Horrobin, 
Jr.,  of  Biddcford,  Me,  and  daughter  of  Dea.  F.  W.  Deane,  of  Canton. 
By  her  Pastor,  Kev.  Henry  Jewell,  Worcester.  Mass.  Printed  by 
Tyler  &  Seagrave,  Spy  job  office,  212  Main  street.  Pamphlet. 
8vo.,  pp.  1G. 

A  Sermon  preached  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  Albany,  Oct.  18, 1863, 
the  Sunday  morning  after  the  funeral  of  Joel  Rathbone,  Esq.  By  William 
B.  Sprague,  D.  D.,  with  obituary  notices.  Albany  :  C.  Van  Ben- 
thuysen,  printer,  18G3.  Pamphlet,  8vo,,  pp.  24. 
There  is  not  only  comfort  and  consolation  of  a  practical  character  imparted  in 
these  discourses  to  surviving  relatives  and  friends,  but  there  are  also  interesting 
particulars  given',  to  some  extent,  of  the  lives  and  characters  of  the  deceased. 

The  Necessity  for  Religion  in  Politics.  A  Sermon  preached  to  the  United 
Congregations  of  Universalists  in  Philadelphia,  in  the  Second  Church, 
Thanksgiving  morning,  November  26/A,  18G3.  By  Rev.  Richard  Eddy, 
Pastor  of  the  First  Universalist  Church.  Philadelphia:  King  & 
Baird,  Printers.  18G3.  8vo.,  pp.  20. 
Besides  showing  the  necessity  for   religion  in  Politics,  this  sermon  furnishes  a 

clear  statement  of  the  origin  of  the  Present  Rebellion,  drawn  in  a  great  measure  from 

Southern  sources. 


116  Genealogical  Dictionary.  [Jan., 

Genealogical  Sketch  of  the  Bird  Family,  having  its  origin  in  Hartford, 
Conn.     Hartford  :     Elihu  G-eer.      1855.     pp.  24. 

This  little  book  is  intended  to  give  a  list  of  tlitt  male  members  of  the  family,  omit- 
ting even  of  these  those  who  left  no  issue.  It  may  therefore  be  considered  rather 
as  a  careful  outline  of  a  pedigree,  and  as  such  will  not  call  for  a  long  examination. 

The  first  of  the  line  was  Thomas  of  Hartford  1644,  who  had  sons  Joseph  and 
James  Bird  of  Farmington,  Conn.  It  is  said  by  the  author  (Isaac  Bird,  Esq.,)  that 
Joseph  seems  to  have  but  two  descendants  of  the  name  now  living.  The  family  is 
believed  to  be  distinct  from  that  descended  from  Thomas  of  Dorchester,  whose  de- 
scendants are  numerous.  W. 

The  Federalist.  A  collection  of  essays,  written  in  favor  of  the  New  Con- 
stitution as  agreed  upon  by  the  Federal  Convention,  September  17,  1787. 
Reprinted  from  the  original  Text,  with  an  Historical  Introduction  and 
Notes.  By  Henry  B.  Dawson.  In  two  volumes."  Vol.  I.  New 
York;  Charles  Scribner,  124  Grand  Street.  London;  Sampson,  Low, 
Son  &  Co.     18G3.     8vo.  exlii  and  615. 

Now  that  the  Southern  Rebellion  appears  to  be  approaching  its  close,  our  at- 
tention is  drawn  more  and  more  towards  the  form  of  government  established  by 
our  patriot  fathers  of  the  revolution,  the  principles  upon  which  it  was  founded,  and 
the  peril  that  then  threatened  it  and  that  threaten  it  now.  A  successful  experiment 
of  more  than  seventy  years  has  dispelled  many  of  the  terrors  that  appalled  our 
fathers,  as  they  looked  into  the  untried  future  ;  but  some  of  them  at  this  day  pre- 
sent themselves  to  our  minds  with  as  much  force  as  they  then  did  to  theirs.  In 
no  other  work  are  the  principles  of  the  Constitution  so  thoroughly  discussed  as  in 
the  Federalist,  and  Mr.  Dawson  has  chosen  a  good  time  to  bring  out  a  new  edi- 
tion, j, 

The  first  volume,  now  issued,  contains  an  historical  and  biographical  introduc- 
tion an  analytical  table  of  contents,  and  the  whole  of  the  Federalist  as  it  originally 
appeared — the  greater  portion  having  been  first  printed  in  numbers,  iii  New 
York  newspapers.  The  second  will  contain  the  Notes  prepared  by  Mr.  Dawson, 
"embracing  the  more  important  alterations  and  corruptions  of  the  text,  which 
"  have  appeared  from  time  to  time,  many  of  the  manuscript  notes,  which  have 
11  been  found  on  the  margins  and  blank  leaves  of  the  copies  which  were  formerly 
"  owned  by  Mr.  Madison,  Mr.  Jefferson,  Mr.  Ames,  Chancellor  Kent,  and  other 
"  friends  of  the  respective  authors,"  and  much  other  matter  of  interest,  besides  a 
thorough  index.  Mr.  Dawson  has  evidently  bestowed  great  labor  upon  the  work 
and  lias  produced  an  edition  that  will  not  probably  be  surpassed.  No  other  edition 
that  has  been  published  can  be  compared  to  it.  The  mechanical  part  of  the  work 
is  also  deserving  of  praise.  It  is  elegantly  printed  at  the  Riverside  press,  and  is  em- 
bellished with  a  superior  engraved  portrait  of  Hamilton,  from  the  celebrated 
Talleyrand  minature.  Authentic  portraits  of  Madison  and  Jay  are  promised  in  the 
next  volume,  which  we  shall  look  for  with  interest,  as  well  as  for  the  other  volume 
of  Mr.  Dawson's  Constitutional  Scries,  upon  which  he  is  engaged,  (See  Register 
XVII,  87.) 


Corrections. — Rev.  Abner  Morse  informs  us,  that  there  must  havo  been  an  error 
in  the  original  or  transcript  of  the  list  of  Capt.  Henshaw's  company,  printed  in  this 
number.  Bis  father,  Abner  Morse,  whose  name  appears  on  page  78,  as  of  Spencer 
was  of  Medway,  never  of  Spencer.      He   joined  the  company   at  the  age  of  sixteen. 

The  extract  from  the  book  of  affidavits,  which  appears  on  the  03d  page,  should 
have  been  inserted  as  a  foot  note  to  the  article  on  Elder  Brewster  on  page  20,  it  be- 
ing the  Dutch  original  which  is  quoted  there. 

Genealogical  Dictionary.— At  the  annual  meeting  of  our  Society,  Jan.  6, 
18G4,  a  committee  was  chosen,  consisting  of  William  H.  Whitmore,  William  B. 
Traslc  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Whitney,  A.  C.  Goodell,  Jr.,  and  John  W.  Dean,  to  collect 
materials  for  a  new  Genealogical  Dictionary.  They  have  already  commenced  their 
labors,  and  invite  those  who  have  facts  or  dates  relative  to  the  early  generations  of 
our  settlers,  not  in  Mr.  Savage's  Dictionary,  to  communicate  them  to  W.  11.  Whit- 
more, Boston,  Mass.,  their  Chairman.  Correspondents  are  requested  to  give  au- 
thorities as  far  as  practicable. 


OLD  CHURCH  AT  QUIXCY. 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  117 


A  CHURCH  OF  THE  FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  (UNITARIAN) 
SOCIETY  IN  QUINCY,  MASS.,  BUILT  IN  1732. 

[Communicated  by  Rev.  Fredeuick  A.  Whitney  of  Brighton.] 

The  accompanying  engraving  represents  the  church  belonging  to 
the  ancient  religious  society  of  Braintree,  which,  in  1192,  became 
the  first  society  of  Quincy,  on  the  incorporation  of  that  town. 
Quincy  was,  indeed,  the  original  settlement;  the  Mount  Wollaston; 
the  North  Precinct  of  Braintree.  This  church  was  taken  down  in 
1828,  on  the  completion  of  the  present  elegant  stone  edifice.  Here, 
two  presidents  of  our  nation,  John  Adams,  and  John  Quincy  Adams 
his  son,  were  baptized,  and  here  they  regularly  worshipped.  The 
imposing  funeral  services  at  the  burial  of  President  John  Adams  in 
July  1826,  were  held  in  this  church.  Here  too,  was  baptized,  January 
16,  1736-7,  John  Hancock,  the  patriot,  President  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, by  his  father,  Rev.  John  Hancock,  fifth  pastor  of  the  church. 
The  church  has  thus  an  historic  name. 

This  engraving  was  originally  made  for  the  History  of  Quincy, 
published  in  1827,  by  the  late  Rev.  George  Whitney  of  Roxbury, 
oldest  son  of  the  last  pastor  of  the  ancient  church.  The  writer  of 
the  present  sketch  prepared  a  portion  of  it,  some  years  since,  for 
another  publication.  At  the  request  of  the  editor  of  the  Register,  \ie 
has  revised  and  enlarged  the  same,  and  sent  it  with  the  engraving 
for  insertion  in  this  number. 

The  church  was  built  in  the  ministry  of  Rev.  John  Hancock, 
father  of  the  patriot,  the  fifth  pastor  of  the  society,  who  was  or- 
dained November  2,  1726.  A  record  by  him  informs  us:  "  It  was 
raised  July  27-,8-'9,  1731  in  peaceable  times."  Before  its  erection,  the 
society  worshipped  in  a  stone  church  which  stood  near  the  present 
Second  Congregational  church,  on  Hancock  street.  This  old  stone 
church  remained  until  Feb.  18,  1747-8,  when  a  vote  passed  to  sell 
it  to  the  highest  bidder.  It  was  sold  to  Serg.  Moses  Belcher  and 
Mr.  Joseph  Nightingale,  for  .£100  old  tenor.  Whether  or  not 
this  was  the  original  church  edifice  of  the  society  cannot  be  deter- 
mined. In  the  absence  of  certain  testimony,  I  incline  to  the  belief 
that  there  had  been  an  earlier  building  than  the  old  stone  church, 
probably  on  about  the  same  site. 

The  church  which  we  commemorate  did  not  arise  without  many 
town  meeting  debates  and  votes.  From  the  precinct  record  we  learn 
that  as  early  as  Nov.,  1695,  a  vote  was  passed  for  the  erection  of  a 
new  building,  and  there  the  matter  was  left.  Dec.  22,  1729,  the  vote 
was  again  taken  and  decided  in  the  affirmative. 

"January  5,  1729-30,"  say  the  records:  "Then,  after  a  considerable 
debate  of  the  precinct  about  a  place  where  to  set  the  said  meeting- 
house, a  vote  was  asked  whether  it  should  be  set  at  Col.  Quincy's 
gate;  it  passed  in  the  negative. 

"Then,  whether  where  the  old  meeting-house  stands,  or  near  unto  it; 
it  passed  in  the  negative. 

"  After  more  debate  upon  a  place  where  the  said  meeting-house 

Vol.  XVIII.  9 


US  The  Old  Churchy  Quincy,  Mass.  [April, 

should  be  set,  the  Moderator  was  desired  to  ask  a  vote  whether  the 
precinct  would  set  it  at  the  ten  mile  stone,  or  near  unto  it  ;  it 
passed  in  the  affirmative." 

This  ten  mile  stone  now  stands,  a  venerable  relic,  against  the  land 
of  Lemuel  Brackett,  Esq.,  a  little  north  from  the  site  selected,  and 
marking  the  distance  from  Boston  by  "the  old  way;"  over  Milton 
Hill,  and  not,  as  of  late  years  travelled,  over  Neponset  turnpike 
and  bridge. 

"January  13,1730-31.  The  question  where  the  meeting-house 
should  be  placed  was  again  discussed  at  the  meeting.  The  question 
was  put  whether  the  said  House  bhould  be  erected  on  the  training 
field  within  the  said  precinct,  as  near  to  the  west  corner  of  the  land 
of  Ensign  Samuel  Baxter,  as  the  land  would  admit  of  ;  it  passed  in 
the  affirmative," 

The  church  raised,  as  we  have  seen,  in  July  1731,  was  dedicated, 
October  8,  1732.  "The  text  preached  upon  at  the  dedication," 
says  the  minister,  Rev.  Mr.  Hancock,  "  was  Isaiah,  lx  chapter,  13th 
verse."  The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  then  administered. 
Upon  this  Sabbath,  also,  we  began  to  read  the  Holy  Scriptures  in* 
course,  in  the  public  assembly.  The  portion  then  read  was  1  Kings, 
8th  chapter.  The  Sabbath  following  we  began  the  book  of  Job  and 
the  Gospel  of  St.  Matthew. 

"  Deo  Optimo  Maximo,  laus  et  gloria." 

"  Madam  Norton  then  presented  to  the  church  a  very  handsomo 
velvet  cushion  for  the  pulpit," 

Thus  much  for  the  early  erection  of  the  old  church.  Something 
may  be  told  of  its  after  history.  The  church  underwent  repairs  at 
different  times;  and  in  1805,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney, 
being  found  too  small  for  the  accommodation  of  the  society,  it  was 
opened  through  the  centre,  and  a  large  addition  inserted,  to  be  pre- 
sently described,  by  which  more  pews  were  obtained,  and  its  general 
appearance  was  greatly  improved.  At  this  time,  the  square  pews  in 
the  body  of  the  church  gave  place  to  the  modern  pews  ;  the  square 
form  being  retained  to  the  last,  against  the  walls.     The  following  j 

notice  from  the  History  of  Quincy,  describes  its  dimensions  and 
appearance  in  1827,  the  year  in  which  the  accompanying  engraving- 
was  made.     The  old  sounding-board  hung  above  the  pulpit. 

"  The  dimensions  of  this  house  since  the  last  alteration  are  as 
follows  :  Width,  56  feet;  length,  61  feet;  height  of  tower  to  bell 
deck,  50  feet;  height  of  cupola  from  bell  deck,  25  feet;  height  of  ball 
above  the  vane  from  the  ground,  75  feet.  The  appearance  of  the 
church,  inside  as  well  as  out,  is  still  very  respectable.  There  are 
87  pews  on  the  lower  floor,  and  all  painted  throughout.  The  galleries 
as  well  as  the  roof  are  supported  by  four  large  pillars  which  give 
the  house  rather  a  solemn  and  imposing  appearance.  The  pulpit  is 
in  the  ancient  style  of  building — handsomely  carved — with  one 
flight  of  stairs.  Below  is  the  communion  table  forming  the  front, 
part  of  a  large  pew,  according  to  ancient  custom,  made  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  Deacons,  or,  perhaps,  for  the  Ruling  Elders.     In 

*  This  custom  was  adopted  at  the  old  South  church,  Boston,  April  24,  1737. 
See  Wisner's  Hist.  Old  South  Church,  1830,  notes  p.  105. 


1864.] 


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119 


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late  Moses  Black,  Esq." 

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division  of  the  ground  floor  after  the  alterations  of  the  building  in  1805, 
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were  retained  around  the  walls.  As  the  dimensions,  when  the  church 
was  taken  down,  were  sixty  one  feet  by  fifty-six,  and,  as  fifteen  feet  were 
added  in  the  width,  in  1805,  the  original  size  was  sixty-one  by  forty- 
one.  At  first  the  galleries  were  reached  by  stairs  in  the  west  corners 
of  the    church   as  customary  in   early  times,  and  all  the  pews  were 


120  The  Old  Church,  Quincy  y  Mass.  [April, 

square.  There  were  two  rows  of  body  seats  in  front,  on  which 
were  seated  men  and  women  on  opposite  sides.  Behind  these  were 
two  rows  for  the  singers.  When  the  singers  stood,  they  faced  each 
other,  with  a  partition  between  them,  on  which  to  lay  their  books. 
The  Deacons  sat  in  their  place  before  the  pulpit  and  lined  off  the 
Psalm.  Mr.  Lemuel  Brackett,  who  was  born  in  1780,  and  is  of  the 
best  authority  on  these  matters  of  and  near  his  time,  informs  me 
that  when  he  was  a  boy,  Mr.  Babcock,  who  afterwards  removed  to 
Milton,  led  the  singing,  using  a  pitch-pipe. 

At  length  a  change  was  made,  the  stairs  in  the  corners  were  re- 
moved. The  west  gallery  was  enlarged  for  the  singers  by  adding 
the  swell  in  front.  Deacon  Pierce,  carpenter  from  Dorchester,  was 
employed  by  the  town  to  make  these  alterations,  about  1793,  or  4. 
lie  converted  the  body  seats  above  named  into  pews,  and  the 
singers  went  into  the  gallery,  and  the  poor  were  seated  in  a  pew  by 
the  pulpit.  Mr.  Pierce  at  the  same  time,  repaired  the  damage  which 
the  tower  had  sustained  by  lightning  several  years  before.  The 
lightning  had  destroyed  the  belfry,  so  that  the  bell  had  remained  quite 
uncovered  for  many  years.  Rev.  Mr.  Wibird  had  long  urged  the 
repairing  of  the  tower,  which  in  its  dilapidated  state,  brought 
merited  reproach  upon  the  town.  When  the  stairs  were  removed 
from  the  west  corners  of  the  church,  it  was  necessary  to  provide 
other  means  for  reaching  the  galleries.  The  first  porch  on  the 
south  of  the  church  was  of  one  story  only,  without  stairs;  and  the 
stairs  in  the  tower  on  the  north  did  not  connect  with  the  main  build- 
ing. Indeed  I  am  credibly  informed  that  the  tower  was  not  framed 
into  the  main  building,  but  rather  stood  against  it,  so  that  in  a 
furious  gale  it  was  once  twisted  a  little  from  its  proper  position, 
and  persons  could  look  between  it  and  the  building.  This  great  gale 
occurred  while  a  military  review  was  held  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town  at  the  Farms  ;  and  the  tents  of  the  soldiers  were  blown  down 
and  other  damage  sustained.  The  small  porch  on  the  south  was 
sold  to  Mr.  James  Brackett,  father  of  Mr.  Lemuel,  who  removed  it  to 
Germantown  (the  south  eastern  extremity  of  Quincy),  and  affixed  it 
to  the  old  stone  house  there  which  then  belonged  to  him.  A  new  two 
story  porch  was  erected  by  Mr.  Pierce,  with  stairs  to  the  south,  or 
women's  gallery,  and  also  to  the  south  end  of  the  west  gallery, 
which  remained  when  the  church  was  taken  down.  Communication 
was  also  made  with  the  tower  on  the  north,  by  which  access  was  had 
to  the  men's  gallery,  and  also  to  the  north  end  of  the    west  gallery. 

The  removal  of  the  singers  from  the  seats  before  the  pulpit  to  the 
gallery  was  not  effected  without  some  solicitation.  They  were  at 
first  quite  unwilling  to  go  up.  But  means  were  employed  which, 
both  before  and  since  that  period,  have  been  found  most  efficacious 
for  changing  even  the  stubborn  will.  Mr.  James  Brackett,  above 
named,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the  alterations,  made  a  sup- 
per for  the  singers  at  his  house.  A  fine  festival  was  enjoyed,  and 
the  singers  were  no  longer  unwilling  to  go  into  the  gallery.  My 
informant  further  relates  that  among  them  at  the  feast,  was  Mr. 
Joseph  Bass,  whom  many  of  the  citizens  of  Quincy  will  remember 
as  reaching  a  great  age,  and  also  his  brother  Mr.  Hezekiah  Bass  who 
played  the  bass-viol.     This  instrument  was  first  used  in  the  church 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  121 

when  the  singers  changed  their  seats.  Some  of  the  congregation 
were  much  offended  at  the  introduction  of  stringed  instruments. 
One  old  man  rose  up  and  left,  saying  that  "  he  did  not  want  to  go  to 
God's  House  to  hear  a  great  fiddle." 

On  the  removal  of  the  corner  stairs,  room  was  made  for  pews 
below  and  above.  March  3,  1800,  an  article  in  the  warrant  for  a 
town  meeting  is  in  these  words, — "  To  know  if  the  Town  will  sell 
the  floor  where  the  stair  ways  was  in  the  gallery."  Whereupon, — 
"  Voted  that  the  floor  where  the  old  stair  ways  was,  the  vacancy  in 
the  gallery  be  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the  black  people  to  sit 
in."  Large  square  pews,  somewhat  elevated,  were  built  in  the 
corner  of  the  west,  or  singers'  gallery  on  this  space  here  referred  to; 
and  the  few  colored  persons  in  town  were  accustomed  to  sit  there. 
In  the  appendix  to  the  historical  discourse  in  1857,  on  the  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  formation  of  the  first  church  in  Templeton,  Mass., 
by  Rev.  Edwin  G.  Adams,  junior  pastor,  may  be  seen  a  diagram  on 
which  these  elevated  corner  pews  are  well  represented. 

At  a  Town  meeting  May  5,  1800,  just  three  months  after  the 
ordination  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney,  "  voted  Moses  Black  Esq.,  Mr. 
Thomas  Pratt,  Peter  B.  Adams,  Esq.,  be  a  committee,  and  are 
hereby  empowered  to  sell  the  floor  on  the  back  part  of  the  end 
galleries  sufficient  to  make  a  row  of  pews  of." 

This  vote  does  not  appear  to  have  been  carried  into  effect.  No 
pews  were  ever  built  in  the  north  or  men's  gallery.  And  in  the 
south  gallery,  a  few  pews  were,  several  years  after,  built  in  the  east 
end,  leaving  more  than  half  the  gallery  in  free  seats  for  women. 
There  was  originally  a  row  of  pews  on  the  back  of  the  west  gal- 
lery, and  several  of  them  in  the  middle  were  subsequently  taken 
away  to  leave  more  space  for  the  singers. 

1804,  Nov.  5.  "  Moses  Black,  Esq.,  Benjamin  Beale,  Esq.,  Mr. 
Thomas  Greenleaf,  Capt.  John  Hall,  Peter  B.  Adams,  Esq.  were 
chosen  to  consult  with  some  architect  upon  the  plan  of  an  enlarge- 
ment of  the  house  and  to  report  to  the  town." 

1805,  March  4.  "  This  committee  is  empowered  to  contract  with 
any  person  or  persons  that  may  incline  to  undertake  the  work,  pro- 
vided satisfactory  bonds  be  given  to  the  town  that  the  house  shall 
not  be  injured,  and  to  be  left  in  as  good  repair  as  it  now  is,  they 
having  the  ground  for  their  benefit."  Voted  also,  "  that  the  meeting 
house  shall  not  be  enlarged  more  than  15  feet,  nor  less  than  12  feet." 

The  extreme  caution  of  the  town,  evinced  by  these  votes,  not  to 
be  imposed  upon  by  any  fraudulent  contractor  in  so  momentous  an 
enterprise  as  sawing  apart  a  meeting  house,  sixty-one  by  forty-one, 
and  inserting  fifteen  feet  is  most  admirable.  Mr.  Bates  of  Wey- 
mouth, undertook  the  work;  and,  by  the  sale  of  new  pews  which  ho 
gained,  the  contract  was  very  profitable  to  him.  The  town  was 
furthermore  so  well  satisfied  that  they  had  sustained  no  "  injury" — 
that  his  bonds  were  not  forfeited. 

1805,  July  22.  "  Voted  to  shingle  all  the  old  part  of  the  meeting 
house,  which  Mr.  Bates  has  not  contracted  to  do;  and  that  the  sub- 
ject be  referred  to  the  committee  on  alterations." 

The  enlargement  of  the  church  here  described,  was  effected  by 
sawing  the  building,  lengthwise  with  the  ridge  pole,  from  North  to 


122  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  [April, 

south,  moving1  the  front,  or  west  portion  of  the  same  fifteen  feet 
forward,  and  framing  in  the  intermediate  space.  The  four  large 
pillars  which  will  be  remembered  as  supporting  the  roof  in  the  body 
of  the  church,  were  added  at  this  time.  Of  course  by  this  move- 
ment, the  ridge-pole  was  elevated  above  its  former  height,  and  the 
roof  on  the  east  elongated  as  well  as  on  the  west.  The  tower  and 
also  the  south  porch  were  moved  westward  a  few  feet,  to  correspond 
with  the  new  ridge  line. 

By  a  typographical  error  in  the  history  of  Quincy,  this  enlarge- 
ment of  the  church  is  assigned  to  1806.  The  number  of  weeks  em-" 
ployed  in  the  work  may  be  inferred  from  the  following  entries  made 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney  in  his  private  diary  of  preaching: 

1805,  July  21.  "  We  had  no  meeting;  our  meeting  house  was 
opened."  "  July  28.  No  meeting  at  Quincy,  I  preached  for  Mr. 
Whitney  of  Hingham."  On  the  first  sabbath  of  August,  Worship 
was  resumed.  November  11,  following,  is  recorded  in  the  diary. 
11  No  meeting. — painting  pews,  &c."  November  24,  worship  was  re- 
sumed. 

It  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  recall  the  old  church,  that  it 
rested  for  under  pinning  on  two  rows  of  neatly  hammered  stone,  and 
that  the  door  steps  were  of  similar  material.  The  church  as  original- 
ly constructed  had  not  this;  but  it  was  added  about  1790.  The 
town  contemplated  putting  the  hammered  stone  only  under  three 
walls  of  the  church,  leaving  the  back,  or  east  side  in  its  first  rough 
finish.  Now  this  side  of  the  church  looked  towards  Thompson 
Baxter's  house  in  which  Rev.  Mr.  Wibird  boarded,  and  was  that 
which  the  pastor  first  approached  in  coming  to  his  pulpit.  He  heard 
of  the  purpose  of  the  town,  and  exclaimed,  '  why  should  not  my  side 
be  hammered  stone  too  !'  It  must  be;  I  will  pay  for  it  myself/' 
And,  according  to  his  accustomed  liberality,  he  actually  insisted  on 
defraying  the  cost  of  that  part  of  the  stone.  It  was  not  uncommon, 
as  I  learned  from  my  father,  his  successor  in  the  ministry,  for  Rev. 
Mr.  Wibird  to  look  over  the  list  of  rates  prepared  for  the  payment 
of  his  salary,  and  erase  some  names,  saying,  '  this  man  has  been  un- 
fortunate,'— or  '  such  an  one  needs  the  money  more  than  I  do,' — and 
thus,  deductions  were  frequently  made  from  his  stated  stipend.  The 
hammered  stones  above  named  were  used  in  the  underpinning  of  the 
houses  erected  from  the  materials  of  the  old  church  on  Cottage 
Avenue. 

When  the  church  was  taken  down,  the  owners  of  pews,  by  a  quit  claim 
deed,  which  is  in  the  possession  of  the  parish  treasurer  Mr.  Lewis  Bass, 
and  which  he  courteously  loaned  tome  for  these  minutes,  relinquished 
all  right  and  title  thereto, — each  owner  signing  and  sealing,  and  re- 
ceiving fifty  dollars  for  a  pew  below,  and  ten  dollars  for  one  above. 
As  owners  &  occupants  could  not  be  described  on  the  diagram,  we 
add  a  brief  notice  of  each — giving  from  the  deed,  the  owners  on  the 
final  disposition  of  the  edifice. 

No.  1.  Owner,  President  John  Quincy  Adams.  His  oldest  son  George  Washing- 
ton Adams,  attorney,  of  H.  U.,  1821,  signs  for  him.  President  John  Adams, 
former  owner,  died  July  4,  182G,  in  his  91st  year.  His  wife,  Abigail  died 
October  28,  181S,  aged  74.  He  was  never  absent  from  church  forenoon,  or 
afternoon,  when  in  Quiucy  ;  and  was  accustomed  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  123 

to  sit  on  the  short  seat  across  the  heal  of  the  pew.  His  son,  the  President,  as 
punctual  at  church,  died  February  23,  1848,  in  his  81st  year.  His  widow, 
Louisa  Catharine,  died  May  15,  1852,  aged  77.  For  pedigree  of  Adams  family 
see  vol.  vn.  p.  39  of  this  Register. 

No.  2.  Owner,  Daniel  Greenleaf  who  came  from  Boston  1797,  and  many  years 
after,  bought  and  occupied  both  the  pew  and  the  large  and  beautiful  estate  of 
Moses  Black, — the  original  estate  of  Edmund,  ancestor  of  the  Quincy  family. 
.  Mr.  Greenleaf  died  March  25,  1853,  aged  90  years,  6  mos.  His  wife  died 
January  6,  1839,  aged  73.  He  was  brother  to  John  of  pew  70,  and  cousin  to 
Thomas  of  pew  No.  18,  also  cousin  to  his  own  wile  Elizabeth,  Greenleaf. 

No.  3.  Owner,  George  Nightingale,  formerly  town  clerk  and  treasurer;  who  died 
Feb.  25,  1864,  aged  77  years,  9  mos.  Seth  Burrill  occupied  before  him.  Asa 
Pope  also  occupied. 

No.  4.  Owner,  Cotton  Tufts,  H.  U.  1777,  died  1833,  aged  76,  a  family  living  in 
Weymouth,  attending  constantly  here.  Ho  was  son  of  Dr.  Cotton  Tufts  of 
Weymouth,  H.  U.  1749,  and  father  of  Quincy  Tufts,  who  is  still  merchant  at 
No.  105  Washington  street,  Boston,  where  he  has  been  engaged  longer  (ban 
any  other  .single  trader,  or  firm  on  the  street; 

No.  5.     Owner,  Isaac  Riddle  of  Quincy  Point.     Nathan  Josselyn  also  occupied  iL. 

No.  6.  Owner,  Anthony  Wibird  Baxter  from  West  part  of  the  town,  died  Sept., 
1822.     His  widow  Catharine  signs  the  deed,  as  executrix. 

No.  7.  Owner,  William  Hayden,  Sen.,  deed  signed  for  him  by  Wm.  Hayden,  jr., 
attorney.  Judge  Thomas  Boylston  Adams,  of  H.  U.  1790,  son  of  President 
John  Adams  occupied  it.     He  died,  1832. 

No.  8.  Owner,  George  W.  Beale  (see  No.  85.)  Occupied  by  John  Briesler,  mer- 
chant, now  of  the  firm  of  Briesler  &  Whitney,  Quincy. 

No.  9  Owners,  Hannah  Miller  and  her  son  Edward,  of  H.  U.  1813,  attorney.  He 
died  1842. 

No.  10.  Owner,  Josiah  Quincy.  He  owned,  also,  pew  34,  and  by  a  door  con- 
nected the  two  for  greater  accommodation.  This  venerable  statesman  and 
true  patriot,  now  in  his  93d  year,  passed  the  last  summer  as  usual,  at  his 
country  seat  at  Quincy,  where  his  ancestors  settled  and  worshipped  more  than 
two  centuries  ago. 

N.o  11.  Owner,  Capt.  Oliver  Jenkins  from  Quincy  Point;  died  August,  1829. 
Occupants  Ebenezer  Shaw,  and  Perez  Chubbuck,  also  of  the  Point. 

No.  12.     Owners  jointly  and  occupants,  Benjamin  and  Job  Faxon 

No.  13.         "  "  "  "         Joseph  Brackett,  and  widow  Jerusha  New- 

comb. 

No.  14.  Owner,  James  Hall.  Occupants,  Abner  Willett,  and  Daniel  French  pro- 
prieter  of  the  old  tavern,  afterwards  called  the  Hancock  House. 

No.  15.  Owner,  Elijah  Spear,  who  owned  and  occupied  'till  his  death,  the  house 
still  standing  near  the  head  of  the  Quincy  canal,  in  which  Rev.  Mr.  Wibird 
lived  unmarried,  through  his  ministry,  then  the  estate  of  Thompson  Baxter. 

No.  16.  Owner,  Jonathan  Beale,  whose  house  was  on  the  western  border  of 
Quincy,  close  upon  the  Milton  line. 

No.  17.  Owners,  Heirs  of  Samuel  Spear.  He  lived  at  Hough's  Neck,  Quincy. 
The  deed  is  signed  by  Daniel  Baxter,  jr.  in  behalf  of  the  heirs. 

No.  18.  Owner,  Thomas  Greenleaf,  of  H.  U.  1784.  Ho  came  from  Boston  in  1803 
— though  a  temporary  resident  here  from  1790.  His  house  iu  which  he  lived 
more  than  fifty  years,  west,  beyond  President  Adams's,  once  belonged  to  Rev. 
Dr.  Charles  Chauncy  of  first  church,  Boston,  who  lived  here  for  a  few  months 
of  several  successive  years.  Mr.  Greenleaf  died  Jan.  5,  1854,  iu  his  87th  year. 
His  widow  Mary  Deming  (Price)  died  Feb.  22,  1856,  in  her  89th  year.  He  was 
brother  to  the  wife  of  Daniel,  of  pew  No.  2.  See  Rev.  Dr.  Lunt's  discourse 
after  his  death,  for  historical  and  genealogical  notices. 

No.  19.  Owner,  Capt.  Josiah  Bass,  whose  estate  on  Neponset  turnpike- connected 
with  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy's. 

No.  20.  Owner,  Deacon  Daniel  Spear.  It  was  before  owned  by  Theophilus 
Thayer;  then  by  George  his  son.     Josiah  Brighain,  merchant,  occupied  it. 

No.  21.     Owner,  Oliver  Jenkins  as  of  No.  11, 

No.  22.  Owner,  James  Mayo  of  Quincy  Point.  Deed  signed  by  his  widow  Lucin- 
da.     It  was  occupied  by  Capt.  Ezra,  Prior's  family,  also  of  Quincy  Point. 

No.  23.  Owner,  Edward  W.  Baxter's  estate.  Josiah  Baxter  signs  deed  for  one-half 
of  it.     John  Colman  also  occupied  it. 

No.  24.     Parish  pew  t>r  minister's  family. 


124  The  01&  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  [April, 

No.  25.     Owner,  James  Baxter,  whose  estate  adjoined  Thomas  Greenleaf's. 

No.  26.     Owners  and  occupants  jointly,  Deacon  Daniel  Spear,  and  Nedabiah  Bent. 

No.  27.     Owner,  Jonathan  Baxter  of  Quincy  Point. 

No.  28.  Owner,  Bryant  Newcomh,  who  also  owned  a  pew  in  the  east  end  of  the 
south  gallery  where  he  always  sat  himself. 

No.  29.  Owner,  Adam  Curtis,  occupied  also  by  his  brother  Samuel,  sons  of  Noah, 
and  all  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots. 

No.  30.     Owner,  Noah  Curtis  from  Pain's  Hill,  town  treasurer. 

No.  31.     Owner,  Deacon  Samuel  Savil,  occupied  also  by  his  son  Josiah  Savil. 

No.  32.  Owner,  Ebenezer  Crane,  occupied  also  by  his  son-in-law,  Josiah  Nightin- 
gale. 

No.  33.     Owner,  Wm.  Baxter,  jr.,  occupied  also  by  Paul  Wild. 

No.  34.     Owner,  Josiah  Quincy,  connecting  with  No.  10. 

No.  35.     Owner,  Frederick  Hardwick. 

No.  36.     Owner,  Josiah  Bass,  as  of  No.  19. 

No.  37.  Owners,  Edmund  Billings'  estate,  by  Lemuel  Brackett  administrator,  one- 
third, — Jerusha  and  Mary  Billings,  each  one-third. 

No.  38.  Owner,  Daniel  Greenleaf  (as  of  No.  2),  occupied  by  his  sister  Priscilla, 
widow  of  John  Appleton,  and  her  son  Alfred. 

No.  39.  Owner,  George  II.  Apthorp.  The  deed  is  signed  for  him  by  Rev.  Benja- 
min Clark  Cutler,  of  the  Episcopal  church,  Quincy.  Aaron  Mason  also,  oc- 
cupied, of  the  firm  of  Chamberlin  and  Mason,  wheelwrights. 

No.  40.     Owner,  Lemuel  Brackett  (see  54),  occupied  by  Ebenezer  Green. 

No.  41.     Owner,  Lemuel  Pope,  from  Squantum,  north-east  part  of  town. 

No.  42.     Owner,  John  Savil,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Savil. 

No.  43.     Owner,  John  Souther,  shipwright  at  Souther's  wharf,  Quincy. 

No.  44.     Owner,  James  Hall,  son  of  Capt.  John  Hall,  former  owner. 

No.  45.     Owner,  Ezra  Glover. 

No.  46.     Owner,  Jesse  Fsnno.     Deed  signed  by  Daniel  Spear,  Executor. 

No.  47.     Owners,  Edward  Glover,  Polly  Glover  administratrix,  one-half  each. 

No.  48.     Owner,  General  Thomas  Taylor,  from  "  the  Farms." 

No.  49.  Owner,  John  Quincy  Adams;  deed  signed  as  No.  1.  John  Spear  oc- 
cupied. 

No.  50.     Owners,  Samuel  and  Ebenezer  Kawson,  one-half  each. 

No.  51,  Owner,  Deacon  Josiah  Adams,  occupied  also  by  his  son  Josiah,  jr.  Dea- 
con Adams  died  April  24,  1844,  aged  80.  He  and  his  brothers  of  pews  67 
and  77,  were  second  cousins  to  President  John  Q.  Adams.  Deacon  Adams' 
widow,  Margaret  died  Feb.  3,  1849,  wanting  9  days  of  75  years. 

No.  52.  Owner,  John  Bass,  kindly  remembered  by  many  ;  living  on  Granite  street 
to  an  advanced  age,  his  sister  Polly  with  him, — both  unmarried  Occupied 
also  by  William  Seaver,  teacher.  Dr.  Woodward,  Dart.  Col.  1817,  present 
senior  physician  of  Quincy,  when  entering  on  his  practise  forty  years  ago, 
sat  heie. 

No.  53.  Owner,  Elisha  T.  Crane.  Occupied  also  by  Ebenezer  Nightingale.  This 
pew  formerly  belonged  to  Thompson  Baxter,  with  whom  Rev.  Mr.  Wibird  lived. 

No.  54.  Owner,  Lemuel  Brackett.  Belonged,  formerly,  to  his  father  James,  who 
died  August  16,  1825,  in  his  90th  year,  a  constant  attendant  at  church,  and, 
in  his  latter  years,  sitting  in  the  pulpit  by  reason  of  deafness.  The  present 
owner  as  constant  an  attendant  at  church  and  still  in  excellent  health,  in  his 
84th  year,  living  (probably  oldest  man  in  town)  at  his  house  on  Hancock  street, 
which  he  built  in  1826,  when  he  left  the  very  ancient  house  of  his  father. 
He  is  great-great-great  grand  son  of  the  original  ancestor,  Capt.  Richard  Brackett, 
Deacon,  Boston,  1632, — who,  with  wife  Alice,  joined  Braintree,  now  Quincy, 
first  church, — town  clerk, — third  captain  of  the  town,  which  office,  by  reason 
of  infirmities,  lie  begged  to  lay  down  in  1684,  and  the  court  appointed  Edm. 
Quincy  to  succeed  him.  Richard  gave  a  silver  cup  to  the  church  which  is  inscribed 

with  the  initials  of  him  and  his  wife,  after  the  ancient  custom,  thus    ^    „    A 

R.  &  A. 

He  died  March  5,  1690,  aged  80.     See  Savage;  also  Genealogical  sketch  of  the 

Brackett  family  by  the  late  Jeil'ery  Richardson,  jr.,  grand  son    oi  Lemuel  B., 

and  member  of  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Society. 

No.  55.      Owners,   jointly,    C;q>t.    James    Brackett,    older    brother  of  Lemuel,   and 

Thomas  Phipps  as  administrator.     It  was   occupied  also  in  latter  years  of  the 

church  by  the  families  of  William  Whall  and   Charles   Park.     Capt.  Brackett 

kept  a  store  by  his  house,  which  was  on  the  north  east  corner  of  Hancock  and 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  125 

Elm  streets.  The  old  town  bay  scales,  unlike  what  wo  see  now,  stood  in  front 
of  this  store.  This  house  was  built  in  1794-5,  by  James,  father  of  Capt. 
James,  and  was  on  the  site  of  the  old  well  known  Braokett  tavern  kept  by 
James,  grand  father  of  Capt.  James.  Capt.  James  Bracket!  removed  from 
Quincy  in  1825,  to  Philadelphia;  and  after  residing  some  years  at  Greenport, 
L.  I.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  April  18,  1855,  in  his  86th  year. 

No.  56.  Owner,  Dr.  Thomas  Phipps,  who  succeeded  his  father,  Dr.  Thomas  of 
H.  U.,  1757,  as  physican  in  Quincy,  and  who  fell  dead  August  30,  1832,  from 
ossilication  of  heart,  as  he  was  leaving  his  house  on  School  street,  walking  to  the 
Town  Hall,  to  meet  the  officers  of  the  regiment  and  resign  his  commission  as  its 
surgeon.  He  was  at  Cambridge  commencement,  with  his  family,  seeming  never 
in  better  health  on  the  day  before,  when  his  son  Harrison  Gray  Otis  Phipps, 
afterwards  minister  at  Cohasset,  took  part  on  graduating.  The  first  owner  of 
this  pew  was  Capt.  Joseph  Neal  Arnold  who  was  named  for  old  Deacon   Neal. 

No.  57.     Owner,  Capt.  James  Brackett  of  No.  55.     Lewis  Baxter  occupied  it. 

No.  58.     Owner,  Henry  Hardwick,  who  lived  at  foot  of  Pain's  Hill. 

No.  59.  Owner,  Peter  Keating,  His  son-in-law  Lemuel  Baxter,  and  Thomas 
Nightingale  also  occupied. 

No.  GO.  Owner,  Elijah  Spear,  of  No.  15.  Occupied  by  Moses  Reed  Marsh,  and 
Edmund,  brothers,  who  carried  on  a  boot  factory  on  Hancock  street,  opposite 
house  of  L.  Brackett. 

No.  61.  Owner,  Elisha  Marsh,  who  died  April  17, 1847,  aged  65.  His  widow  Lucy 
died  Jan.  23,  1864,  aged  81.  Former  owner,  his  father,  Wilson  Marsh,  who 
died  July  7,  1828,  aged  78.  Wilson  was  great-grand  son  of  the  original 
ancestor,  Lieut.  Alexander  Marsh,  Freeman,  1654,  who  married  probable, 
Dec.  19,  1655,  Mary,  dau.  of  Gregory  Belcher,  and  died  March  7,  1698,  aged 
about  70.    Alexander's  son  John  was  father,  probably,  of  John,  of  H.  U.,  1726. 

No.  62.     Owner  of  one-half,  Wm.  Newcomb.     Occupied  also  by  his  sons. 

No.  63.  Owner,  John  Pray,  who  died  at  an  advanced  age;  father  of  Lewis  G. 
Pray,  long  engaged  in  business  in  Boston,  now  residing  at  Itoxbury. 

No.  64.  Owners,  jointly,  Joseph  Field  from  foot  of  Pain's  Hill,  and  William  Baxter, 
School  street. 

No.  65.  Owners,  jointly,  Jedadiah  and  Peter  Adams,  brothers;  from  whose  estate 
on  Sea  street,  Rev.  P.  Whitney  purchased  land  in  1801,  on  which  to  erect  his 
house,  and  subsequently,  in  1809. 

No.  66.     Owners,  jointly,  Win.  Spear;  and  Daniel  Hobart,  Sexton  for  many  years. 

No.  67.  Owner,  Ebenezer  Adams.  He  died  June  10,  1841,  aged  79  years,  1 
mo.  His  widow  Elizabeth,  died  September  26,  1856,  aged  81  years,  20  days. 
John  Whitney  merchant  at  Quincy  Point,  also  occupied  it,  who  died  Jan.  2, 
1850,  in  his  65th  year.  He  was  brother,  and  the  wives  of  Ebenezer  Adams, 
of  Deacon  Josiah  Adams,  and  of  Lemuel  Brackett  were  sisters  of  Rev.  Peter 
Whitney.  Mr.  Adams  bought  this  pew  of  the  estate  of  Gen.  Palmer,  who 
lived  at  Germantowh. 

No.  68.  Owner,  Lewis  Bass,  now  living  on  Granite  street.  Parish  treasurer,  son  of 
Deacon  Jonathan  Bass,  former  owner. 

No.  69.     Owner,  Wm.  James,  jr.,  Hannah  Bent  and  mother,  also  occupied  it. 

No.  70.  Owner,  John  Greenleaf,  formerly  judge  Richard  Cranch's  pew,  whose  dau. 
Lucy  he  married  April  4,  1795.  His  estate  was  the  ancient  Cranch  estate  on 
School  street.  He  was  son  of  sheriff  Wm.  Greenleaf  of  Boston.  Rev.  Dr. 
Lunt,  in  the  appendix  to  his  sermon  after  the  death  of  Hon.  Thomas  Greenleaf, 
says,  "  there  were  two  sheriffs  of  Suffolk  at  that  time,  and  what  is  remarkable, 
they  were  brothers,  one  a  Tory,  Stephen  Greenleaf,  and  the  other,  Wm.  Green- 
leaf, an  ardent  Whig."  A  sister  of  Mr.  John  Greenleaf,  Nancy,  married  his 
wife's  brother,  judge  Wm.  Cranch  of  Washington.  Mr.  Greenleaf  died  March 
29,  1848,  aged  84  years  6  mo.  His  wife  died  previous,  Feb.  18,  1846,  aged  79 
years.  Her  mother  and  President  John  Adams's  wife  were  sisters, — the  daugh- 
ters of  Rev.  Wm.  Smith  of  Weymouth.  Dr.  Lunt  concludes  his  excellent 
sermon  on  Mr.  Thomas  Greenleaf  in  these  words.  "  And  may  it  be  our 
felicity,  when  our  earthly  work  shall  be  ended,  to  leave  behind  us  as  un- 
tarnished a  name,  and  as  distinct,  as  unequivocal,  and  as  reliable  evidences  of 
a  u.set'ul  and  honorable  life,  as  have  bet-n  left  behind  him  by  the  venerated 
friend,  fellow-townsman,  and  fellow-worshipper  upon  whose  grave  I  lay 
this  humble  tribute  of  affectionate  respect."  And  of  Mr.  John  Greenleaf  Dr. 
Lunt  writes,  as  above.  "  This  venerable  man  had  been  blind  from  his  youth  ; 
but  the  care  which  his  condition  required  was  an  office  of  love,  and  never  a 


126  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  [Apr il, 

burden  through  his  uniform  cheerfulness  and  Christian  goodness.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Greenleaf  were  among  the  excellent  of  the  earth;  and  the  memory  of  their  quiet 
worth  is  cherished  in  many  hearts."  Mr.  G.,  wo  mr.y  add,  though  blind,  was  a 
constant  attendant  at  church.  He  was  likewise,  proficient  on  the  organ  and 
other  musical  instruments. 

No.  71.  Owners,  Peter  Brackett  one-eighth;  Betsey  Brackett  one-fourth  and  two- 
tenths  ;  Mary  P.  Adams  one-eighth ;  Frances  Spear,  Mehitable  and  Sarah 
Nightingale  one-tenth  each; 

No.  72.     Owner,  Daniel  Spear.     John  Billings  and  Mrs.  Faxon  also  occupied  it. 

No.  73.  Owner,  Wm.  Wood,  master  builder  of  the  new  stone  church.  The  family 
of  Thomas  Crane,  also  occupied  it. 

No.  74.  Owner,  Peter  Bicknell  from  Germantown,  south  east  part  of  Quincy. 

No.  75.  Owners,  Horatio  N.  Glover,  one  half;  Nathaniel  Glover  and  Thomas 
Adams  one-quarter  each. 

No.  7G.  Owner  Jonathan  Marsh,  son  of  "Wilson  of  pew  61.  He  was  much  inter- 
ested in  historical  and  genealogical  research,  and  a  subscriber  to  this  Register. 
He  endured  a  long  and  painful  confinement  in  Christian  patience  and  hope, 
and  died,  December  10,  1861,  aged  74  years,  8  mos,  5  days.  See  a  full  notice 
in  this  Register,  vol.  15,  p.  179. 

No.  77.  Owner,  Thomas  Adams,  whose  estate  was  on  Neponset  Turnpike.  He 
was  brother  of  Deacon  Josiah  and  Ebenezer. 

No.  78.     Owner,  Solomon  Nightingale.     James  Green  also  occupied  it. 

No.  79.     Owner,  Adam  Hardwick. 

No.  80.     Owners,  Jonathan  Cook  and  Daniel  Spear. 

No.  81.  Owner,  William  Wood.  George  Veasie  oooupied  it.  Deacon  Elijah 
Veasie,  his  father,  formerly. 

No.  82.  Owners,  Oliver  Billings,  one-half;  Georgo  M.  Gibbons,  one-quarter  ;  Geo. 
B.  Billings,  one-quarter. 

No.  83.  Owner,  John  Dw<?lle  from  Pain's  Hill.  Henry,  brother  of  Wm.  Wood, 
also  occupied  it. 

No.  84.  Owners,  Luther  Spear,  two-thirds  ;  Frances,  widow  of  Seth  Spear  one- 
third. 

No.  85.  Owner,  George  W.  Beale.  He  fell  dead  in  his  yard  of  disease  of  the 
heart,  Nov.  19,  1851,  aged  69.  His  father,  Capt.  Benjamin  Beale,  former 
owner,  died  in  1825,  at  a  very  advanced  age.  Their  large  and  beautiful  estate 
adjoined  President  Adams'  on  the  west. 

No.  86.  Owner,  Peter  Boylston  Adams,  brother  to  President  John  Adams.  He 
died  at  a  very  advanced  age.  The  deed  is  signed  by  Peter  Turner  as  Guardian 
of  Peter  Boylston  Adams,  for  one-third ;  Mary  Turner  for  one-third  ;  and 
Davis  Boardman  for  one-third.     Elisha  Turner,  also  occupied  it. 

No.  87.     Parish  pew  for  town's  poor. 

The  quit  claim  deed  relinquishing'  the  pews,  contains  the  signa- 
tures of  the  following  persons  who  gave  up  pews  in  the  galleries, 
Bryant  Newcomb;  Capt.  Benjamin  Page;  Alpheus  and  Lemuel  Spear, 
brothers,  one;  George  Spear;  Ebenezer  Bent;  Thomas  Adams; 
Solomon  and  Josiah  Nightingale,  one;  Ezra  Glover;  Daniel  Spear. 
The  first  four  pews  were  in  the  east  end  of  the  south  gallery 
and  were  occupied  by  the  owners.  The  others  were  on  the  back  of 
the  west  gallery,  most  of  the  owners  occupying  their   pews   below. 

The  following  vote  relates  to  the  pews  in  the  south  gallery,  only. 
"  Monday  October  6,  1828.  Voted  that  the  persons  owning  pews  in 
the  gallery  of  the  old  meeting  house  may  have  the  right  of  taking 
away  the  iron  railings  and  curtains  in  front  of  their  pews." 

At  the  same  meeting, — "  Voted  to  put  a  new  dial  and  glass  to  the 
clock  now  belonging  to  the  parish,  and  put  the  same  upon  the  new 
meeting  house." 

This  clock  is  the  one  now  on  the  west  or  singers'  gallery  of  the  new 
stone  temple.     It  was  a  gift — as  appears  by  the  following  vote  from  . 
the   town  records,  the  old  first  parish  then  comprising  the  town, — 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  127 

11  Sept  30,  1799,— Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  town  be  returned  to 
President  Adams  and  Mr.  Moses  Black  for  the  present  to  tho  town  of 
a  clock  in  the  meeting  house." 

We  come  now  to  the  destruction  of  the  old  church,  venerable,  in 
wanting  to  its  age  but  four  years  of  a  complete  century.  Owing 
to  the  increase  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  and  to  the  somewhat 
singular  non-increase  of  religious  societies,  the  edifice  was  found  far 
too  small  for  the  accommodation  of  all  who  wished  to  worship  in  it. 
A  new  and  larger  one  was  contemplated.  The  bequests  of  President 
Adams,  sen.,  of  some  granite  quarries  made  to  the  town  in  1822, 
with  the  request  that  from  them  a  temple  should  be  erected  by  the 
first  parish,  were  a  further  incitement  to  the  work;  and  on  the  6th  of 
Nov.,  1826,  the  report  of  a  committee  appointed  on  the  11th  of  April 
previous,  recommending  the  erection  of  a  stone  church,  was  almost 
unanimously  acceptedby  the  parish.  The  cellar  was  commenced  on 
the  9th  of  April,  1827,  the  corner  stone  was  laid  with  appropriate  re- 
ligious ceremonies  on  the  11th  of  June  following,  and  the  church 
was  dedicated  on  Wednesday,  November  12,  1828.*  The  account  of 
the  exercises,  together  with  the  address  delivered  at  the  laying  of  the 
corner  stone  by  the  pastor,  Pev.  Mr.  Whitney,  while  the  old  church 
was  still  standing,  may  be  found  in  the  appendix  to  the  history 
of  Quincy.  The  new  edifice  was  located  on  the  north  west  of  the 
old,  and  immediately  contiguous.  The  portico  of  the  new  stone 
church,  if  shown  in  this, plate,  would  appear  directly  fronting  tho 
observer,  on  the  left  of  the  old  tower.  So  close,  indeed,  were  the 
corners  of  the  two  buildings,  that  in  order  to  complete  the  right  end 
of  the  stone  portico,  it  was  necessary  to  remove  the  tower  of  the 
old  church.  On  the  28th  March,  1828,  the  tower  was  accordingly 
sold  at  public  auction.  It  was  bid  off,  with  its  underpinning  and  tho 
door  steps  belonging  with  it,  to  Mr.  John  Spear,  for  seventy  dollars. 
The  vane  and  ball  on  the  cupola  were  bid  off  separately  from  the 
tower,  to  Mr.  Henry  Wood,  for  three  dollars  and  twenty-live  cents, 
and  were  placed  on  his  barn  near  his  house  in  Quincy,  where  they  now 
remain.  On  the  eighth  of  April  following  the  bell  was  moved  from 
the  cupola  to  the  north-west  end  of  the  roof;  and  on  the  fourteenth, 
in  the  presence  of  a  large  number  of  spectators,  the  cupola  was 
thrown  down  to  the  ground  with  a  loud  crash,  the  pillars  having 
been  sawn  off.  The  writer  of  this  sketch  was  present,  and  recorded 
in  a  diary  at  the  time  the  incidents  as  here  related.  The  cupola 
was  found  to  be  much  decayed.  The  tower  was  wholly  removed  in  a 
few  days,  being  taken  down  in  pieces. 

Thus  the  old  edifice  stood  towerless  through  the  summer,  while  the 
new  temple  was  progressing  by  its  side.  On  the  3d  of  October,  as 
the  latter  drew  towards  its  completion,  the  bell  was  drawn  up  from 
its  summer  position  on  the  old  roof  to  the  cupola  of  the  new  church 
without  at  all  coming  to  the  ground,  leaving  the  old  house  ready  to 
be  taken  down.     Here  the  society  gathered  for  the  last  time,  for  re- 


*  Beneath  this  granite  church,  in  a  massive  tomb,  repose  the  remains  of  Presi- 
dent John  Adams  and  wife,  and  President  John  Quincy  Adams  and  wife.  Jn  the 
interior  of  the  church  are  mural  monuments  with  appropriate  inscriptions, — copies  of 
which  may  be  found  in  the  Register,  vol.  ix.  p.  155. 


128  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  [April, 

ligious  worship,  on  Sunday,  October  twelfth.  In  the  afternoon,  the 
pastor,  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney,  delivered  a  farewell  discourse,  appropriate 
to  the  occasion,  from  the  words  of  the  Prophet  Zechariah  i,  5. 
"  Your  Fathers,  where  arc  they  ?  and  the  Prophets,  do  they  live 
forever  ?"  The  following  beautiful  hymn,  originally  written  for  a 
similar  occasion,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Flint,  of  Salem,  was  printed,  distributed 
in  the  pews,  and  sung  at  the  close  of  the  service  : — 

(1.) 
Here  to  the  High  and  Holy  One, 
Our  fathers  early  reared 
A  house  of  prayer,  a  lowly  one, 
Yet  long  to  them  endeared. 
By  hours  of  sweet  communion, 
Held  with  their  covenant  God, 
As  oft,  in  sacred  union, 
His  hallowed  courts  they  trod. 

(2.)  (3.) 

Gone  are  the  pious  multitudes  These  time-worn  walls,   the  resting  place, 

That  here  kept  holy  time,  So  oft,  from  earthly  cares, 

In  other  courts  assembled  now,  To  righteous  souls  now  perfected, 

For  worship  more  sublime.  We  leave  with  thanks  and  prayers; 

Their  children  we  are.  waiting  With  thanks  for  every  blessing 

In  meekness,  Lord,  thy  call ;  Vouchsafed  through  all  the  past, 

Thy  love  still  celebrating,  With  prayers,  thy  throne  addressing, 

Our  hope,  our  trust,  our  all.  For  guidance  to  the  last. 

(4.) 

Though  from  this  house,  so  long  beloved, 

We  part  with  sadness  now  ; 

Yet  here,  we  trust,  with  gladness,  soon 

In  fairer  courts  to  bow ; 

So  when  our  souls,  forsaking 

These  bodies  fallen,  and  pale, 

In  brighter  forms  awaking, 

With  joy  the  change  shall  hail. 

It  was  not  without  emotions  of  regret  that  for  the  last  time 
the  congregation  "  trod  those  hallowed  courts"  where,  through 
childhood  or  manhood  and  age,  they  had  gone  to  praise  and  pray. 
The  associations  of  earlier  times  gathered  in  that  hour  and 
place;  and  many  like  "the  priests,  levites  and  chief  of  the  fathers 
who  were  ancient  men,"  of  whom  the  prophet  tells  us,  "  remembering 
the  former  days,  wept"  that  no  more  they  should  go  up  to  "  the  for- 
mer house  of  the  Lord." 

In  the  afternoon  of  the  next  day  the  old  church  was  sold  at  public 
auction  by  Deacon  Daniel  Spear  ;  the  tower,  as  we  have  seen,  having 
been  disposed  of  before.  Its  parts  were  separately  sold  and  in  the 
following  order:  The  pulpit  window,  broad  and  handsome,  with  a 
semi-circular  top,  alone,  had  inside  blinds,  and  these  were  first  sold 
to  Isaac  Dodge  for  $3.00.  The  stove,  standing  on  the  north-west 
side,  opposite  the  tower  door,  was  sold,  with  its  appurtenances,  to 
David  Riddle,  Esq.,  for  $42.50.  The  pulpit  and  pews  below  were 
also  sold  to  him  for  $53.00.  The  residue  of  the  building  was  sold  to 
Ebenezer  Adams,  for  $202.  Stone  underpinning  and  steps  were  sold 
to  Cotton  Pratt  for  $82.50.    Total  $383.00.    Net  proceeds  of  the  old 


1864.]  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  129 

church,  including  the  former  sale  of  tower,  $456.25.  In  the  course 
of  ten  days  it  was  wholly  taken  down  and  the  spot  graded,  there 
having  been  no  cellar  beneath  the  building  ;  and  on  the  12th  of 
November  following,  as  we  have  seen,  the  present  stone  church, 
erected  at  a  cost  of  thirty-five  thousand  dollars,  from  granite  quar- 
ries bequeathed  for  the  purpose,  by  President  John  Adams,  was 
dedicated.  The  society  worshipped  in  the  Town  Hall  on  three 
Sabbaths  previous  to  the  dedication,  religious  services  being  sus- 
pended on  the  first  Sabbath  after  the  destruction  of  the  old  church 
edifice. 

The  materials  of  the  old  edifice  were,  in  the  following  spring,  con- 
verted into  four  dwelling  houses  still  standing  on  a  street  then  first 
opened  for  the  purpose,  now  called  Cottage  Avenue,  running  from 
Webb's  bridge  on  Hancock  street,  to  Sea  street.  The  houses  were 
erected  by  Mr.  Adams,  who,  as  has  been  seen,  purchased  the  building 
and  who,  with  Samuel  Capen  of  Braintree,  owned  the  land  and  opened 
the  street.  This  land  belonged,  originally,  to  Rev.  Mr.  Tompson,  first 
minister  of  the  church,  and  was  long  known  as  "  the  Tompson  lot." 
Near  its  northern  boundary  was  the  residence  of  Rev.  Mr.  Flint,  the 
associate  of  Mr.  Tompson,  who  owned  the  estate  of  Jedadiah  Adams, 
then  including  the  estate  of  the  late  minister,  Rev.  P.  Whitney. 

We  append  a  complete  list  of  the  ministers  who  have  been  settled 
over  this  ancient  religious  society.  The  principal  portion  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Hancock's  ministry,  the  ministries  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Briant  and 
Wibird,  and  most  of  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney,  were  in  the 
church  here  commemorated.  The  latter  portion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney's 
ministry,  the  ministries  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Lunt  and  Wells  were  in  the 
present  stone  church. 

I.  Rev  William  Tompson,  born  in  Lancashire,  England.  1598  ; 
educated  at  Oxford.  The  exact  year  of  his  arrival  here  is  uncertain. 
Eminent  for  zeal  and  eloquence  as  a  preacher  in  England.  Or- 
dained here,  November  19,  1639,  (the  church  having  been  gathered 
Sept.  IT,  1639),  and  died  December  10,  1666,  in  the  69th  year  of  his 
age.  He  ceased  from  his  public  labors  as  a  preacher  in  1659,  by 
reason  of  ill-health. 

II.  Rev.  Henry  Flynt  (associate),  teacher,  came  to  this  country  in 
1635,  probably  from  Matlock,  Derbyshire,  England  ;  ordained  here, 
March  17,  1639-40,  and  died  April  27,  1668,  aged  61. 

III.  Rev.  Moses  Fiske,  son  of  Rev.  John  Fiske,  of  Wenham,  Mass., 
graduate  H.  U.,  1662  ;  ordained  Sept.  11,  1672,  and  died  August  10, 
1708,  in  the  66th  year  of  his  age. 

IV.  Rev.  Joseph  Marsh,  H.  U.  1705,  son  of  Daniel  Marsh,  of  Had- 
ley  ;  admitted  to  Cambridge  church,  November  28,  1703,  as  "Joseph 
Marsh,  student,"  was  ordained  May  18,  1709,  and  died  March  8,  1725-6, 
in  41st  year  of  his  age. 

V.  Rev.  John  Hancock,  II.  U.,  1754,  son  of  Rev.  John  Hancock,  of 
Lexington,  was  ordained,  November  2,  1726,  and  died,  May  7,  1744, 
in  42d  year  of  his  age.  His  discourses  in  1739,  on  the  completion 
of  the  first  century  of  the  church,  were  published.  He  dedicated,  as 
we  have  seen,  the  edifice  here  represented  ;  he  died  May  7,  1744,  in 
the  42d  year  of  his  age.  John  Hancock,  the  patriot,  President 
of  the  Continental  Congress,  was  his  son  and  second  child, 


130  The  Old  Church,  Quincy,  Mass.  [April, 

VI.  Rev.  Lemuel  Briant,  H.  U.,  1739,  son  of  Thomas  Briant,  of 
Scituate,  Mass,  was  ordained  December  4,  1145;  dismissed  at  his  re- 
quest on  account  of  ill  health,  October  22,  1753,  and  died  at  Hingham, 
October  1,  1754,  aged  32  years,  and  was  interred  at  Scituate. 

VII.  Rev.  Anthony  Wibird,  H.  U.,  1747,  born  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
was  ordained  February  5,  1755,  and  died  unmarried,  Wednesday, 
June  4,  1800,  aged  72,  and  was  interred  on  7th.  For  a  few  of  the 
latter  years  of  his  ministry  he  was  unable,  from  bodily  infirmities,  to 
attend  upon  the  duties  of  his  office. 

VIII.  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  H.  U.,  1791,  born  atNorthboro,  January 
19,  1770,  son  of  Rev.  Peter  Whitney  of  Northboro,  of  H.  U.,  1762, 
and  grandson  of  Rev.  Aaron  Whitney,  of  Peterham,'of  H.  U.,  1737, 
ordained  February  5,  1800,  and  died  suddenly,  as  his  father  died, 
March  3,  1843,  in  74th  year  of  his  age  and  44th  of  his  ministry. 

IX.  Rev.  William  Parsons  Lunt,  D.  D.,  H.  U.,  1823,  was  born  in  New- 
buryport,  April  21,  1805;  son  of  Henry  Lunt,  ordained  over  the  2d  con- 
gregational (Unitarian)  church,  New  York  city,  June  19,  1828;  left, 
November,  1833;  installed  associate  pastor  with  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney, 
June  3,  1835.  Surviving  his  aged  colleague  fourteen  years  he  died 
at  Ezion-Geber,  on  a  fond  tour  to  Jerusalem,  March  21,  1857,  in  the 
52nd  year  of  his  age  and  22ud  of  his  ministry  at  Quincy.  His  dis- 
courses in  1839,  on  the  completion  of  the  2d  century  of  the  church, 
were  published  with  valuable  historical  notes. 

X.  Rev.  John  Doane*  Wells,  IT.  U.,  1854,  son  of  Rev,  George  Wads- 
worth  Wells,  H.  U.,  1823,  was  born  at  Kennebunk,  Me.,  and  was  or- 
dained at  Quiucy,  December  27,  1860. — Present  pastor. 

The  remains  of  all  the  deceased  ministers,  except  Messrs.  Briant 
and  Lunt,  repose  in  the  ancient  burial-ground,  opposite  the  first 
church.  See  vol.  ix,  p.  151  of  this  Register.  Two  beautiful  mural 
monuments  in  marble  have  been  erected  in  this  church  commemora- 
tive of  the  eighth  aud  ninth  ministers,  Rev.  Messrs.  Whitney  and 
Lunt,  by  their  parishouers.  They  are  placed  opposite  similar  monu- 
ments commemorative  of  the  two  Presidents,  alluded  to  in  the  article 
here  presented,  and  bear  appropriate  inscriptions  both  from  the  pen 
of  Rev.  Nathaniel  L.  Frothingham,  1).  D.,  of  First  Church,  Boston. 

We  have  spoken  minutely  of  this  ancient  edifice,  remembering 
that  facts  and  events  which,  because  connected  with  our  own  time, 
we  perhaps  little  regard,  soon  pass  into  history,  and  their  record 
posterity  thanks  us  for  and  prizes.  Wo  love  to  look  on  this  old 
plate.  It  calls  back  memories  and  associations  dear  and  hallowed 
It  tells  of  the  wise  and  good  who  so  long  united  in  the  services  of 
the  church;  of  the  chiefs  of  the  Nation,  who,  from  the  strife  and 
turmoil  of  political  life,  and  from  the  council  chambers  of  state, 
came  on  the  peaceful  sabbath,  to  sit  beneath  its  Sanctuary,  and  at 
its  Communion  Table  to  commemorate  the  Saviour,  and  at  its  Altar 
to  pray,  where  in  infancy  they  had  been  baptized.  It  speaks  of  a 
great  company  of  the  meek  and  pious;  of  beautiful"  children;  of 
young  men  and  maidens;  of  fathers  and  mothers,  who  with  the 
early  spring  and  the  falling  leaves  of  successive  years,  went  out 
from  its  worship  to  lie  down  in  the  silent  grave.  It  tells  of  many 
words  of  counsel,  warning  and  reproof;  of  consolation,  strength 
and   hope,  uttered  sabbath  after  sabbath  within  its  walls  from  re- 


1864.]  Lake  Family.  131 

vered  lips  long  stilled.  Its  solemn  voice,  like  the  well-remembered 
echo  of  its  uncarpcted  aisles,  yet  speaks  impressively  of  the  change 
of  all  things  earthly,  and  pleads  with  us  for  faithfulness  to  the  Pre- 
sent from  the  hallowed  Past. 


LAKE  FAMILY. 

[Communicated  by  William  H.  Whitmore.] 

In  the  Register,  xiii,  116,  will  be  found  a  brief  notice  of  the  family 
of  Thomas  Lake  of  Boston.  The  following  abstract  of  the  will  of 
Sir  Edward  Lake,  the  first  baronet,  is  taken  from  a  contemporaneous 
copy,  formerly  owned  by  Capt.  Thomas  Lake,  and  now  in  the  posses- 
sion of  J.  Wingate  Thornton,  Esq. 

He  desires  (1)  that  his  body  shall  be  buried  in  Lincoln  Minster, 
with  some  decent  monumental  rememberance  to  be  erected  by  his  ex- 
ecutors, and  that  his  wife  Anne's  body  shall  also  be  placed  there. 
(2)  "I  give  to  the  church  or  Chappell  of  Normanton  near  Pontefract 
in  Yorkshire  (if  there  be  a  church  or  chappell  there,  which  I  know 
not)  where  my  paternall  Ancestors  have  lived  for  many  ages,"  £b 
for  a  clock.  (3)  "  To  my  deare  friend  and  loving  kinsman,  Henry 
Bigland  of  Worminghurst  in  the  county  of  Sussex,"  a  ring,  and  the 
same  to  "his  brother,  M?.  Edward  Bigland  of  Graies'  Inn."  (4)  "To 
my  servant  and  kinsman  Christopher  Lake,  £10."  (5)  Furniture, 
&c,  to  wife  Ann,  except  "  my  watch,  my  carabin,  with  the  barrill 
staffe,  belonging  to  it,  made  by  Harman  Barne,  my  great  faire  chess 
board  with  the  case  with  my  crest  on  it,  and  all  my  horse  armes 
and  other  armes,  and  my  best  sword  and  and  seal  at  arms,  the  pic- 
ture of  the  late  blessed  King  and  Martir,  my  most  deare  master  King 
Charles  the  first,  as  it  is  in  a  frame,  in  the  shape  of  a  Martir,  in  a 
white  robe  with  a  psalm  in  his  right  hand  and  a  Crown  of  stars  upon 
his  head,  with  an  inscription  in  a  table  hanging  under  it,  —  as  also 
the  picture  of  my  most  noble  Lord,  Thomas,  late  Earl  of  Strafford, 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland.  Item,  ray  patent  of  Baronett  and  Mr. 
Dugdale,  Norroy  King  at  Armes^  his  Testimoniall  under  his  hand  and 
the  seale  of  his  office  of  Herauld  of  the  Coate  of  arms  and  crest  of 
augmentation  given  me  by  the  said  King  Charles  the  first  to  be 
borne  for  ever  before  my  owne  Coat  of  Armes."  —  all  which  were  to 
go  to  his  heirs  for  transmission. 

(G)  He  requests  his  executor  and  his  heirs,  that  as  far  as  possible 
they  may  have  "  for  their  Christian  name,  the  name  of  Biby  in  re- 
membrance of  and  for  the  preservation  of  the  paternal  name  of  my 
said  dear  wife,"  and  that  the  other  children  may  "  have  no  other 
Christian  names  than  that  of  Biby  as  aforesaid,  or  else  Seaman,  in 
rememberance  of  my  dear  wife's  mother's  sirname,  or  of  Caley  in  re- 
memberance of  Sir  Hugh  Caley,  whose  coheir  my  Ancestor  in  the  time 
of  King  Edward  the  third,  married,  or  Wardall  in  remembrance  of 
my  mother's  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Edward  Wardall."  The  heir 
was  to  have  the  name  of  Biby  "  in  remembrance  of  my  wife's  father, 
Simon  Bibye  of  Burkden  in  the  county  of  Huntingdon). " 


132  Deposition  of  Mary  Roe.  [April, 

(7)  A  ring  to  "  cousin  Francis  Lake  of  Hatcliffe;  one  to  my  brother 
John  Lake;  and  ,£5  to   "the  eldest  son  of  my  brother  Luke  Lake." 
(8)  "I  make  my  most  deare  and  Loving  Brother,  Thomas  Lake,  full 
and  sole  Executor." 
Signed  8  April,  1665. 

A  codicil  of  6  Oct.,  1670,  explains  that  these  names  of  Biby,  &c, 
are  only  for  children  born  after  seven  years  after  his  death.  It  men- 
tions also  "Christopher  Lake  of  Harpswell,  and  such  of  my  name 
and  kindred  as  live  at  (Petney,  the  capital  letter  is  doubtful. — Ed.) 
or  elsewhere," — "cousin  Henry  Bigland  of  Long  Whitton  in  the 
County  of  Leicester,"  makes  Stephen  Lake  of  Graies'  Inn,  eldest  sou 
of  my  brother,  Thomas  Lake,  executor. 

Codicil — 17  Jany  1671,  as  Stephen  Lake  is  dead  lie  makes  Thomas 
Lake,  his  brother,  Executor,  and  "failing  him  the  next  heir  male  of 
my  brother  Thomas  Lake." 

The  son  Thomas  Lake,  Jr.,  succeeded  to  his  uncle's  property,  and 
dying  22  May,  1711,  was  the  father  of  Bybye,  3d  bart,,  and  thence 
through  Atwell,4  James-Winter,5  James-Samuel- William,0  and  James- 
Samuel,7  ancestor  of  Sir  Atwell-King  Lake,  eighth  and  present 
baronet. 

I  believe  that  Mr.  Savage  has  not  recorded  this  connection  though 
it  is  indisputable.  Mr.  Thornton  has  a  fine  impression  of  the  seal  of 
Capt.  Thomas  Lake  of  Boston,  brother  of  Sir  Edward,  The  services 
for  which  the  title  was,  conferred  on  Edward  Lake,  are  recited  "  more 
particularly  that  at  the  battle  at  Edge  Hill,  where  he  received  six- 
teen wounds  to  the  extreme  danger  of  his  life,  and  his  left  arm  being 
then  disabled  by  a  shot,  he  held  his  bridle  in  his  teeth,"  in  the  patent 
printed  in  Collier's  Dictionary. 


DEPOSITION  OF  MARY  ROE.— 1664. 

[The  original  deposition  in  the  writing  of  Dept.  Gov.  Symonds,  is  in  possession  of 
William  S.  Appleton,  A.  M.,  of  Boston.] 

"The  testimony  of  Mary  the  wife  of  John  Roe  — 

She  saith  that  she  did  heare  Mary  Davis  say  that  John  Megus  did 
let  her  in,  &  that  he  did  lye  in  one  Cabbyn  &  she  in   an  other.     This 
was  before  Megus  began  his  suit  against  Dutch. 
Taken  upon  oath  28th  of  March  1664 

before  me  Samuel  Symonds." 

The  deponent  Mary  Roe  &  John  her  husband  probably  appear  in 
the  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  N.  E.  as  John  and  Mary  Rowe  of 
Gloucester,  which  was  the  home  of  most  of  the  names  of  Davis  and 
Dutch.  John  Megus  seems  to  be  unknown  to  Mr.  Savage,  and  I  can 
find  no  other  mention  of  him;  possibly  he  was  an  Indian.  It  is  also 
possible  that  Megus  may  not  havo  been  the  name  intended  by  the 
deponent;  but  it  is  so  written  in  the  very  plain  round  hand  of  Gov. 
Symonds. 


1864.]  Annual  Address  of  the  President.  133 


ANNUAL  ADDRESS  OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 

[Delivered  Jan.  6th,  1864,  by  Win  slow  Lewis,  M.  D.] 

Gentlemen,  Members  and  Friends  of  our  Society. 

This  day — the  6th  of  January — and  the  first  of  our  meeting  in  the 
new  year,  is  an  anniversary  of  no  slight  note,  in  the  annals  alike  of 
the  Christian  church,  and  in  those  of  the  social  life  of  the  old  **  Mother 
Country,"  from  which  all  derive,  not  only  our  descent,  but  so  many 
bright  and  good  old  memories,  associations,  anniversaries,  whose 
light,  still  gently  gleaming  down  upon  us,  through  the  portals  of  the 
Past,  gives  a  soft  and  mellowed  mildness  to  the  otherwise  too  keen 
and  piercing  glare  of  the  practical,  utilitarian,  money-making  Present. 
To-day  the  church  celebrates  the  Feast  of  the  Epiphany,  or  the  mani- 
festation of  the  Savior  of  Mankind  by  the  leading  of  a  star  to  the 
magi  of  the  east — that  event,  so  beautifully  commemorated  in  Bishop 
Heber's  Hymn,  which  commences, 

"  Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning, 
Dawn  on  our  darkness  and  lend  us  thine  aid, 
Star  of  the  east,  the  horizon  adorning, 
Guide  where  our  Infant-Redeemer  is  laid." 

This  day  is  also  an  anniversary  of  joy  and  feasting  in  Old  England, 
under  the  name  of  Twelfth-Day,  so  full  of  pleasant  memories  and 
happy  anticipations,  especially  to  the  young  and  light-hearted.  "  Few 
are  unmoved  by  either  agreeable  or  painful  feelings,  on  account  of 
ancient  customs  coming  to  their  notice.  We  are  in  general  similarly 
and  more  affected  by  recollections  of  sports  familiar  and  dear  to  our 
childhood  ;  which  man,  more  than  time,  has  changed,  sometimes,  and 
always  to  our  thinking,  for  the  worse." 

If  you  ask,  what  have  such  associations  and  memories  as  these  to 
do  with  our  society  and  our  meeting  to-day?  1  answer  much,  very 
much. 

In  the  first  place,  without  giving  countenance  to  any  of  those 
superstitious  feelings  which  led  the  ancient  Persians,  Greeks  and 
Romans  to  select  fortunate  or  "lucky  days"  for  the  performance  of 
any  important  work,  and  which  even  in  our  own  time,  make  many  a 
hardy  mariner,  who  would  fearlessly  encounter  the  most  terrible 
dangers  of  the  sea,  shrink  timidly  from  leaving  port  on  a  Friday, 
there  is,  nevertheless,  something  cheering  and  encouraging  in  enter- 
ing upon  any  important  work,  which  strongly  enlists  our  interests, 
sympathies  and  hopes,  on  a  day  that  has  become  illumined  by  fortu- 
nate and  happy  associations.  And  thus  I  hail  it  as  a  good  omen  for 
the  increasing  success  of  our  society  during  the  ensuing  year,  that 
we  thus  hold  our  first  meeting  on  the  blessed  and  blissful  double 
anniversary  of  the  Epiphany  and  of  Twelth-Day.  But  something 
more  than  this  has  led  me  to  revert  to  these  memories.  Such  a  soci- 
ety as  ours,  whose  labors  are  mainly  devoted  to  tracing  back  the 
history  of  our  country  and  race,  and  the  biography  of  our  forefathers 
and  friends,  must,  or  ought  to  be,  peculiarly  alive  to  the  interest  and 
9 


134  Jlnnual  Mdress  of  the  President.  [April, 

importance  of  those  old  anniversaries,  festivals  of  the  church,  festal 
gatherings  of  the  castle,  the  manor-house,  the  homestead  and  the 
village  green,  which  form  so  prominent  a  feature  in  the  public  and 
private  life  of  the  old  homeland,  to  which  we  must  still  look  lovingly 
and  reverently  back,  as  the  parent  and  source  of  all  that  is  best  and 
noblest  ;  whether  in  the  justice  and  wisdom  of  our  laws,  the  freedom 
of  our  political  institutions,  or  the  energy,  enterprise,  perseverance 
and  valor,  that  have  raised  the  citizens  and  soldiers  of  America  to 
the  very  front  rank,  alike  of  the  pioneers  of  peace  and  civilization, 
and  of  the  dauntless  heroes  of  the  most  terrible  and  deadly  war  the 
world  has  ever  witnessed. 

We  all  have  much  to  be  thankful  for  at  this  opening  of  the  new 
year,  and  no  less  ungraceful  than  ungrateful  wouid  it  be  to  leave 
our  thanks  altogether  unexpressed.  The  heart  of  each  one  of  us  here 
present  will  suggest  many  causes  fur  gratitude  to  the  Great  and 
Good  Being,  who  has  given  us  to-day,  in  the  midst  of  all  earth's  tri- 
als, so  much  cause  for  joy  and  comfort.  For  myself,  at  all  events, 
who,  during  the  past  year,  have  suffered  from  an  illness,  which,  in 
addition  to  its  other  trials,  has  prevented  me,  for  many  months,  from 
sharing  in  your  conferences  and  councils — I  feel  that  I  owe  a  deep 
debt  of  gratitude  to  the  merciful  Providence  that  has  thus  permitted 
me  to  resume  my  wonted  place  among  those  who  have  no  less  hon- 
ored me  by  their  public  confidence,  than  they  have  cheered  me  by 
their  private  friendship  aud  esteem. 

But,  over  and  above  all  considerations  of  a  more  personal  nature, 
I  think  you  will  all  agree  with  me,  in  deeming  it  to  be  a  cause  of 
congratulation,  both  to  the  two  kindred  countries,  and  to  our  society, 
every  member  of  which,  the  further  he  pursues  his  historical  and 
genealogical  investigations,  must  feel  the  bond  of  relationship  between 
New  and  Old  England  to  be  the  closer  and  stronger — that  those  feel- 
ings of  estrangement  and  almost  of  hostility,  which  had  unhappily 
arisen  between  the  two  great  Anglo-Saxon  nations,  have  now  been 
very  greatly  done  away  with,  partly  by  the  acts  of  the  British  gov- 
ernment, and  still  more,  by  the  free,  frank  voice  of  the  English  people. 
I  think  I  may  venture  to  say,  in  the  name  of  our  society,  that  we 
should  deprecate  estrangement,  and  much  more,  hostility,  between 
America  and  England,  as  a  circumstance  to  be  deeply  deplored  by 
every  friend  of  freedom,  civilization  and  progress.  Sprung  from  a 
common  parent  stock,  speaking  the  same  language,  sharing  in  a 
common  heritage  of  so  much  of  glory,  won  in  every  field  of  thought 
and  action,  by  the  groat  and  good  of  by-gone  ages,  claiming  a  just 
and  equal  portion  of  the  rich  intellectual  inheritance  handed  down 
to  us  from  Spencer  and  Chaucer,  Milton  and  Shakespeare,  Goldsmith 
and  Johnson,  Robertson  and  Gibbon — united  thus  by  a  chain  of  kin- 
dred, whose  links  are  formed  from  such  (inn  and  fair  material  as 
kinship,  religion,  language,  literature,  law  and  freedom,  surely  we, 
the  strong  sons  of  a  strong  sire,  ought  to  feel  that  nothing  short  of 
the  most  direful  necessity  ought  to  be  allowed  to  kindle  in  our  hearts 
any  hostile  feelings  against  our  "Old  Home." 

Aud  now,  to  turn  from  external  affairs  to  those  more  intimately 
connected  with  our  society,  I  find  from  the  information  afforded  me 
by  our  treasurer,  secretaries   and  librarian,  that  here  we  have  much 


1864.]  Jlnnual  Address  of  the  President.  135 

cause  for  satisfaction  and  rejoicing'.  During-  the  past  year,  our  soci- 
ety lias  continued  to  make  good  and  steady  progress.  It  lias  added 
many  distinguished  members,  both  native  and  foreign,  to  its  lists, 
and  many  valuable  books  and  pamphlets  to  its  library,  so  that,  to- 
day, we  can  point  with  a  just  pride  to  a  roll  of  about  500  members, 
and  a  catalogue  of  6,000  volumes,  and  10,000  pamphlets.  To  this 
number,  is  to  be  added  the  donation  of  the  late  Lt.  Gov.  Henry  W. 
Cushman,  of  about  600  books,  and  500  copies  of  the  genealogy  of 
the  Cushman  family,  the  last  to  be  disposed  of  by  the  society,  the 
proceeds  to  constitute  a  separate  fund,  to  be  set  apart  for  binding", 
&c.  The  biography  of  this  eminent  friend  and  benefactor  of  our  so- 
ciety, will  be  given  in  a  short  time  by  our  historiographer,  and  detail- 
ed in  a  more  faithful  and  more  eloquent  manner  than  I  could  flatter 
myself  to  be  able  to  accomplish.  If  we  compare  this  state  of  things 
with  the  small  beginning  of  five  members,  with  which  the  society 
started  in  1844,  so  large  a  measure  of  success  must  equally  excite 
our  surprise,  and  stimulate  our  gratitude  towards  those  officers  and 
members,  who  have  been  so  greatly  instrumental  in  promoting  this 
healthy  and  prosperous  condition  of  our  affairs.  And,  while  I  know 
that  a  fair  and  liberal  share  of  that  gratitude  is  due  to  the  gentle- 
men who  have  formerly,  at  different  times,  occupied  the  working 
offices  amongst  us,  I  am  sure  you  will  all  agree  with  me  in  acknowl- 
edging our  deep  indebtedness  to  our  present  staff,  and  especially  to 
our  respected  and  energetic  treasurer,  who  continues  to  manage  the 
pecuniary  affairs  of  tka  society  with  such  ability,  punctuality  and 
zeal. 

I  cannot  advert,  however,  to  this  increasing  success  of  the  society, 
particularly  in  the  library  department,  without  once  more  dwelling 
upon  the  urgent  need  there  is — more  urgent  now  than  ever — for  better, 
more  capacious,  and  safer  premises.  Now,  more  than  ever  before, 
we  need,  first  of  all,  afire-proofroom  to  secure  our  books,  pamphlets, 
and  other  documents.  The  same  amount  of  rare  and  valuable  docu- 
ments on  New  England  genealogy  and  biography  is  not  to  be  found 
in  the  archives  of  any  other  society  in  existence  ;  and  were  such  a 
calamity  as  fire  to  destroy  this  collection,  would  be  irreparable,  not 
only  alone  to  us,  but  to  the  people  of  New  England  at  large.  We 
require,  also,  and  the  present  position  of  the  society  imperatively 
demands,  that  we  should  have  a  larger  and  more  commodious  hall, 
in  which  to  hold  our  monthly  meetings.  Much  mutual  good  would 
result  from  inviting  the  attendance  of  our  wives  and  daughters  and 
other  ladies,  to  listen  to  the  monthly  lectures,  which  are  as  interest- 
ing as,  and  certainly  more  instructive,  than  many  of  a  more  preten- 
tious character,  delivered  in  other  institutions.  But  a  lecture-room, 
to  be  attractive  to  a  fair  and  refined  audience,  ought  to  afford  not 
only  sufficient  accommodation,  but  also  something  of  artistic  grace 
and  beauty.  However  we  may  lienor  the  stern  simplicity  of  our 
Puritan  ancestors,  it  can  not  be  denied  that  greater  knowledge  of  the 
human  heart  has  been  shown  by  those,  who,  in  various  ages,  have 
striven  to  give  to  their  ecclesiastical  buildings,  and  other  places  of 
public  resort,  all  the  adornment  that  architectural  science  and  aas- 
thetic  taste  could  bestow;  and  the  more  cultivated  and  refined  soci- 
ety becomes,  the   more  need  is  there  for   paying  careful  attention   to 


136  Annual  Address  of  the  President.  [April, 

these  outer  accessories.  For  my  own  part,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say, 
that  in  visiting  the  old  cathedrals  of  England  and  of  the  Continent 
of  Europe,  I  have  felt  my  spirit  to  be  raised  and  solemnized  even  by 
the  architectural  grandeur  and  beauty  of  the  buildings — the  long 
and  lofty  aisles — the  rich  tracery — the  life-like  sculpture — and  then 
the  dim  and  mellowed  light  streaming  down  through  the  old  stained 
windows  in  their  deeply  mullioned  recesses — and  when,  with  feel- 
ings thus  attuned  by  the  eye  to  the  contemplation  of  the  lofty  and 
sublime,  there  has  arisen  on  my  ear  the  grand  and  swelling  peal  of 
the  organ,  pouring  forth  some  sacred,  soul-stirring  symphony  of  Men- 
delsohn or  Handel,  I  have  felt  as  though  earth  and  earthly-things 
were  put  away,  while  in  their  place  there  breathed  around  me  the 
spirit  and  the  voice  of  the  holy  and  the  heavenly. 

And  the  same  law  of  aesthetic  association  applies  to  halls  devoted 
to  the  study  of  science,  of  history,  of  art,  aye,  and  let  me  add  even 
of  politics,  as  well  as  to  the  edifices  consecrated  to  religion.  Well 
was  the  importance  of  this  fact  recognized  by  the  free  and  enlight- 
ened people  of  ancient  Athens. 

Each  temple,  hall  and  portico — nay,  every  private  house  of  any 
mark  in  that  glorious  centre  and  metropolis  of  philosophy  and  sci- 
ence, was  not  only  built  in  a  pure  and  graceful  style  of  architecture, 
but  was  adorned  with  the  images  and  statues  of  the  great  and  good 
of  former  ages.  By  this  means  in  private  life,  constant  lessons  of 
valor,  virtue  and  knowledge  were  aiforded  to  the  }roung,  in  their 
fathers'  homes,  while  in  public,  the  patriot-orator  could  point  to  the 
statues  of  Harmodius  and  Aristogiton — of  Cadmus,  the  patriot  king, 
— Miltiades,  Aristides,  and  all  the  rest  of  the  heroic  band  who  had 
fought  and  bled  and  died  in  defence  of  Greece's  freedom.  The  teach- 
er of  philosophy  could  illustrate  and  enforce  his  lessonsbythe  all  but 
breathing  images  of  Pythagoras,  of  Socrates,  and  of  Plato.  The  poet 
could  derive  fresh  inspiration  from  gazing  on  the  rapt  features  of  Ho- 
mer, of  jEschylus,  of  Sophocles,  of  Alcseus  and  Pindar  and  Sappho. 
The  mathematician  was  cheered  and  sustained  in  his  arduous  studies 
by  contemplating  the  countenances  of  Anaxagoras,  Anaximander,  Eu- 
clid, and  the  other  great  Grecian  masters  of  scientific  research,  to 
whom  we,  of  this  modern  time,  owe  so  deep  and  eternal  obligations. 
Yes,  all  Athens  was  one  vast  temple,  adorned  with  the  images  of  all 
that  was  greatest,  noblest,  best  and  bravest  in  that  olden  time,  in 
the  united  realms  of  poetry  and  philosophy,  patriotism,  valor  and 
learning  ;  and  the  high  position  accorded  to  her  even  in  the  days  of 
her  decline,  "  when  captive  Greece  took  captive  conquering  Rome," 
sufficiently  attests  the  mighty  and  marvellous  effects  of  this  assthetic 
teaching  ;  nor  is  it  less  attested  by  the  veneration  in  which  her  lan- 
guage and  literature  and  remains  of  art  are  held  to  this  day  in  all 
cultivated  communities,  as  well  as  by  the  feeling  of  melancholy  with 
which  we  think  of  her  departed  glory — a  feeling  so  well  embodied 
in  Byron's  words  : 

"  Ancient  of  Days!     August  Athena  !  where, 

14  Where  are  thy  men  of  might  ?  thy  grand  in  soul  ? 

"  Gone  !  glimmering  through  the  dream  of  things  that  were. 
"  First  in  the  race  that  led  to  Glory's  goal, 
"  They  won  and  passed  away  ! — is  this  the  whole  ? 


1864.]  Annual  Address  of  the  President,  137 

"  A  schoolboy's  tale,  the  wonder  of  an  hour  ? 
"  The  warriors  weapon,  and  the  sophist's  stole 

"  Am  sought  in  vain — and  o'er  each  mouldering  tower, 
"Dim  with  the  mist  of  years,  gray  Hits  tho  shade  of  Power." 

It  must  be  almost  superfluous  to  point  out  how  peculiarly  the 
example  of  Athens,  is  worthy  of  all  possible  imitation  by  such  a 
society  as  ours.  Surely,  it  is  not  our  purpose  or  mission,  to  pursue 
our  historical  and  genealogical  inquiries,  merely  for  the  gratification 
of  a  spirit  of  antiquarian  curiosity.  Our  real  and  ultimate  object  is 
something  far  nobler,  wider  and  grander  than  this,  which  is,  indeed, 
only  the  necessary  means  to  the  end  in  view.  In  tracing  back  the 
genealogical  history  of  our  forefathers,  the  pioneers  and  planters 
of  New  England's  prosperity  and  power,  we  desire  to  do  honor  to 
departed  worth,  and  to  hold  forth  its  example  for  the  imitation  and 
emulation  of  our  own  and  after  generations  ;  and  in  this  way  we 
are  hoping  and  endeavoring  to  discharge  our  duty  as  citizens  and 
patriots  to  our  beloved  country.  To  a  great  extent  this  is  in  course 
of  accomplishment  by  means  of  our  Biographical  Papers,  and  by  our 
Periodical,  The  N.  E.  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  a  work 
to  which,  I  shall  have  to  allude  again.  But  we  are  all  conscious 
that  there  is  as  much  force  to-day,  as  in  the  age  cf  Augustus,  in  the 
proverb  of  Horace: — 

•'  Segnius  irritant  amnios  demissa  per  aurem, 
"  Quam  quae  sunt  oculis  subjecta  fidelibus,  et  qtue 
"  Ipse  sibi  tradit  Spectator." 

Our  lectures  may  do  much — the  able  memoirs  of  our  learned  historio- 
grapers  may  do  much — pages  of  the  advertiser  may  do  much,  to 
bring  the  lives  and  character  of  our  country's  worthies  before  the 
"  mind's  eye"  of  ourselves  and  our  children  :  but  to  render  such 
teaching  thoroughly  telling  and  effective,  and  to  enable  this  society 
to  discharge  fully  and  faithfully  this,  its  high  and  responsible  duty, 
of  holding  up  the  beacon-light  of  the  Past  for  the  guidiance  of  our 
youth,  through  the  dangerous  shoals  and  quicksands  of  the  stormy 
Present,  we  must  have  over  and  around  and  before  us  in  our  public 
place  of  meeting,  the  presentments,  in  sculpture  or  on  canvass  of  the 
Fathers  and  friends  of  American  freedom  and  greatness  ;  and,  on 
the  same  principle,  should  be  encouraged  the  preservation,  in  our 
private  residences,  of  like  memorials,  ever  present  to  the  eye,  of  our 
progenitors.  What  more  likely  to  arrest  and  check  a  son,  about  to 
commit  some  mean,  dishonorable  or  cowardly  action,  than  a  sudden 
unpremeditated  glance  at  the  picture  or  statute  of  a  father  or  fore- 
fathers, who  had  left  behind  him  a  name  consecrated  by  the  memory 
of  all  that  was  honorable,  manly  and  noble?  and  who  shall  say  what 
powerful  influence  may  be'  exercised  upon  the  hearts  of  our  members 
and  visitors,  by  seeing  before  them,  whenever  they  enter  our  Hall 
the  honored  and  revered  representatives  of  the  heroic  Fathers  of 
American  Independence,  the  men,  who  were  no  less  illustrious  for 
their  private  virtues,  than  for  their  public  services  ?  Surelv  the  Hall 
of  an  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society  ought,  beyond  every  other 
building,  to  be  richly  furnished  and  adorned  with  these  embodied 
lessons  of  life-teaching  1 

I  do  trust,  that  the    Society,  will  at   once  vigorously    take  up    this 
vitally  important  subject,  and  that  the  year,  on  which  we  are  entering 


138  Annual  Address  of  the  President.  [April, 

may,  before  its  close,  see  us  located  in  a  building,  combining  the 
requisites  I  have  enumerated  of  size,  safety,  tasteful  architecture,  and 
pictorial  and  sculptural  adornment.  "Dimidium  facti,  qui  ccepit,  habet," 
"  He  has  accomplished  half  his  task,  who  has  begun  it,"  says  a  Latin 
proverb, and  the  familiar  French  one  is  no  less  true,  "  Ce  n'est  pas  que  le 
premier  pas  qui  coute,"  It  is  only  the  first  step  that  costs,  (or  is  trou- 
blesome,) and  I  feel  quite  sure,  it  only  requires  this  first  step,  to  be 
vigorously  and  resolutely  taken,  to  insure  success.  Every  member 
can  help  in  some  way,  if  not  with  a  large  subscription,  yet  with  a 
small  one, — if  not  with  his  purse,  yet  with  his  personal  exertion  and 
influence,  exercised  upon  others.  Let  us  realize  the  duty  incumbent 
upon  us  in  this  matter,  elevate  our  minds  to  a  proper  sense  of  its 
dignity  and  importance,  and  then  let  us  set  to,  with  a  strong  pull,  a 
long  pull,  and  a  pull  altogether,  "and  we  shall  soon  bring  our  boat 
into  the  wished-for  haven  of  safety,  security  and  success!" 

And  now,  permit  me  to  revert  again  to  what  I  may  term  the  official 
organ  of  our  Society  :  I  mean  of  course  the  "  New  England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register,"  a  work,  whose  merits  and  value,  have 
not,  I  think,  been  as  yet  so  generally  appreciated,  as  they  have 
deserved.  Even  in  the  matter  of  portraits,  it  constitutes  a  valuable 
contribution  towards  that  apparatus  of  pictorial  and  sculptured 
teaching,  on  which  I  have  dwelt  at  some  length.  There  are  published 
in  the  Register,  no  less  than  G4  engravings,  and  with  two  exceptions, 
portraits,  with  also  many  wood  engravings  of  the  armorial  bearings 
of  the  families  recorded  in  the  work,  and  I  mention  as  among  the 
names  of  our  great  departed  ones,  thus  preserved  ever-present  to 
our  eye,  those  of  Woodbury  and  Mather,  Chief  Justice  Sewall,  Win- 
throp,  Winslow,  Chauncy,  Oliver  Wolcott,  Prince,  Adams,  Trumbull, 
Webster,  Parsons  and  Appleton — it  will  appear  more  plainly  what  a 
valuable  repertory  of  illustrated  New  England  Biography  exists  in 
this  publication.  The  Register  now  consists  of  17  octavo  volumes,  . 
being  a  consecutive  series  from  the  year  1841  to  the  present  time; 
and  speaking  for  myself,  1  can  thankfully  assert,  that  as  I  look 
around  my  library,  my  eye  does  not  fall  upon  any  set  of  volumes 
'  more  graceful  in  outward  appearance,  or  more  valuable,  and  dear  to 
my  heart  as  a  New  Englander,  from  the  nature  of  their  contents.  I 
believe  the  work  to  be  in  every  way  worthy  of  the  support,  not  only 
of  this  Society,  but  of  every  patriotic  American,  and  above  all,  of 
every  son  of  New  England,  to  whose  heart  the  memories  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers  and  their  descendants  are  venerable  and  dear.  We 
owe  it  to  ourselves,  to  the  objects  of  our  Society,  and  to  the  interests 
of  our  common  country,  to  foster  and  encourage  this  valuable  publi- 
cation, and  I  trust  my  appeal  in  its  behalf  will  not  be  altogether  in 
vain.  It  may  be  made,  allow  me  to  add,  even  more  than  hitherto,  a 
powerful  means  of  advocating  and  advancing  the  interests  and 
objects  of  our  institution. 

I  feel  that  I  have  but  very  weakly  and  inadequately  expressed 
what  I  have  wished  to  say  to  you,  at  this  first  meeting  of  our  New 
Year,  a  year  likely,  I  think  and  trust,  to  prove  an  auspicious  and 
happy  one  in  the  annals  of  our  Society.  But  you  will,  I  know,  kindly 
make  allowance  for  a  deficiency,  which  is  the  necessary  resnlt  of  a 
weakened  state  of  health  ;  and  I  also  know  that   you  will  give    me 


1864]  Sudbury  Records.  139 

credit  for  sincerity  in  what  I  have  ventured  to  suggest  or  advise.  I 
believe  my  views  are  practicable  and  feasible  and  I  am  quite  sure 
that  if  carried  out  by  you,  they  will  place  the  Society  on  so  solid  a 
basis,  and  elevate  it  to  so  dignified  and  useful  a  position,  as  will 
render  it  an  organization  of  the  most  valuable  and  beneficial  kind  to 
America  at  largo,  and  to  New  England  in  particular.  Surely,  not 
one  of  us  can  need  any  other  spur  or  stimulus  to  urge  us  to  the 
attainment  of  so  grand,  so  glorious  an  object  ! 

I  can  leave  no  nobler,  or   more    soul-inspiring    thought  resting  on 
your  minds,  and  will  therefore  close  with  the  Trojan  Hero's  words  : 
44  The  one  best  omen  is  our  country's  cause !" 


SUDBURY  RECORDS. 


[Copied  from  Middlesex  Records   by  A.  H.  Ward,  A.  M.,  of  Newtonville,  Mass.] 
Continued  from  page  48. 

Deaths. 

DAY  MONTH  YEAR 

Sarah,  dau.  of  William  &  Sarah  Walker, dyed  28  Aug;  1688 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Walker,..      "       25  Sept.  1G88 

Henry  Loker, ». "       14  Oct.  1688 

Elizabeth  Whall,   (Whale,) "         8  Nov.  1688 

Births. 

Abigal,  dau.  of  Benjamin  &  Dorothy  Mann,. .    born     2  Dec.  1688 
Dorothy,  dau.  of  Edmund  &  Dorothy  Goode- 

now, "       17  Jan.  1688 

William,  son  of  William  &  Margaret  Brown,     "        30  Sept.  1688 

Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  &  Sarah  How, "       24  Feb.  1689 

Hester,  dau.  of  Joseph  &  Mary  Graves, "         3  Apl.  1689 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Ann  Gibbs "        11  Apl.  1689  * 

Jonathan,  son  of  John  &  Elizabeth  Brewer,.      "        21  June,  1689 

Thomas,  son  of  William  &  Sarah  Walker,.  . .      "        15  Aug.  1689 

Samuel,  son  of  Jacob  &  .Elizabeth   Moore,...      "       15  July,  1689 

Edmund,  son  of  Edmund  &   Sarah  Bonker, ..      "         5  Aug.  1689 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  &  Abigail  Curtis, "       15  July,  1689 

Sarah,  dau.  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Knapp, "       15  July,  1689 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of  David  &  Hannah  Rice, ...        "         8  Sept.  1689 
Joanna,   dau.  of  Dennis    &  Joanna  Heyland, 

(Ilealey) "       25  Sept.  1689 

Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Walker,..     "       24  Sept.  1689 

Deaths. 

Thomes  Gibbs, dyed  14  Mar.  1689 

Mrs.  Ann  Brown,  wid.  of  Pastor  Brown,  of  Sud.     " 

Thomas,  son  of  John  &  Sarah  Allen, "       23  Mar.  1688-9 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  &  Jane  Allen, "       19  May,  1689 

Moses,  son  of  Joseph  Noyes, "      19  May,  1689 


2  Apl. 

1689 

15  May, 

1689 

21  Feb. 

1688-9 

15  Oct. 

1689 

29  Dec. 

1689 

21  Dec. 

1689 

28  Feb. 

1689-90 

12  Mar. 

1690" 

8  Jan. 

1690-1 

28  July, 

1690 

10  Apl. 

1690 

12  Feb. 

1690 

140  Sudbury  Records.  [April, 

Dorothy,  wife  of  Edmund  Goodenow, dyed 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Rutter, " 

Marriages. 

Ephraim  Rice,  of  Sud.  &  Hannah  Livermore, 

of  Watertown, 

Thomas  Rutter  k  Jemima  Stanhope, 

Thomas  Read  &  Arabella  Thong, 

James  Haines  k  Sarah  Noyes, 

John  Goodenow  Jr.  &  Ruth  Willis, 

John  Rutter  k  Hannah  Bush, 

Jonathan  Willard  k  Mary  Brown, 

Noah  Clapp  k  Mary  Wright, 

Benjamin  Wight  of  Sud.  &  Elizabeth  Newell 

of  Boston, 

Jonathan  Rice  k  Elizabeth   Wheeler, 

Samuel  Howe  k  Abigail  Mixter,   (Mixer)   of 

Wat 11  Dec.     1690-1 

Births. 

Hannah,  dau.  of  Thomas  k  Mary  Read, born 

Edward,  son  of  John  k  Tabitha  Rice, " 

William,  son  of  Richard  k  Rebecca  Adams,.  " 

Mary,  dau.  of  Zachariah  k  Mary  Maynard,..  " 

Caleb,  son  of  Richard  k  Hannah  Taylor, ....  " 

John,  son  of  John  k  Martha  Bent, " 

Hannah,  dau.  of  Ephraim  &  Hannah  Rice.. . .  " 

John,  son  of  John  k  Elizabeth  Howe, " 

Hannah,  dau.  of  Stephen  k  Hannah  Jenyns, 

(Jennings), . . .  " 

Abigail,  dau.  of  Joseph  k  Abigail  Allen, " 

Eleazer,  son  of  Eleazer  &  Dorothy  Whitney,.  " 

Jonathan,  son  of  Nathaniel  &  Sarah  Stone,..  " 

Mary,  dau.  of  Peter  k  Elizabeth  Haines,....  " 

Lydia,  dau.  of  Edmund  k  Joice  Rice, " 

Mary,  dau.  of  George  k  Mary  Mounjoy " 

Prudence,  dau.  of  Benjamin  &  Dorothy  Moore,  " 

Abraham,  son  of  Jacob  k  Sarah  Smith, born 

Sarah,  dau.  of  Samuel  k  Jane  Allen, " 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Thomas  k  Jemima  Rutter,  " 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Ruth  Drury, " 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Joseph  k  Dorothy  ifreman,  '■ 

Charles,  son  of  John  k  Hannah  Adams,....  " 

John,  son  of  John  k  Ruth  Goodenow, " 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Stanhope,'    " 

Joseph,  son  of  John  k  Hannah  Rutter, " 

Experience,  dau.  of  Capt.  Thomas  k  Patience 

Brown, "         7  Sept.    1690 

Deaths. 

Widow  Elizabeth  Moore, dyed  14  Dec.     1690 

Rebecca,  wife  of  Jonathan  Rice, "       22  Dec.     1689 


17  Oct. 

1689 

23  Dec. 

1689 

29  Jan. 

1689-90 

2  Jan. 

1689-90 

27  Feb. 

1689-90 

29  Nov. 

1689 

5  Mar. 

1690 

5  Aug. 

1690 

11  Mar. 

1690 

2  Alar. 

1690 

5  Mar. 

1690 

24  Mar. 

1690 

6  Mar. 

1690 

24  May, 

1690 

28  May, 

1690 

14  July, 

1690 

29  June. 

1690 

30  May, 

1690 

1  Sept. 

1690 

29  Aug. 

1690 

25  Oct. 

1690 

20  June, 

1690 

17  Dec. 

1690 

11  Sept. 

1690 

1  Jan. 

1690-1 

1864.]  Sudbury  Records.  141 

Solomon  Johnson, dyed  28  July,-  1690 

James  Ross, "       18  Sept.  1690 

John  Toll, "         4  Nov.  1690 

Zaccheus  Bent "       20  Mar.  1690 

Mary  Frost "         6  Jan.  1 690-1 

John  Brewer, "         1  Jan.  1690-1 

Mary,  wife  of  Benjamin  Rice, "         3  Jan.  1690-1 

Jacob  Moore, "       17  Feb.  1690 

Mary   Frost, "        20  Feb.  1690 

Deborah  Mann, •«         2  Feb. '  1690-1 

Births. 

Silence,  dau.  of  Samuel  &  Hannah  Winch,.,  born"  10  Nov.  1690 

Thankful,  dau.  of  Roger  &  Ruth   Willis "       14  Sept.  1690 

Jane,  dau.  of  Benjamin  &  Elizabeth  Wight,.  "         6  Apl.  1691 

Mary,  dau.  of  Thomas  &  Mary  Knapp, "      21  Jan.  1690-1 

Mercy,  dau.  of  John  &  Ann  Gibbs, "        3  Aug.  1691 

Ann,  dau.  of  Noah  &  Mary  Clapp "       10  Sept.  1691 

Mary,  dau.  of  Benjamin  &  Mary  Parmenter, .  "        7  Sept.  1691 

Sibil,  dau.  of  Isaac  &  Sibil   Rice, "         9  Sept.  1691 

Hopestill,  son  of  Hopestill  &  Abigail  Brown,  "  '     26  Aug.  1691 

Sarah,  dau.  of  William  &  Sarah  Walker "       15  Oct.  1691 

Ebenezer,  son  of  Edmund  &  Sarah  Goodenow,  "      25  Oct,  1691 

Thomas,  son  of  John  &  Alice  Shears, "       28  Nov.  1691 

Hannah,  dau.  of  David  &  Hannah  Rice, "         5  Jan.  1691-2 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Zachariah  &  Hannah  May- 

nard, "        3  Jan.  1691-2 

Jemima,  dau.  ot  Joseph  &  Anne  Stanhope,..  "         9  Oct.  1691 

Deaths. 

Experience,  dau.  of  Capt.  Thomas  Brown,. . .  dyed  29  Mar.  1691 

Joseph,  son  of  John   Rutter, "       17  Mar.  1691 

Hannah,  wife  of  James  Smith "       22  Nov.  1691 

Sarah,  wife  of  Edmund  Goodenow, "         6  Nov.  1691 

Hannah,  dau.  Thomas  Read, "         3  Aug.  1691 

End  of  Sudbury  Births  and  Deaths  in  Middlesex  Records. 

Marriages. 

Benjamin  Rice  &  Mary  Graves 1  Apl,  1691 

Thomas  Frost  &  Hannah  Johnson, 9  July.  1691 

Josiah  Hayden  of  Braintree  &  Elizabeth  Good- 
enow of  Sudbury, 6  Mar.  1691 

James  Smith  &  Hannah  Rutter,  both  of  Sud.  5  Mar.  1693 

Thomas  Brentnel  &  Hannah  Willard,  both  of 

Sudbury,    -.  23  May,  1693 

John  Brewer  of  Sud.  &  Hannah  Jones  of  Water- 
town, 5  July,  1693 

Obadiah  Ward  of  Sud.  &  Johanna  Harrington 

of  Wat 20  Dec.  1693 

Joseph  Noyes  &  Ruth  Haines,  both  of  Sud.. .  23  Dec.  1693* 

*  From  this  date  occurs  an  hiatus  in  Middlesex  Records  of  Sudbury  Marriages, 
extending  nearly  to  the  close  of  the  year  1716. 


142  Springfield  Recoids.  [April, 


RECORDS  OF  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  ' 
[Communicated  by  Ciiarles  II.  S.  Davis.] 
[Continued  from  page  8G.] 

Anna  Taylor  d.  of  Jonathan  Taylor  borne  ye  6  day  of  ye  2  mon.  1651. 
Thomas  Coulton  a.  of  George  Coulton  borne  ye  1  day  of  ye  3  mon.  1651. 
Anna  Stebbin  d.  of  John  Stebbin  borne  ye  10  day  of  ye  2  mon..  1651. 
Danniell  Cooley  s.  of  Benjamin  Coolcy  borne  ye  2  day  of  ye  3  mon. 

1651.  ■ 

James  Sikes  s.  of  Richard  Sikes  borne  ye  11  day  of  ye  4  mon.  1651. 
Samuell  Smith  s.  of  Mr.    henry   Smith    borne  ye  23    of  ye    4    mon. 

1651. 
Mary  Bliss  d.  of  Nathaniel  Bliss  borne  ye  23  of  yc  7  mon.  1651. 
Eliztzur  holioke  s.  of  Mr.  Eliztzur  Holioke  borne  ye  13  day  of  ye  8 

mon.  1651. 
Mary  Cooper  d.  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne  ye  15  of  ye  3  mon.  1651. 
Benjamin  Dorchester,  s.  of  Anthony  borne  ye  9  of  ye  3  mon.  1651. 
Mary  Hermon  d.  of  John   hermon  borne  ye  12  day  of  ye  9  mon.  1651. 
Samnell  Bedortha  s.  of  Reese  Bedortha  borne  ye  I  day  of  ye  10  mon. 

1651. 
Elizabeth  Clark  d.  of  John  Clark  borne  ye  26  of  ye  12  mon.  1651. 
Flaake  morgan  s.  of  tmiles  morgan  borne  ye  12  of  yc  3  mon.  1652. 
Benjamin  edwards  s.  of  Alexander  edwards   borne  ye  24  day  of  ye  4 

mon.  1652. 
Mary  Bridgman  d.  of  James  Bridgman  borne  ye  5  day  of  ye  5  mon. 

1652. 
Joseph   Ashley  s.  of  Robert  Ashley  borne  ye  6  of  ye  5  mon.  1652. 
Samuell  Taylor  s.  of  Jonathan  Taylor  borne  ye  8  day  of  ve  7  mon. 

1652. 
Jchn  Leonard  s.  of  John  Leonard  borne  the  10  day  of  ye  7  mon.  1652. 
Joseph  Stebbin  s.  of  Thomas  Stebbin  borne  the  24  of  ye  8  mon.  1652. 
elizabeth  Burt  8.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  the  29  of  ye  10  mon.  1652. 
John  mun  s.  of  Benjamin  mun  borne  the   8   day  of  ye  12  mon.  1852. 
Abigail  Smith  d.  of  mr.  Henry  Smith  borne   ye  10  day  of  ye  12  mon. 

1652. 
Samuel  Parsons  a.  of  Joseph  Parsons  borne  ye  23  of  ye  11  mon.  1652. 
Sarah  Coulton  d.  of  George  Coulton  borne  the  24  of  ye  12  mon.  1652. 
mary  exell  d.  of  Richard  exell  borne  yc  1  day  of  ye  1  mon.  1652. 
mercy  dumilton  d.  of  John  dumilton  borne  ye  2  day  of  ye  1  mon.  1652. 
Nathaniell  Bliss,  s.  of  Nathaniell  borne  ye  27  of  ye  1  mon.  1653. 
Benjamin  Thomas  s.  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  ye  23  of  ye  3  mon. 

1653. 
edward  Stebbin  s.  of  John  Stebbin  borne  ye  12  day  of  ye  5  mon.  1653. 
ebenezer  Jones  s.  of  Griffith  Jones  borne  ye  14  day  of  ye  5  mon.  1653. 
William  Pinchon  s.  of  mr.   John  Pinchon  borne  the  11  day  of  ye  8 

mon.  1653. 
Thomas  miller  s.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  the  1st  of  April  1653. 
mercy  marchfield  d.  of  Samuell  marchfield  borne  yc  1  of  ye  3  mon.  1653. 
John  Lamb  s.  of  John  Lamb  borne  the  20  day  of  yc  12  mon.  1653. 


1864.]  Springfield  Records.  143 

Sarah  Cooley  d.  of  Benjamin  Cooley  borne  the  27  of  ye  12  mom  1653. 
Nathaniel  herman  s.  of  John  herman  borne  the  13  of  ye  1  mon.  1654. 
Mary  Clark  d.  of  John  Clark  borne  the  31  of  ye  1  mon.  1654. 
John  Couper  s.  of  Thomas  Conper  borne  the  12  day  of  2  mon,  1654. 
Liddia  morgan  d.  of  miles  morgan  borne  8  day  of  2  mon.  1654. 
James  osborne  s.  of  James  osborne  borne  the  8  day  of  yu  3  mon. 

1654. 
Nathaniell  Lumbard  s.  of  John  Lumbard  borne  the  6  day  of  ye  7  mon, 

1654. 
John  Bedortha  s.  of  Reese  Bedortha  borne  the  12  day  of  ye  4  mon. 

1654. 
Thomas  marchfield  s.  of  Samuel  marchfield  borne  the  6  of  ye  6  mon. 

1654. 
Sarah  Stebbin  d.  of  Thomas  Stebbin  borne  the   18  of  ye  6  mon.  1654. 
elizabeth  mirrick  d.  of  Thomas  mirrick  borne  the  26  day  of  ye  8  mOn. 

1654. 
Benjamin  Leonard  s.  of  John  Leonard  borne  the  5  day  of  ye  7  mon. 

1654. 
Jonathan  Burt  s.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  the  12  day  of  ye  7  mon. 

1654. 
Samuell  Wright  s.  of  Samuell  Wright  borne  the  3  day  of  ye  8  mon. 

1654. 
Sarah  edwards  d.  of  Alexander  edwards   borne   the  21  day  of  ye  8 

mon.  1654. 
Sarah  Dummelton  d.  of  John  Dummelton  borne  the  5  day  of  ye  11 

mon.  1654.         i 
deborah  Coulton  d.  of  George  Coulton  borne  the  25  day  of  ye  11  mon. 

1654. 
Benjamin  mun  s.  of  Benjamin  mun  borne  1  day  of  1  mon.  1655. 
Jonathan  Taylor  s.  of   Jonathan   Taylor  borne  the   11  of  ye  1  mon. 

1655. 
John  excell  s.  of  Richard  excell  borne  the  last  day  of  the  1  mon.  1655. 
Josias  Thomas  s.  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  the  4  day  of  ye  2  mon. 

1655. 
Liddia  Bancraft  d.  of  Thomas  Bancraft  borne  the  6  day  of  ye  2  mon. 

1655. 
Samuel  miller  s.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  the  20  day  of  ye  2  mon.  1655. 
John  Lamb  and  Thomas   Lamb   sonnes  of  John  Lamb  borne  the  15 

day  of  ye  3  mon.  1655. 
Thomas  Jones  s.  of  Griffith  Jones  borne  the  8  day  of  ye  4  mon.  1655. 
Liddia  Chapin  d.  of  David  Chapin  borne  the  19  day  of  ye  4  mon.  1 655. 
Benony  Stebbin   s.  of  John   Stebbin  borne  the  23  day  of  ve  4  mon. 

1655. 
William  Brouk  s.  of  William  Brouk  borne  the  18  day  of  ye  6  mon. 

1655. 
Liddia  Bliss  d.  of  Laurence  Bliss  borne  the  29  of  ye  8  mon.  1655. 
Lazarus   miller  s.  of  Obadiah  miller   borne  the  23  day  of  ye  7  mon. 

1655. 
Sarah  Gilbert  d.  of  Thomas  Gilbert  borne  the  19  day  of  ye  12  mon 

1655. 
Joseph  Sackett  s.  of  Lyman  Sackctt  borne  the  23  of  yc  12  mon.  1655. 


144  Springfield  Records.  [April, 

hannah   morgan  d.  of  miles   morgan  borne  the  11  day  of  v.e  2  mon. 

1656. 
edward  stebbin  s.  of  Thomas  stebbin  borne  the  14  day  of  ye  2  mon. 

1656. 
mirriam  mirrick  s.  of  Thomas  mirrick  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  3  mon. 

1656. 
Abell  Leonard  s.  of  John  Leonard  borne  the  22  of  ye  5  mon.  1656. 
Sarah  parsons  d.  of  Benjamin  parsons  borne  the  13  of  yc  6  mon.  1656. 
Benjamin  Cooley  s.  of  Benjamin  Cooley  borne  ye  1  day  of  ye  7  mon.  1656. 
Sarah  Burt  d.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  the  4  day  of  ye  7  mon.  1656. 
margritt  Ban  craft  d.  of  Thomas  Bancraft  borne  the  16  day  of  ye  8 

mon.  1656. 
hester  Dorchester  d.  of  Anthony  Dorchester  borne  the  25  of  ye  8  mon. 

1656. 
mary  holioke  d.  of  elitzur  holioke  borne  the  14  of  ye  9  mon.  1656. 
hepzibah   Coulton   d.  of  George   Coulton   borne  the  7  of  yc    11  mon, 

1656. 
Sarah  marshfield  d.  of  Samuell  marshfield  borne  the  2  of  ye  12  mon. 

1656. 
James  mun  s.  of  Benjamin  mun  borne  the  10  of  ye  12  mon.  1656. 
John  Brook  s.  of  William  Brook  borne  the  10  of  y^  12  mon.  1656. 
Caleb  Chapin  s.  of  David  Chapin  borne  the  2  day  of  the  2  mon.  1657. 
Sarah  Bliss  d.  of  Laurence  Bliss  borne  the  11  of  the  2  mon.  1657. 
John  Beaman  s.  of  Lyman  Beaman  borne  the  12  of  the  2  mon.  1657. 
John  miller  s.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  the  23  of  the  2  mon.  1657. 
Samuell  Dumelton  s.  of  John   Dumelton  borne  the   12  day  of  the  3 

mon.  1657. 
Rebeck  Cooper  d.  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne  the  15  day  of  the  3  mon. 

1657. 
Rebeka  Taylor  d.  of  Jonathan  Taylor  borne  the  4  of  the  5  mon.  1657. 
ebenezer  hermon  s.  of  John  hermon  borne  the  12  of  the  6  mon.  1657. 
Joanna  Lamb  d.  of  John  Lamb  borne  the  20  of  the  7  mon.  1657. 
John  Gilbert  s.  of  Thomas  Gilbert  borne  the   18  day  of  the  8  mon. 

1657. 
Josias  Thomas  s.  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  the  22  of  the  8  mon. 

1657. 
Liddia  excell  d.  of  Richard  exco.ll  borne  the  4  day  of  the  9  mon.  1657. 
Sarah  Osborne  d.  of  James  Osborne  borne  the  3  day  of  the  12  mon. 

1657. 
Obadiah  Miller  s.  of  Obadiah  Miller  borne  the  26  of  ye  1  mon.  1658. 
Josias  Leonard  s.  of  John  Leonard  borne  the  28  of  the  1  mon.  1658. 
Sarah  Bliss  d.  of  Laurens  Bliss  borne  the  4  day  of  yp  2  mon.  1658. 
Benjamin  Stebbins  s.  of  Thomas  Stebbins  borne  the  11  day  of  ye  2 

mon.  1658. 
Sarah  Brook  d.  of  William  Brook  borne  the  4. day  of  yc  3  mon.  1658. 
Samuell  Dumelton  s.  of  John  Dumelton  borne  the  15  day  of  ye  3  mon 

1658. 
Griffith  Joanes  s.  of  Griffith  Joanes  borne  the  4  of  the  4  mon.  1658. 
mercy  morgan  d.  of  miles  morgan  borne  the  8  of  the  5  mon.  1658. 
John  Burt  s.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  the  23  day  of  the  6  mon.  1658. 
Jonathan  Wood  s.  of  John  Wood  borne  the  26  of  ye  6  mon.  1658. 
Anna  Bancraft  d.  of  Thomas  Bancraft  borne  the  1  of  the  7  mon.  1658. 


1864.]  Springfield  Records.  145 

Hannah  Bagg  d.  of  John  Bagg  borne  the  8  day  of  ye  7  mon.  1658. 
Benjamin   parsons  s.  of  Benjamin  parsons  borne  the  15  day  ofye  7 

mon.  1G58. 
John  mirrick  s.  of  Thomas  mirrick  borne  the  9  day  of  ye  9  mon.  1658. 
Daniell   Beamon    s.  of  Lyman  Beamon  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  1  mon. 

1659. 
Thomas  Gilbert  s.  of  Thomas   Gilbert  borne  the  15  day  of  ye  1  mon. 

1659' 
Samuell  marsfeild  s.  of  Samuell  marsfeild  borne  the  25  of  the  1  mon. 

1659. 
John  Coulton  s.  of  George  Coulton  borne  the  18  day  of  ye  2  mon. 

1659. 
John  Cooper  s.  of  Thomas  Cooper  borne  the  19  day  of  yc  3  mon.  1659. 
Mary  Cooley  d.  of  Benjamin  Cooley  borne  the  22  of  ye  4  mon.  1659. 
Joseph  miller  s.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  the  27  of  ye  7  mon.  1659. 
Mary  Brooks  d.  of  William  Brooks  borne  the  21  of  the  10  mon.  1659. 
Joanna  miller  d.  of  Obadiah  miller  borne  the  6  day  of  ye  5  mon.  1659. 
Thomas  Bancraft  s.  of  Thomas  Bancraft  borne  the  21  day  of  ye  11 

mon.  1659. 
hannah  Leonard  d.  of  John  Leonard  borne  the  19  day  of  the  12  mon. 

1659. 
Abraham  Svvinck  s.  of  peter  Swinck   borne  the  22  day  of  ye  12  mon. 

1659. 
Griffith  Joanes  s.  of  Griffith  Joanes  borne  the  28  of  the  1  mon.  1660. 
Samuell  Bliss  s.  of  Laurens  Bliss  borne  the  7  of  the  3  mon.  1660. 
Abigail  excell  d.  of  Richard  excell  borne  the  20  of  the  3  mon.  1660. 
Sarah  Lamb  d.  oPJohn  Lamb  borne  the  15  day  of  the  4  mon.  1660. 
Joseph  Crowfoot   s.  of   Joseph  Crowfoot  borne  the  29  day  of  the  4 

mon.  1660. 
Thomas  Taylor  s.  of  Jonathan  Taylor  borne  the  9  day  of  the  6  mon. 

1660. 
Joseph  Wright  s.  of  Able  Wright  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  7  mon.  1660. 
Josiah  miller  s.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  the  27  of  yc  7  mon.  1660. 
Hanna  Stebbin  d.  of  Thomas  Stebbin  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  8  mon. 

1660. 
Rowland  Stebbin  s.  of  Thomas  Stebbin  borne  the  2  day  of  ye  8  mon. 

1660. 
mercy  Bag  d.  of  John  Bag  borne  the  23  day  of  ye  9  mon.  1660. 
mary  parsons  d.  of  Benjamin  parsons  borne  the  10  day  of  ye  10  mon. 

1660. 
Thomas  Beaman  s.  of  Syman  Beamon  borne  the  29  of  ye  10  mon.  1660. 
Henry  Gilbert  s.  of  Thomas  Gilbert  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  1  mon.  1661. 
Lidda  Dumelton  .d  of  John  Dumelton  borne  the  16  day  of  ye  2  mon. 

1661. 
Benjamin  Coulton  s.  of  George  Coulton  borne  ye  26  of  ye  2  mon.  1661. 
Rebecka  Leonard  d.  of  John  Leonard  borne  y&  26  of  ye  3  mon.  1661. 
patience  Brooks  d.  of  William  Brooks  borne  ye  5  of  ye  4  mon.  1661. 
elizabeth  mirrick  d.  of  Thomas  mirrick   borne  yc  4  day  of  yc  5  mon. 

1661. 
Samuell  Terrey  s.  of  Samuell  Terrey   borne  ye  18  day  of  ye  5  mon. 

1661. 


146  Springfield  Records.  ~  [April, 

Hannah  marshfeild  d.  of  Samuell  marshfeild  borne  ye  20  day  of  ye  5 

mon.  1661. 
Nathaniel  mun  s.  of  Benjamin  mun  borne  ye  25  day  of  ye  5  mon.  1661. 
mercy  Burt  d.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  the  7  of  ye  6  mon.  1661. 
Sarah  Stiles  d.  of  John  Stiles  borne  the  12  of  ye  7  mon.  1661. 
Susannah  Swinck  d.  of  peter  Svvinck  borne  the  3  day  of  ye  9  mon. 

1661. 
mehetabell  pinchon  d.  of  mr.  John  pinchon  borne  the  22  of  ye  9  mon. 

1661. 
Samuell  Glouer  s.  of  mr.  pellatiah  Glouer  borne  the  28  of  ye  9  mon. 

1661. 
mary  Crowfoot  d.  of  Joseph  Crowfoot  borne  the  4  day  of  ye  10  mon. 

1661. 
margrett  Riley  d.  of  John  Riley  borne  the  8  of  ye  12  mon.  1661. 
Samuell  ely  s.  of  Samuell  ely  borne  the  1  day  of  ye  1  mon.  1662. 
John  noble  s.  of  Thomas  noble  borne  the  6  day  of  ye  1  mon.  1662. 
Joseph  Cooley  s.  of  Benjamin  Cooley  borne  the  6  day  ot  ye  1  mon/ 1662. 
Thomas  Day  s.  of  Thomas  Day  borne  the  23  of  ye  1  mou,  1662. 
Samuell  Thomas  s.  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  ye  6  day  of  May  1662. 
James  Petty  s.  of  Job  &  Anna  Petty  borne  ye  25  of  May  1662. 
Nathaniell  Horton  s.  of  Jeremy  Horton  Borne  ye  2°.  of  June  1662. 
Experience  Joanes  d.  of  Griffith  Joanes  borne  ye  12  Aug.  1662. 
Samuell  Bliss  s.  of  Laurence  Bliss  borne  y-  16  Aug.  1662. 
John  Ferry  s.  of  Charles  Ferry  borne  ye  6  Nov.  1662. 
Deborah  miller  d.  of  Thomas  miller  borne  ye  9  Nov.  1662. 
Martha  Wright  (\.  of  Abell  Wright  borne  ye  29  Nov.  1662. 
Sarah  Hunter  d.  of  Win.  Hunter  (a  sojourner  here),  borne  ye  16  Dec, 

1662. 
Ebenezer  Brookes  s.  of  William  Brookes  borne  ye  21  Dec.  1662. 
Abigail  Parsons  d.  of  Benjamin  Parsons  borne  ye  6  Jan.  1662. 
Elizabeth  Henryson  d.  of  John  Henryson  borne  ye  27  Jan.  1662. 
Josias  Beamon  s.  of  Symon  Beamon  borne  ye  4  Feb.  1662. 
Anna  Bancroft  d.  of  Thomas  Bancroft  borne  ye  5  May  1663. 
John  Glover  s.  of  mr.  Pelatiah  Glover  borne  ye  1  July  1663. 
John  Crofoote  a.  of  Joseph  Crofoote  borne  yc  2  Aug.  1663. 
Joseph  elye  s.  of  Samuell  elye  borne  yc  20  Aug.  1663. 
Ephrairn  Terry  s.  of  Samuell  Terry  borne  ye  26  Aug.  1663. 
Samuell  Lambe  s.  of  John  Lambe  borne  ye  28  Sept.  1663. 
Deborah  Lenard  d.  of  John  Lenard  borne  ye  1  Oct.  1663. 
Sarah  Scot  d.  of  Jno.  &  Sarah  Scot  borne  ye  19  Oct.  1663. 
Henry  Burt  s.  of  Jonathan  Burt  borne  ye  11  Dec.  1663. 
Thomas  merrick  s.  of  Thomas  merrick  borne  ye  2  Jan.  1663. 
Nathaniell  Burt  s.  of  Nathaniell  Burt  borne  ye  13  Jan.  1663. 
Hannah  Noble  d.  of  Thomas  Noble  borne  ye  24  Feb.  1663. 
Daniel  Bagg  s.  of  John  &  Hannah  Bagg  borne  ye  10  Nov.  1663. 
Samuell  Osbourne  s.  of  James  Osbourne  borne  ye  1  Feb.  1663. 
Nathaniell  Brookes  s.  of  William  Brookes  borne  ye  9  May  1664. 
Nathaniell  Dumbleton  s.  of  John  Dumbleton  borne  ye  10  June  1664. 
Sarah  Day  d.  of  Thomas  Day  borne  ye  14  June  1664. 
Abisene  Marshfeild  d.  of  Samuell  Marshfeild  borne  y°  2  April  1664. 
Abell  Wright  s.  of  Abell  Wright  borne  y^  25  Sept.  1664. 
Martha  Miller  d.  of  Thomas  Miller  borne  ye  10  Nov.  1664. 


1864.]  Springfield  Records.  147 

Mary  Derborne  d.  of  Walter  Derborne  borne  ye  16  Jan.  1664. 

Pelatiah  Jones  s.  of  Griffith  Jones  borne  ye  22  July  1664. 

Samuell  Ashley  s.  of  David  Ashley  borne  yc'  26  Oct.  1664. 

Prisuilla  Hunter  d.  of  William  Hunter  borne  ye  2  March  1665. 

Thomas  Terry  s.  of  Samuell  Terry  borne  ye  6  March  1665. 

Samuell  Ely  s.  of  Samuell  Ely  borne  ye  4  Nov.  1664. 

Charles  Ferry  s.  of  Charles  Ferry  borne  yc  4  April  1665. 

John  Bag  s.  of  John  Bag  borne  ye  26  March  1665. 

Hannah  Bliss  d.  of  Laurence  Bliss  borne  ye  26  May  1665. 

A  child  of  Rowland  Thomas  borne  31  Aug.  1665  which  soone  dyed. 

Samuell  Chapin  s.  of  Japhett  Chapin  borne  4  Aug.  1665. 

Samuell  Crowfoot  s.  of  Joseph  Crowfoot  borne  13  Oct.  1665. 

Jonas  Marshfeild  s.  of  Samuel  Marshfeild  borne  ye  29' Sept.  1665. 

Martha  Miller  d.  of  Thomas  &  Sarah  Miller  borne  ye  4  Nov.  1665. 

Rachell  Leonard  borne  6  Nov.  1665. 

Mary  Riley  d.  of  John  Riley  borne  2  June  1665. 

Rebeca  Burt  d.  of  Nath.  &  Rebeca  Burt  borne  20  Dec.  1665. 

Thomas  Noble  s.  of  Thomas  Noble  borne  4  Jan.  1665. 

John  Scot  s.  of  John  &  Sarah  Scot  born  4  Jan.  1665. 

Abagttill  Brooks  d.  of  William  Brooks  born  25  Jan.  1665. 

Pelatiah  Glover  s.  of  Pelatiah  Glover  borne  27  Jan.  1565. 

Sarah  Cooper  d.  of  Timothy  Cooper  borne  11  March  1665-6. 

Jeremiah  Horton  s.  of  Jeremiah  Horton  borne  22  Nov.  1665. 

Samuell  Parsons  s.  of  Benjamin  Parsons  borne  10  Oct.  1666. 

Samuell  Warrener  s.  of  James  Warrener  borne  21  Nov.  1666. 

Mary  Day  d.  of  Thomas  &  Sarah  borne  15  Dec.  1666. 

Henry  Chapin  s.  of  Henry  &  Bethiah  borne  1  Jan.  1666. 

Sarah  Keepe  d.  of  John  &  Sarah  Keepe  borne  5  Aug.  1666. 

Hannah  Bliss  d.  of  Samuell  &  Mary  Bliss  borne  20  Dec.  1666. 

Sarah  Thomas  d.  of  Rowland  &  Sarah  Thomas  borne  14  Sept.  1666. 

Hannah  Petty  d.  of  John  Petty  borne  9  Nov.  1666. 

Benjamin  Wright  s.  of  Abell  Wright  borne  14  March  1666-7. 

David  Ashley  s.  of  David  and  Hannah  Ashley  borne  10  March  1666-T. 

Mary  Terry  d.  of  Samuell  &  Ann  Terry  borne  July  1667. 

Mary  Ely  d.  of  Samuell  and  Mary  borne  29  March  1667. 

Ebenezer  Miller  s.  of  Samuell  &  Katherine  Miller  borne  6  Sept.  1667. 

A  daughter  of  John   Hitchcock  borne  4  Sept.  1667   which  died  ye 

same  day. 
Samuell  Horton  s.  of  Jeremiah  &  Mary  Horton  borne  20  Sept.  1667. 
Mary  Hunter  d.  of  William  Hunter  borne  15  Aug.  1667. 
Samuell  Ferry  s.  of  Chas.  Ferry  borne  27  Oct.  1667. 
Sarah  Bliss  d.  of  Laurence  &  Lidia  Bliss  borne  27  Nov.  1667. 
Tilly  mirick  s.  of  Thomas  mirick  borne  20  Oct.   1667. 
John  Petty  s.  of  John  Petty  borne  11  Dec.  1667. 
Joseph  Brookes  s.  of  William  Brookes  borne  17  Oct.  1667. 
Thomas  Cooper  s.  of  Timothy  Cooper  borne  12  Jan.  1667. 
James  Crowfoot  s.  of  Joseph  Crowfoot  borne  23  Jan.  1667. 
Thomas  Bliss  s.  of  Samuell  &  Mary  Bliss  borne  1667. 
Samuell  Bancroft  s.  of  C*****  &  Margaret  Bancroft  borne  Jan.  1667. 


148  Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek.  [April, 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  DOOP-BOEK,  OR  BAPTISMAL  REGIS- 
TER OF  THE  REFORMED  PROTESTANT  DUTCH  CHURCH 
OF  SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 

[Communicated  by  Prof.  Jonathan  Pearson,  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.Y.I 

Schenectady  was  first  settled  by  about  a  dozen  families  in  the 
Spring  of  16G2. 

The  exact  date  of  the  organization  of  the  church  is  not  known. 
In  1681,  it  was  in  so  prosperous  a  condition,  pecuniarily,  as  to  loan 
money  to  the  citizens  upon  bond.  The  records  of  the  church  (ex- 
cept the  Deacon's  Account  Book)  were  probably  burned  in  the 
destruction  of  the  town  in  1690  ;  at  the  same  time  the  first  minister, 
Dominie  Petrus  Thesschenmaecker  was  killed,  and  the  church  was 
without  a  settled  minister  from  that  time  until  1100.  During-  this 
vacancy,  Dominie  Dellius,  of  Albany,  usually  administered  the  ordin- 
ances of  the  church  three  or  four  times  a  year,  ordained  its  deacons 
and  elders,  and  audited  its  accounts.  The  first  entry  in  the  earliest 
Doop  Boek  now  extant  is  in  his  hand  writing. 

Early  Dutch  names  present  many  vexatious  difficulties  to  the 
genealogist. 

There  were  three  systems  in  common  use  : 

1.  The  Patronymic  system. 

2.  The  Tribal  system. 

3.  The  Mixed  system. 

1.  The  first  consisted  in  prefixing  the  child's  christian  name  to  the 
father's,  terminating  in  se  or  sen :  thus  the  present  Van  Antwerp 
family,  of  Schenectady,  is  descended  from  Daniel  Janse,  whose  child- 
ren were  named  Pieter  Danielse,  Daniel  Danielse,  Jan  Danielse, 
Arent  Danielse,  Simon  Danielse,  Rebecca  Danielse,  and  Maritie 
Danielse.  The  Veeders,  of  Schenectady,  are  descended  from  Symon 
Volckertse,  sometimes  called  De  Backer,  by  way  of  distinction  ;  and 
his  children  were  Pieter  Symonse,  Johannes  Symonse,  Gerrit  Sy- 
monse,  and  Volckert  Symonse. 

When,  however,  this  method  did  not  seem  sufficiently  distinctive, 
and  on  occasions  of  great  formality,  as  in  the  execution  of  deeds, 
wills,  &c,  an  additional  name  was  sometimes  used,  for  example  : 
Daniel  Janse  Van  Antwerpen,  Symon  Volckertse  De  Backer  or  Veeder, 
Jan  Barentse  Wemp,  &c. 

This  additional  name,  however,  was  not  always  the  same  ;  thus 
the  first  miller  of  Schenectady  wrote  his  name.  Sweer  Teunise,  Sweer 
Teunise  Van  Velsen,  and  Sweer  Teunise  Van  Westbroeck.    ■ 

In  after  times,  this  additional  name,  or  some  modification  of  it, 
usually  became  the  fixed  surname  of  the  family,  though  not  always  ; 
sometimes  a  Patronymic  was  assumed  in  its  stead;  thus  the  Sogers 
of  Albany  county  dropped  the  early  local  name  of  Van  Voorhout, 
and  adopted  that  of  Segerse,  an  early  Patronymic  ;  some  of  the  de- 


1864.]  Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek  149 

scendants  of  Brandt  Peelen  Van  Nieukerke  go  by  the  name  of 
Brandt  ;  and  one  of  the  sons  of  Albert  Andriese  Bratt  was  usually 
designated  in  the  early  records  as  Storm  Vanderzee. 

2.  The  Tribal  system.  This  is  the  system  now  in  common  use,  in 
which  a  fixed  family  name  is  used,  with  one  or  more  prefixed  chris- 
tian names.  Double  and  treble  christian  names,  however,  are 
modern. 

Examples  of  this  system  are  :  Clute,  Vedder,  Groot,  DeGraaf,  &c. 
Some  of  these  surnames  have  undergone  considerable  variations  ; 
thus  our  modern  name,  Truax,  was  anciently  written  Du  Trieux,  and 
was  pronounced  Du  Trou  ;  and  Jan  Fort,  of  Niskayuna,  had  the  fol- 
lowing aliases  :  Jan  Fort,  Jan  La  Fort,  Jan  Vandervort,  and  Jan 
Libbertee. 

3.  In  the  mixed  system  those  of  the  first  and  second  were  com- 
bined. Had  this  method  generally  prevailed  it  would  have  proved  a 
notable  help  to  the  genealogist. 

Thus  the  first  settler,  Vedder,  of  Schenectady,  was  sometimes 
called  Harmen  Albertse  Vedder  or  Vedderen  : — the  first  Groot,  Sy- 
mon  Symonse  Groot,  the  first  De  Graaf,  Claas  Andriese  De-Graaf  or 
Graven.  These  designations  contain  the  christian  name,  the  patro- 
nymic and  the  tribal  name. 

In  a  few  cases  this  compound  system  extended  one  step  farther 
back  and  comprehended  the  grandfather's  christian  name  also  : — 
thus  we  have  Samuel  Arentse  Samuelse  Bratt  ; — i.  e.,  Samuel  Bratt, 
the  son  of  Arent,  who  was  the  son  of  Samuel. 

The  Registry  of  baptisms  is  believed  to  have  been  essentially  the 
same  in  form  in  all  the  churches  of  New  Netherland.  It  was  made 
in  three  columns  : 

First,  that  headed  "  Kinderen,"  (children)  ; 

Second,  "  Ouders"  (parents)  ; 

Third,  "  Getuygen"  (witnesses  or  sponsors). 

The  mother  was  always  registered  under  her  maiden  name  ;  the 
same  may  be  said,  generally,  of  the  female  sponsors. 

An  attempt  has  been  made  in  the  following  Register  to  indicate 
the  surnames  of  the  fathers; — and  to  distinguish  such  additions  from 
the  original,  they  are  enclosed  in  brackets. 

[Beginning  of  the  Baptismal  Registers — by  Dominie  Dellius,  of  Albany."] 

In  den  jaere  1694, 
op  den  xi  April. 

Syn  dese  na  volgende  kiuderen  op  Schenegtade  gedoopt. 

Kind :  Ovd :  Getuigen. 

Abraham,  ( Johannes  Sanderse  Glenn,         Barent  Wimp, 

(Diwer  Wendell,  Antje  Glenn. 

Wouter,  Esaias  Swart,  Jacobus  Van  Dyck. 

Eva  Teunisse,  Jacomyntie  Glenn. 

10 


150 


Potter  Family  Records. 


[April, 


Margriet, 

Jacomyntje, 

Jacob, 


* Johannes  Vedder, 
Grietje  Van  Slyck, 

Teunis  Vile, 
Lysbeth  Van  Eps, 


Harmen  Van  Slyck, 
Grietje  Rykman. 

(  Gysbert  Gevritse, 
-j      (Van  Brakel,) 
(Lysbeth  Janse. 


Is  gedoopt  op  den  9  Oct.  1694. 

Isaac  de  truas, 
Marie  Brouwers, 


Barent  Wimp, 
Jacomyntie  Glenn. 

Syn  op  den  3en  Jann  1695  dese  na  volgende  kinderen  gedoopt. 

Johannes     Jan  Vroman  Gerrif  Symense  (Veeder) 

Geesje  Symense  (Veeder)  tryntje  Helmerse  (Otten) 

Eva  Simon  Groot  dejonge  Abraham  Groot 

Geertruy  Janse  Elsje  Wendell 

Gysbert       Gysbert  Gerritse  (Van  Brakel)   Isak  Swits 

Lysbet  Janse  Maria  Teunise 

Jacobus       Samuel  Bratt  Harmen  Van  Slyk 

Susanna  Van  Slyk  Geertruy  Van  Slyk 

Maria  Daniel  Janse  (Van  Antwerpen)  Evert  Wendell  dejonge 

Maria  Groot  Elisabet  Robbertt 

Syn  op  den  21en  mart  1695  dese  na  volgende  kinderen  gedoopt 


Elisabeth 


Elisabeth 


Annetje 


Jacobus  Peek 
Elizabeth  Teunise 


(  Johanne  Sanderse  (Glen) 
1  Barent  Wimp 
(jacomyntie  Sanderse 

Hendrick  brouwer  Jacobus  Van  Dyk 

Marittie  Pieterso  (Mebie)  Lysbeth  Driukvels 

Jonathan  Stephens 

Lea  (Claese)  Maria  Dirkse. 


POTTER  FAMILY  RECORDS. 


[Communicated  by  Abner  G.  Goodell,  Jr.,  of  Salem.] 

From   Essex   Registry   of  Deeds,    B.    10,    Leaf  190.       Southwick  and 
Gascoyn's  Evidence  for  Antli°.    Neadham,  entred  July  22,  1695. 

Daniel  Southwick,  aged  about  fifty-eight  yeares,  Samuel  Gaskill, 
aged  sixty  yeares,  &  Provided  Gaskin,  aged  fifty-six  yeares,  Testify  on 
Oath  that  they  have  been  Inhabitants  of  ye  Towne  of  Salem  all  their 
Time,  &  That  more  forty  yeares  past,  Aim  Potter  came  into  this 
Countrey,  vnto  Salem,  to  her  Aunt  Rebeccah  Bacon,  &  it  was  then 
Comonly  knowne  and  Reported  that  yc  father  of  ye  said  Ann  Potter 
was  slain  in  that  great  &  General  Massacre  that  had  been  in  Ireland, 
&   to  our  Certain  knowledge,  Wee  being  neer   Neighbours,  ye  said 


*  This  is  a  mistake — it  should  be  Harmanus. 


1864.]  Potter  Family  Records.  151 

Ann  Potter,  dwelt  with  her  said  Aunt  Rebeccah  Bacon  vntill  her 
death,  who  by  her  will  gave  vnto  ye  said  Ann  a  Considerable  Legacy 
&  ye  possession  &  vse  of  her  Estate  vntill  her  son  Came  of  Age,  & 
after  her  Aunt's  Death  ye  sd  Ann  Potter  Married  with  Anthony  Need- 
ham  of  8(l  Salem,  &  are  both  now  living  &  present  at  Our  giving  this 
euidence  ;  also  these  deponants  further  Testify,  that  the  abouesd  Mr3* 
Bacon  Informed  Them,  That  her  Maiden  Name  was  Potter,  &  that 
Humphry  Potter,  ye  father  of  said  Ann,  was  her  Owne  Brother. 

Daniel  Southwick,  Samuel  Gaskin,  &  Provided  Gaskin  personaly 
appeared  Before  me,  ye  Subscriber,  one  of  ye  Councill  &  Justice  of  ye 
peace  in  ye  province  of  ye  Massachusets  Bay  in  New  England,  & 
Made  Oath  to  ye  Truth  of  their  above  written  evidence,  in  Salem, 
this  18th  Day  of  July  1695. 

Examd  Barth°  Gedney. 

Edward  ff Unit,  John  Traske  fyc*  yT  Euidences  for  Anth°  Neadham  Entred 

July  22,  1695. 

Edward  fflint  aged  about  fifty-seven  yeares,  John  Traske  aged 
about  fifty-Three  yeares,  &  Mary  Looms  aged  about  fifty-Eight,  Testi- 
fy on  Oath,  that  they  have  been  dwellers  in  ye  Towne  of  Salem,  in 
ye  County  of  Essex,  in  New  Eugd,  all  their  Time,  and  have  kuowne 
Ann,  ye  Wife  of  Anthony  Needham  of  stl  Salem  more  than  forty 
yeares,  who  before  her  marriage  went  by  ye  name  of  Ann  Potter,  & 
wee  being  Theer  Neighbours  to  her  Aunt  Rebeccah  Bacon,  while  she 
liued,  haue  often  heard  her  said  Aunt  Say,  that  ye  Said  Ann  Potter 
was  her  Brother's  Daughter  who  was  killed  in  ye  generall  Massacre 
in  Ireland,  &  to  Our  Certain  knowledge  ye  said  Rebeccah  Bacon  guae 
her  a  Considerable  Legacy  at  her  death,  &  possession  of  all  her 
Estate  during  Minority  of  her  son,  Isaack  Bacon,  vntill  he  came  of 
age,  &  wee  further  Testify,  that  yc  said  Ann  with  her  husband  Liu1 
Anthony  Needham,  are  now  living  in  sd  Salem,  &  present  at  our  giu- 
ing  this  Euidence. 

Edward  fflint,  John  Traske,  &  Mary  Loomes  personaly  appeared 
before  me,  ye  Subscriber,  one  of  ye  Councill  &  Justice  of  ye  peace  in 
ye  province  of  ye  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  &  Made  Oath 
to  ye  Truth  of  their  aboue  written  Euidence,  this  18th  July,  1695. 

Barth0  Gedney. 
These  may  Certifie  whom  it  may  Concerne,  that 
Ann,  The  wife  of  Lieu1  Anthony  Needham,  now 
present  before  me,  on  my  Certaine  knowledge,  at 
her  arrivall  In  New  England  &  vntill  she  mar- 
ried with  sd  Neadham,  was  known  by  ye  name 
of  Ann  Potter. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  &  Seale.  Barth0  Gedney  &  a  Seale. 

J.  P. 

Mrt  Osgoods  Euidence  Entred  July  22*    1695.* 
The  Deposition  of  Mrs.  Mary  Osgood   (alias)    Clemence,    now  of 


*[Mrs.  Osgood's  deposition  has  been  once  printed  in  the  Register  (ante  xm,  272), 
Imt  that  the  series  may  be  complete  it  is  reprinted  here. — Ed.] 


152  Potter  Family  Records.  [April, 

Andouer,  in  ye  Countey  of  Essex,  in  New  England,  formerly  of  ye 
City  of  Coventry,  in  Warwickshire,  in  old  England,  aged  58  yeares, 
Who  Testifieth  &  saith,  that  before  ye  yeare  Anno  Dom*  1652,  I  liued 
in  ye  City  of  Coventry  abonesd  &  boarded  in  ye  house  of  Mr  Biddle,  in 
Hay  lane,  &  was  then  well  acquainted  with  Mrs  Ann  Potter,  Gran- 
daughter  To  Thomas  Potter  Esqr,  who  had  been  Mayor  of  ye  City;  ye 
said  Mrs.  Ann  Potter,  her  fathers  name  was  as  I  haue  been  informed 
Humphrey  Potter,  ye  Only  Son  of  s(1  Thomas  Potter  Esqr  ye  abouesd 
Ann  Potter  (whose  parents  as  I  have  heard  were  Murdered  in  Ireland) 
is  now  liuing  in  Salem,  in  New  England,  &  Wife  to  Mr  Anthony 
Neadham,  &  also  sd  Mary  Osgood  does  further  Testifie,  that  Mrs  Re- 
beccah  Bacon,  Aunt  to  ye  aboves'1  Ann  Potter,  sent  to  England  for 
her,  which  Invitacon  she  accepted:  Mrs  Mary  Osgood  made  Oath  to 
what  is  aboue  written  this  19l!l  of  July  1695. 

Examd  p\  S.  Sewall,  Regr.  Before  me 

Dudley  Bradstreet 

Justice  o  peace. 

The  Deposition  of  Nathaniel  Felton,  of  Salem  in  ye  Comity  of  Essex,  in 
New  England,  aged  78  yrs. 

Who  Testifieth  and  Saith  :  That  I,  this  deponent,  for  many  yeares 
have  liued  a  Near  Neighbour  to  Mrs.  Kebeccah  Bacon,  whose  Maiden 
Name  was  Kebeccah  Potter,  her  ffather  being  Alderman  Potter,  in 
Coventrie  In  Warwickshire  in  England,  and  haue  been  many  Tymes 
Imployed  by  ye  said  Mrs  Kebeccah  Bacon  in  her  occasions,  and  Nomi- 
nated &  appointed  in  her  last  Will  &  Testament  Overseer  to  her 
Estate  during  the  Minority  of  her  only  son  Isaack  Bacon,  &  this  I  doe 
Testify  &  Say,  that  Ann,  ye  Wife  of  Anthony  Needham,  who  att  this 
present  are  both  liuing  in  perfect  health,  to  my  vnderstanding,  the 
saidAnn,  to  my  knowledge,  was  allwayes  knowne  by  ye  Name  of  Ann 
Potter,  her  Maiden  Name,  who  through  gods  mercey  Escaped  in  ye 
bloody  Massacre  in  Ireland  wherein  her  father  &  most  of  his  family 
were  slaine,  as  ye  said  Mrs.  Kebecca  Bacon  had  certaine  intelligence, 
and  the  Said  Ann  came  Oner  to  New  England  to  ye  said  Mrs  Kebec- 
cah, her  Auntt,  who  owned  her  to  be  her  said  Brothers  Daughter,  and 
kept  y,;  sd  Ann  vnto  yu  Tyine  of  her  decease,  &  then  left  her  in  ye 
possession  of  her  Estate  during  the  minority  of  her  Son,  ye  Said 
Isaack,  &  gaue  her  a  Considerable  legacy. 

Nathaniel  Felton  personally  appeared  before 
me,  yc  Subscriber,  One  of  ye  Councill  &  Just- 
ice of  ye  peace  in  yc  province  of  ye  Massachu- 
setts Ba}'  in  New  England,  and  Made  Oath  to 
ye  Truth  of  this  above  written  Euidence.  In 
Salem  this  19th  of  July  1695. 
Examined  per  S.  Sewall,  Regr.  Barth0  Gednev. 

NOTES. 

Daniel  Southwick,  tlie  first  deponent,  was  b.  about  1637,  and  was  the  son  of  Law- 
rence and  Cassandra  S.  who  were  banished  in  the  Quaker-persecution  days  to  Shel* 
ter  Island  where  they  shortly  after  died.  Daniel  and  his  sister  Provided  were 
orrdered  to  be  sold  to  Barbadoes,  but  no  inhuman  shipmaster  could  be  found  willing 
to   take  them  away  :  vide  Hist.  Coll.  Essex  Inst.  III.  244-245.     D.  married  Hester 


1864.]  Abstracts  from  Earliest  Wills.  153 

Boyce  23.  12.  1663.  and  had  oh.:  Hester,  b.  26.  4.  1665;  Elizabeth,  24.  4.  1668  ; 
Daniel,  25.  Mar.  1671;  Eleanor,  25.  4.  1674,  and  Hannah,  7  Aug.   1677. 

Samuel  Gascoyne,  Caskin  or  Gaskill,  the  2d  deponent,  was  also  a  Quaker,  and 
md  Provided  Southwiok  aforesaid,  30.  10.  1662;  &  had  oh.  Sam'  b.  23.  11.  1663; 
Edward,  b.  23  Oct.  1667;  Hannah,  b.  2.  Jan.  1669  ;  Provided,  22  Apr.   1672. 

Edward  Flint,  3d  deponent,  m.  to  Elizabeth  Hart,  by  Maj,  Dennison  20.  8.  1659  & 
had  ch.  John,  26.  1.  1660  ;  William  12.  6.  1661  ;  Thomas,  1.  12.  1662. 

John  Trask,  4th  deponent,  was  son  of  William,  who  came  prior  to  the  arrival  of 
Endicott — bap.  13  7.  1642  and  died  14.  Apr.  1700  in  his  59th  year — so  says  his 
gr.  stone  in  Beverly. 

Mrs.  Mary  Osgood,  5th  deponent,  was  wife  of  John  Osgood,  Jr.,  of  Andover. — 
(See  Reg.  xiii,  118.) 

Nath1  Felton,  6th  deponent,  came  to  Salem  1633,  ret  to  England  1634,  came  back 
1635,  joined  1st  ch.  1648,  and  made  a  deposition  in  1705,  concerning  the  site  of 
the  old  indian  settlement  at  Naumkeag.  He  d.  July  30.  1705.  ae.  90,  according  to 
Derby's  MS. 

Ann  Potter's  uncle,  William  Bacon,  died  testate  &  left  £184. 16s.  Hist.  Coll.  Es- 
sex Inst.  I.  p.  10.  Will  proved,  9  mo.  1653.  His  son  Isaac  (under  age)  survived 
him,  as,  also,  did  his  widow  Rebecca,  whose  will  was  proved  9  mo.  1655.  See  Hist. 
Collec.  1.  p.  50.  By  the  foregoing,  and  by  sundry  allusions,  to  persons  known  to 
be  Quakers,  in  the  wills  of  the  deceased,  it  appears  that  the  Bacons,  Needhams,  &c, 
were  related,  to,  and  remained  intimate  with  the  Quakers  of  that  day.  Probably 
they  were  members  of  that  sect,  which,  so  far  as  family  &  wealth  were  concerned, 
was  a  most  respectable  community — at  least  in  Salem.  From  the  same  old  City  of 
Coventry  came  the  famous  Thomas  Maule  the  Quaker  champion,  and  the  personal 
and  steadfast  friend  of  the  parties  named  in  these  depositions. 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  EARLIEST  WILLS  ON  RECORD  AND 
ON  THE  FILES  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK,  MASS. 

[Prepared  by  William  B.  Trask,  of  Dorchester.] 

[Continued  from  vol.  xvu,  page  340. ] 

Nathaniel  Robinson.  I  giue  vnto  Goodman  Greenleafe  &  Goodman 
Shaw  &  each  of  their  wines  a  pr.  of  gloues.  Also  to  Thomas  Sauage 
his  wife  &  children,  each,  a  pare  of  Gloues,   to  Mrs.  [  { 

&  each  of  her  children  a  pare  of  Gloues,  to  Mr.  Ilez :  Vsher  & 
Capt.  William  Dauis  &  each,  of  their  wiues  a  pare  of  Gloues  ;  to  each 
of  the  bearers  of  my  Corps  a  pr.  of  Gloues  ;  to  Mr.  John  Wilson,  to 
John  Gilbert  &  his  wife,  Each  a  pare  of  Gloues.  To  my  bro.  Jonathan 
k  sister  Mary,  Each,  a  ring"  of  tenn  shillings  price,  to  bee  sent  to  Mr. 
Henry  Barton  if  they  bee  yet  living.  I  make  my  freind  Thomas  San- 
age  Ouerseer  of  this  my  will,  &  what  shall  remaine  aboue  the  debts 
&  funerall  charges  &  legacies  aboue  mentioned,  I  giue  vnto  him 
the  said  Sauage,  with  thankfulness  for  all  his  loue,  with  what  comes 
from  England  also  in  returne  of  trases  sent  thither  by  Mr.  Forwell  to 
sell  for  mee.     2d  day  of  March  1667.  Nat haniell  Robinson. 

Wittnes  hereunto 

Thomas  Sauage, 

John   Greenleafe. 

25  July  1661.  Capt.  Thomas  Sauage  Appearinge  before  the  Gour. 
&  Major  Generall  &c.  declaring  that  hee  did  refuse  to  haue  to  doe, 
with  the  imperfect  will  on  the  other  side,  that  the  Creditors  of  the 
late  Nathaniell  Robinson  may  haue  their  just  dues  soe  far  as  the  Estate 
will  reach. 


154  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  [April, 

Power  of  Administration  to  the  Estate  of  the  late  Nathaniell  Robin- 
son deceased  granted  to  John  Gilbert  in  whose  House  hee  died,  hee 
bringing  an  Inuentory  of  that  Estate,  &  giuing  security  to  Adminis- 
ter according  to  Law.  Edw  :  Rawson,  Record1". 
Inventory  of  the  Goods  &  Estate  as  is  found  in  the   possession  of 

John  Gilbert,  Tanner,  of  Nathaniel    Robinson  deceased,  the  15th   of 

June   1667,   taken    by  Nathaniell  Bishop,  Henry  Rust.    John  Gilbert 

deposed  25  July  1667. 

[Prefixed  to  this  will  is  "  A  noate  of  Goods  in  ray  chest,"  consist- 
ing of  clothing,  &c;  "a  parcel  of  bookes  at  Mr.  Atlifes  amounting 
to  4s  ;"  "  a  booke  at  Goodman  Carrington  at  14s  price  ;"'  "  As  for 
the  bookes  aboue  mentioned  I  had  of  Mr.  Forwell  &  I  sent  pay  for 
the  bookes  by  the  said  Forwell,  which  was  trases  to  bee  sold  in  Lon- 
don, the  bookes  were  about  8s.  worth,  &  what  hee  had  of  niee  about 
20s  worth  soe  much  in  London."  "  I  owe  as  followeth — To  Mr.  At- 
water  24s  ;  To  Goodman  Collemore  3s  ;  To  Mrs.  Tilly  2s  ;  To  a  wo- 
man of  Chars  tow"  4d  ;  To  Goodman  Greenleafe  4s  ;  To  Capt.  Clarke 
about  50s.] 

Thomas  Paine.  29  July  1667.  Power  of  Administration  to  the 
Estate  of  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Fame,  marriner,  is  granted  to  Hannah, 
his  Relict  she  bringing  a  true  Inuentory  of  that  Estate  to  the  next 
Coujitie  Court,  &  giuing  security  to  Administer  thereupon  according 
to  Law.     pr  Order.  Edw.  Rawson,  Record1-. 

Benjamin  Ward.  26  Dec.  1666.  Att  a  meeting  of  the  Gour.  Major 
Generall  &  Recordr.  Power  of  Administration  to  the  Estate  of  the 
late  Benjamin  Ward,  shipwright,  deceased,  is  granted  to  Mary  his 
Relict,  shee  bringing  in  an  Inuentory  of  that  Estate  to  the  next 
County  Court  &  giving  security  to  Administer  thereupon  according 
to  Law.  Edw.  Rawson,  Record r. 

Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Benjamin   Ward,  taken  26  Jan.  1666,  by 

Feter    Olliuer,   Henry  Allen.     Amt.   £940.     Mary  Ward,  Relict,  de- 
posed, Feb.  15,  1666.    Book  V,  page  188. 
Mary  Ward. — Petition.     To  the  Honorable  the   Generall  Court  now 

Assembled.     The    Humble    Petition    of    Mary   Ward,   Widdow — 

Humbly  Sheweth  : 

That  it  hath  pleased  God  lately  to  take  to  himselfe  the  late  Benja- 
min  Ward,  youre  Petitione1"8  deare  Husband,  before  hee  did  or  could 
settle  that  Estate,  which  God  hath  bestowed  on  him,  by  his  &  youre 
Petitioners  labor  &  Care  for  about  Forty  &  flue  yeares,  wherein  they 
liued  together  with  the  Constant  &  faithful  Seruice  of  Stephen  Butler, 
sonn  to  the  Petition1"  by  a  former  Husband,  who  was  very  deare  to 
youre  Petition"  late  Husband  Ward,  who  alwayes  told  youre  Pcti- 
tionr.  that  hee  resolued  to  manifest  his  loue  &  affection  to  her  said 
sonn  Butler,  as  to  his  owne  that  God  had  giuen  to  themselues,  as  a 
reward  of  all  his  faithfull  &  dilligent  seruice  botli  before  &  after 
hee  was  for  himselfe,  but  hee  dying  intestate  &  youre  Petitioner  uery 
aged  &  weake,  &  vnfit  to  mannage  what  is  Left  &  being  desirous 
that  the  Estate  of  her  late  Husband  may  bee  diuided  &  settled  on 
herselfe  &  her  three  grand-children  which  is  all  the  issue  that  God 
hath  pleased  to  spare  the  Petitioner  &  her  late  Husband,  the  one  halfe 


1864.]  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  155 

thereof  to  youre  Petitioner  &  her  dispose  whereby  shee  may  bee  Ena- 
bled to  liue  in  some  measure  Comfortably  the  remainder  of  her  life, 
but  also  leaue  behind  her  some  Testimony  of  her  loue  to  her  sonn 
Butler  &  his  children  to  whorac  her  Husband  intended  soe  well.  And 
the  other  halfe  of  the  whole  to  her  said  Grand-Children,  to  bee  giuen 
to  them  at  the  day  of  marriage,  &  youre  Petition1-  as  in  duty  bound 
shall  pray. 

In  answer  to  the  Petition  of  Mary  Ward,  Widdow,  the  Court  on 
perusall  of  the  Petition  declare  that  the  Cognizance  thereof  belongs 
to  the  County  Court  of  SufTolko  to  whome  it  is  referred. 

Edw.  Rawson,  Secrety. 

At  a  County  Court  held  at  Boston  31  July  1667  : 

The  Court  on  due  perusall  of  the  late  Mary  Ward's  Petition  to  the 
Gennerall  Court  in  May  last,  &  the  Court's  Answer  thereunto,  with 
the  Euidences  of  Richard  Gridley  &  Henry  Allen,  together  with  the 
last  will  &  Testament  of  the  said  Mary  Ward,  now  Also  proued  in 
this  Court  by  sufficient  Euidences  to  bee  her  last  will  &  Testament, 
consideringe  her  Equall  minde  &  due  Care  to  her  Children  both  by 
first  &  second  Husband,  doe  allow  &  Confirme  the  said  will  to  bee  a 
fynall  issue  for  the  settling  of  the  Estate  betvveene  the  Children,  or- 
dering that  her  Petition  &  Evidences  therewith  bee  Recorded  with 
that  her  will.  Edw.  Rawson,  Record1-. 

Mary  Ward. — Will — I,  Mary  Ward,  Relict  of  the  late  Benjamin 
Ward  of  Boston,  being  weake  of  body,  but  of  perfect  vnderstanding, 
Considering  the  trouble  I  haue  mett  with  &  benn  put  vnto,  by  Reason 
Sicknes  came  soe  on  &  death  soe  suddenly  issuing,  taking  my  Hus- 
band out  of  this  world  before  hee  sctled  his  Estate,  &  knowing  that 
hee  often  declared  vnto  mee,  that  hauing  from  a  Child  brought  vp 
my  sonn  Stephen  Butler,  that  I  had  by  a  former  Husband,  that  hee 
found  soe  dutiful!,  hopefull,  &  seruiceable  to  him  as  if  hee  had  benn 
his  owne,  hee  alwayes  telling  mee  hee  minded  to  giue  him  a  Consid- 
erable part  of  his  Land  &  Estate,  that  had  soe  great  a  haud  &  helping 
to  gett  it,  least  after  ray  decease  my  deare  Husbands  mind  should 
not  bee  vnderstood,  1  hauing  alwayes  a  hand  also  in  getting  of  the 
Estate,  judge  it  for  peace  sake,  that  my  sonn  &  sonn  in  Lawe  & 
grand-children  may  liue  in  loue  &  peace,  necessary  to  make  this  my 
last  will  &  Testament,  being  sole  Administratrix  to  my  said  late 
Husbands  Estate,  hereby  anulling  any  late  or  former  will  of  mine. 
I  Giue  to  my  Reuerend  Pastor  Mr.  John  Wilson  40s  ;  to  Mr.  Thatcher 
&  Mr.  Allen  40s  a  peece  ;  to  the  poore  of  the  Church  of  Boston  Fowre 
pounds.  To  my  sonn  in  lawe  William  Holloway  Tenn  pounds.  Unto 
my  much  Honored  Freinds  Major  Generall  John  Leueret  &  Mr.  Peter 
Olliucr  my  Ancient  &  ueere  neighbors  alwayes  helpfull  to  mee  Thee 
[Three]  pounds  a  peece,  to  buy  them  a  Ring.  I  bequeath  all  the 
rest  of  my  Estate,  both  Reall  &  personall,  in  Houses,  Lands,  wharfes, 
goods  &  Household  stuffe  &  whatsoeuer  my  Husband  left  &  now  I 
possess,  the  one  halfe  thereof,  that  is  of  all  the  Houses,  Lands  & 
goods  to  my  Three  grand-children,  Mary  Holloway  whome  my  Hus- 
band and  I  brought  vp,  William  Holloway  &  Benjamin  Holloway,  to 
bee  divided  Equally  betweene  them  when  they  come  to  bee  of  Age, 
and  that  they  bee  heires  Each  to  other.     And  in  Case  of  their  de- 


156  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  [April, 

cease,  the  one  halfe  to  their  Father  William  Holloway  &  the  other 
halfe  to  Stephen  Butler,  my  sonn  and  his  heires.  I  giue  the  other  halfe 
of  the  Houses,  Lands  &  goods  to  my  beloued  sonn  Stephen  Butler  & 
his  Children  hee  hailing  soe  industriously  laboured  with  &  for  my 
Husband,  &  in  Case  of  his  &  all  his  Childrens  decease,  before  my 
grand-children  being  of  Age,  in  such  Case  what  I  giue  to  them,  my 
mind  &  will  is  it  should  goe  to  my  Grand  children  or  the  longer  liuer 
of  them.  My  will  is,  that  m}r  sonn  in  Law  William  Holloway  shall 
giue  security  to  my  Executor  to  Render  it  vp  what  I  haue  giuen  to 
my  grand-children,  that  during  their  non-Age  he  shall  have  the  ben- 
nifit  &  improuement  thereof.  I  Appoint  my  sonn  Stephen  Butler  to 
bee  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  &  Testament  &  desire  my 
Honnored  Freinds  Major  Generall  John  Leueretl  &  Mr.  Peter  Olliuer  to 
bee  ouerseers  of  the  same.     4  July  1667.  Alary  X    Ward. 

In  presence  of  vs, 
William  Salter,  Henry  Allen,  John  Prince,  John  Saunders. 

21  July  1667.      William  Salter  &  Henry  Allen  deposed. 

The  Testimony  of  Henry  Allen  aged  47  yeares  or  thereabouts,  Tes- 
tifyeth  &  saith  that  hailing  conference  with  Brother  Ward,  deceased, 
not  long  before  his  death,  Concerning  the  disposall  of  his  Estate,  &  to 
my  best  remembrance  that  hee  did  Answer  mee  that  it  should  be  di- 
uided  amongst  them,  &  that  his  sonns  did  Carry  on  the  worke  to- 
gether as  wittnes  my  hand. 

Deposed  in  County  Court  31  July  1667  :  by  Henry  Allen,  as  Attests. 

Edw.  Rawson,  Record1". 

The  Testimony  of  Richard  Gridley  aged  65  yeares,  Testifyeth  & 
saith  that  hauing  had  Conference  with  Brother  Ward,  deceased,  about 
2  yeares  since,  hearing  of  him  Complaine  of  the  trouble  hee  had  with 
his  servants,  I  did  ask  of  him,  how  hee  did  Carry  on  his  work  now. 
And  hee  did  Answer  mee  that  hee  was  Eased  of  his  trouble  by  his 
two  sonns,  for  they  did  Carry  on  the  worke  Comfortably  &  that  they 
did  agree  very  well  &  then  I  did  ask  of  him,  how  hee  did  thinck  to 
dispose  of  his  Estate  lying  as  it  did  abroad  &  at  home,  hee  did  tell 
mee  that  they  did  the  better  it  should  bee  for  them,  for  it  should  bee 
diuided  together,  for  they  did  Each  one  the  worke  to  his  great  Com- 
fort, his  marke 

Richard  X  Gridley. 

Sworne  to  in  Court  by  Richard  Gridley,  1  Augst  1667. 

Edw.  Rawson,  Record1". 

Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Mary  Ward,  widdovv,  deceased,  taken 
19:  5  mo.  1667.  by  Richard  Woodde,  Henry  Allen.  Mentions  twelue 
Acres  of  land  at  Muddy  ryver,  £24  ;  two  parsell  of  land  at  Billerica 
at  12(1  an  acre,  £4.     Amt.  £46.  10. 

31  July  1667.     Slep/ien  Butler  deposed.     Pook  V,  page  193. 

Richard  Carter.  Boston,  28  Feb.  1667.  Power  of  Administration 
to  the  Estate  of  the  late  Richard  Carter  is  granted  to  Ann,  his  Relict. 

Elizabeth  Robinson. — 21  Aug.  1666.  I,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  being 
in  a  weake  Condition  of  Body,  yet  of  competent  vnderstanding  & 
memory,  concerning  such  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  leaue  to 
my  disposing  I  doe  Order  &  bequeath  as  followeth.     That  the  Estate 


1864.]  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  157 

Giuen  by  the  last  will  &  Testament  of  my  former  Husband,  Richard 
Shearman,  I  doe  hereby  will  &  desire  that  it  may  bee  performed  ac- 
cordingly &  for  the  Ouerplus  of  what  the  House  &  Land  shall  yeald 
I  doe  out  of  the  same  giue  vnto  John  Browne,  Bonn  of  Edmond 
Browne  of  Dorchester,  .£5.  To  Samuell  Deman,  sonn  of  John  Deaman  of 
Redding,  40s.  To  Elizabeth  Spaule,  dau.  of  Thomas  Spall  of  Boston, 
40s.  To  my  sister  Bridget  Locks  children  of  Faucet  in  England,  if 
liuing,  to  Each  of  them  £b,  Prouided  that  if  the  Ouerplus  aboue 
mentioned  shall  fall  short  of  these  legacies  aboue  written,  that  then 
they  are  to  haue  proportionably  as  it  shall  fall,  the  which  I  referr  to 
my  Executors  hereafter  named.  I  giue  to  my  kinsman,  John  Green- 
leafe,  my  Orchard,  to  him  &  his  heires  foreuer,  Prouided  bee  pay  to 
his  sister  Mary  Greenleafe,  £20  within  six  months  after  my  decease, 
the  which  I  doe  hereby  giue  &  bequeath  to  my  said  kinswoman.  To 
my  said  kinsman,  John  Greenleafe,  one  bedstead  in  the  Chamber  with 
the  furniture  to  it.  Vnto  Mary  Spall,  dau.  of  the  said  Spall  afore- 
said, one  feather  bed,  boulster  &  pillow.  I  giue  vnto  Mary  Green- 
leafe, one  feather  bed  &  bedstead  with  furniture  belonging  to  it  as  it 
now  standeth  in  the  Parlor,  together  with  one  Table,  Fowre  Stooles 
&  fowre  Quishions.  And  whereas  there  is  due  vnto  mee  the  sume  of 
£b0,  from  the  Estate  lately  of  my  Husband  Thomas  Robinson  as  by 
Couenant  vpon  marriage,  I  doe  referr  the  whole  or  what  shall  bee  re- 
couered  of  the  same  to  bee  disposed  the  one  halfe  of  it  among  my 
Husband  Shearman's  children  or  Grand  children,  according  to  the  dis- 
cretion of  my  Executo1'3,  the  rest  of  the  said  sume  &  other  mouables 
after  my  debts  funerall  &  other  necessary  charges  paid  to  bee  dis- 
posed of  at  the  discression  of  Deacon  John  Wisewall  &  Mr.  William 
Bartholomew,  whome  I  Appoint  Executors  of  this  my  last  will. 

In  presence  of  Elizabeth  X  Robinson. 

Nathaniell  Bishop,  Joseph  Bartholomew. 

16  Nov.  1667.  John  Dammon  appeared  in  Court,  with  Thomas  Spall, 
Edmond  Browne  &  Joseph  Knight  &  Acknowledged  themselues  to  bee 
agreed  with  Deacon  John  Wisioall  Executor  to  Elizabeth  Robinsons 
will,  &  was  willing  it  should  bee  proued,  the  said  Deacon  Wisewell 
presenting  Joseph  Bartholomew  &  Mr.  William  Bartholomew  Euidences. 
Taken  before  Mr.  Edward  Tyng,  which  the  Court  Orders  to  bee  Re- 
corded with  the  will  &  approved  of  them  as  a  probate  of  the  same. 
As  Attests,     Edw.  Rawson,  Record1". 

The  Testimony  of  Joseph  Bartholomew,  Aged  29  yeares  or  there- 
abouts, Concerning  the  last  will  &  Testament  of  Elizabeth  Robinson, 
bearing  date,  21  Aug.  1666,  now  deceased,  this  deponent  Testifyeth 
that  the  said  Elizabeth  came  diuers  times  to  this  deponants  Fathers 
house  uery  earnestly  desiring  to  haue  her  will  drawne,  as  not  willing 
to  haue  her  former  Will  stand,  but  to  alter  it.  And  after  many  times 
comming,  the  Father  of  this  deponant,  on  a  day  brought  a  Coppie 
drawne  as  from  her,  &  written  to  my  best  Remembrance,  hee  said  by 
M1.  Wisioall  &  himselfe,  the  which  this  deponant  wrought  out  & 
meeting  with  the  Widdow  Robinson  afterwards  shee  Exprest  her 
selfe  uery  joyfull  that  it  was  done  &  uery  well  sattisfyed  with  it  & 
Owned  it  as  her  will  &  Testament,  after  goodman  Bishops  baud  was 
at  it  ;  soe  when  shee  had  soe  Owned  it,  to  bee  her  Act  &  deed  I  set 
to  my  hand  also,  at  which  time  I  tooke  her  to  bee  of  a  disposing 


158  Spear  Family  Record.  [April, 

mind,  only  shee  had  a  great  defect  in  vttering  her  mind,  vntil  shee 
had  tyme  to  make  her  mind  knowne  by  degrees,  &  further  saith  not. 

Taken  upon  Oath  Aug*'  21,  1667. 

Before  mee,  Edward   Tyng,  Commissr. 

The  Testimony  of  William  Bartholomew ,  Concerning  the  last  will 
&  Testament  of  Elizabeth  Robinson  deceased  saith,  that  the  said 
Elizabeth  came  often  to  the  House  of  this  deponant,  diuers  times 
weeping  to  him,  to  get  her  will  formerly  drawne  to  bee  Altered  &  to 
bee,  new  drawne.  My  business  being  more  then  Ordinary,  I  could 
not  in  some  Weekes  attend  it,  but  sometime  before  the  date  of  her 
last  will,  went  to  Mr.  Wiswall  at  her  request,  and  wee  together 
tooke  this  her  last  will  from  her  Owne  mouth,  wording  of  it  as  meet- 
ly as  wee  might,  but  in  nothing  altering  the  sence  of  her  mind  Ex- 
pressed to  vs.  I  doe  not  remember  wee  dictated  any  thing  to  her  of 
it,  but  only  when  shee  was  speaking  of  some  bequeathed  to  her  kin- 
dred in  England  wee  wished  her  to  insert  that  clause,  vizt.  if  the 
Estate  might  afford;  &  whereas  shee  had  drawne  two  formes  of 
wills  before,  I  doe  account  this  will  the  most  rational!  of  them  all, 
&  the  Reasons  shee  gaue  for  altering  her  former  will,  were  upon 
rationall  grounds,  &  I  doe  affirme  to  my  best  vnderstanding,  that  at 
the  drawing  &  at  the  signing  &  sealing  of  this  her  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament shee  was  of  a  Composed  &  disposing  mind,  also  shee  declar- 
ed her  selfe  scuerall  times  to  this  deponant,  after  the  will  was  signed 
&  finished,  to  bee  well  sattisfyed  &  quieted  in  her  mind,  who  indeed 
seemed  restless  till  it  was  done  ;  further  this  deponant  testifyeth, 
that  hee  this  deponant  meeting  her  the  Euening  before  shee  sickned, 
going  from  hef  House,  it  being  a  uery  cold  Euening,  asked  her  why 
shee  would  hazard  her  health  soe,  as  to  goe  forth  in  soe  cold  an 
Euening,  shee  Answered  mee,  that  shee  was  going  to  a  priuate 
meeting.  And  to  my  best  Remembrance  I  then  asked  her  as  I  had 
done  vpou  occation  at  times  before,  whether  shee  heard  with  vnder- 
standing at  the  meetings  &  shee  said  yea,  shee  praysed  God  for  it. 

Taken  vpon  Oath  the  29th  of  the  7:  1667. 

Before  Edw.  Tyng,  Commissr. 

Edward  Yard.  25th  March,  1668.  Power  of  Administration  to  the 
Estate  of  the  late  Edward  Yard,  Fisherman  of  neere  Dartmouth  In 
the  County  of  Deuon,  in  old  England,  deceased,  is  granted  to  Mr. 
Peter  Olliuer  of  Boston,  merchant,  in  behalfe  of  himselfe  &  other 
Creditors  with  such  others  as  are  neerest  of  kinne  to  the  said  Yard, 
hee  bringing  in  a  true  Inventory  of  the  Estate  to  the  next  Countie 
Court,  &  givinge  bonds  to  Administer  thereupon  according  to  La  we  : 

By  Order,  Edw.  Rawson,  Record r. 


SPEAR  FAMILY  RECORD. 
[Communicated  by  James  Spear  Loring,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.] 
George  Spear,  the  emigrant,  had  five  sons,  and   settled  at  Brain- 
tree,  Mass.    His  third  son,  Ebenezer,  married  Rachel  Deerings,  1679. 
Among  his  children  was  Joseph,  born   Feb.  25,  1688,  who   settled   at 
Hull.     He  was  master  of  a  Philadelphia  packet,  and  was  attacked 


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with  small-pox  May,  1738,  when  he  was  conveyed  from  Boston  to 
Rainsford's  Island,  by  order  of  the  selectmen,  where  he  died.  He  m. 
Mary,  dan.  of  Gershom  and  Elizabeth  Collier,  Dec.  12,  1720.  His 
widow  m.  Richard  Stubs.  Their  children  were  :  Joseph,  b.  Ap.  10, 
1722  ;  Gershom,  b.  Ap.  7,  1723  ;  David,  b.  1726  ;  Nathan,  b.  May 
29,  1728  ;  Paul,  b.  June  30,  1733  ;  Poole,  b.  Sept.  21,  1735  ;  Mary, 
b.  June  1,  1738  ;  and  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  27,  1731.  He  had  thirty-five 
grandchildren. 

1.  Joseph,  a  lighterman,  m.  Phebe  Binney,  of  Hull,  1743.  He  m. 
again  Mary  Dawson.  The  children  were:  Barney;  Joshua,  b.  1749, 
d.  1789  ;  Joseph,  b.  1747,  d.  1794,  surveyor  and  soldier  of  the  revo- 
lution. He  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  David  Spear.  He  d.  at  Port  au  Prince, 
Sept.,  1787. 

-  2.  Gershom,  a  cooper,  m.  Elizabeth  Bradlee,  1770.  Hannah,  m. 
Joseph  Sargent  ;  Phebe  m.  Asaph  Harlow,  and  d.  1814  ;  Elizabeth, 
b.  1755,  m.  Thomas  Harlow,  d.  1829  ;  Mary,  b.  1760,  d.  Jan,  1846  ; 
Nathaniel,  m.  Sally  Truemau  ;  Hannah,  b.  1765,  d.  Nov.,  1845,  m. 
Jeremiah  K abler. 

By  Boston  overseers'  records  :  Joseph  Spear,  wife  and  three  chil- 
dren, of  Hull,  Aug.  3,  1758,  time  of  residence  in  Boston  six  months, 
were  warned  out  of  town,  by  Abijah  Adams,  constable.  Several  thou- 
sand were  warned  out  of  town  for  many  years,  that  incase  of  extreme 
poverty  they  may  not  be  chargeable  to  Boston. 

Gershom,  a  guineaman,  m.  Lucy  Witherell,  of  Cape  Cod;  m.  2d. 
time  the  widow  Eldredge,  June  18,  1744,  and  had  Joseph  1744,  .and 
Lncy,  who  m.  Capt.  Oakes,  of  Pembroke.     Capt.  Gershom  d.  at  sea. 

3.  David,  a  cooper,  d.  at  Boston,  July  8,  1803,  m.  Elizabeth  Oliver,  An- 
apolis,  Canada,  2(1  wife,  Sarah  Stoddard,  3d  wife,  widow  Mary  Holland, 
who  was  a  Hammett,  4th  wife,  Sarah  Loring,  of  Hull.  The  children 
were  :  Elizabeth,  who  m.  Joseph  Spear,  and  m.  2d.  time,  Joseph  Cor- 
dies;  Sarah,  m.  Lieut.  John  Ingersoll,  1776;  David,  m.  Marcy  Higgins. 

Gershom,  son  of  Joseph  Spear,  fell  from  a  wharf  near  the  South 
Battery.  His  father,  while  removing  his  lighter,  discovered  the  boy 
under  the  water,  aud  conveyed  him  home,  apparently  a  lifeless  corpse, 
but  after  great  exertions,  he  was  restored. 

David  Spear  was  a  maritime  juror.  Excise  duty  on  his  chariot, 
1798.  Was  a  culler  of  staves,  1769.  At  a  meeting  of  Boston  trades- 
men, Jan.  1788,  at  Green  Dragon  Tavern,  in  favor  of  adopting  the 
Federal  Constitution,  Capt.  David  Spear  was  chosen  on  the  standing 
committee.  The  Free  and  Independent  Whig  Society  of  Observa- 
tion was  established  in  Boston,  June  25,  1778.  A  committee  was 
chosen,  June  9,  1779,  to  wait  upon  David  Spear,  about  the  Nantucket 
molasses,  who  has  orders  to  sell  for  nothing  but  hard  money  to  the 
exclusion  of  the  continental  currency.  Mobs  often  assailed  the 
stores  of  merchants  who  adopted  this  exclusive  policy,  and  destroyed 
large  amounts  of  merchandise  He  was  captaia  of  a  military  company. 
4.  Nathan,  m.  Grace  Willis,  who  d.  1791.  The  children  were  : 
Grace,  m.  William  Foster  ;  Martha,  m.  John  Johnson,  an  artist  ; 
Mary  ;  Nathan  ;  William,  m.  Miss.  Jackson  ;  Josiah,  m.  a  Jackson  ; 
David,  m.  Peggy  Hall,  2d  wife,  Williams  of  Roxbury.  Nathan's  slave. 
Cato  was  admitted  to  Dr.  Stillman's  church  July  4,  1773,  excluded 
Aug.  30,  1779,  because  of  adultery.     Nathan,  sen.,  in   1763,  was    at- 


160  Spear  Family  Record.  [April, 

tacked  with  the  small-pox,  and  was  removed  to  the  Rainfordland 
Hospital  at  New  Boston;  was  a  culler  of  staves  in  1769.  In  1768, 
Zachary  Johonnot,  Nathan  Spear,  William  Foster  and  others  com- 
plained to  the  selectmen  of  Boston  against  John  Watson,  esq.,  of 
the  59th  Regiment  of  foot  for  inducing  their  negro  servants  to  enter 
into  a  dangerous  conspiracy  against  their  masters,  promising  them 
their  freedom  as  a  reward.  June,  1776,  he  was  a  juryman  ;  was 
foreman  of  the  jury  in  a  maritime  court,  Aug.,  1779,  held  in  Boston. 
In  Dec,  1776,  he  was  one  of  597  militia  drafted  in  Boston,  by  order  of 
the  General  Court,  to  serve  as  a  reinforcement  of  the  Continental  army. 

In  the  Boston  Gazette  of  April,  1778,  is  a  statement  of  the  attempt 
of  Perez  Morton,  esq.,  to  liberate  slaves  in  Boston  without  the  con- 
sent of  their  masters,  on  the  charge  of  Col.  Isaac  Sears  and  Nathan 
Spear.  The  following  is  the  testimony  of  Mr,  Spear  :  "  I,  Nathan 
Spear,  of  Boston,  Suffolk  Co.,  cooper,  testify  and  declare  that  some- 
time in  Nov.,  1777,  I  was  met  in  the  street  in  said  Boston,  by  Perez 
Morton,  esq.,  when  he  addressed  me  in  the  following  manner,  viz  : 
"  One  of  your  negro  lads  has  been  with  me  on  account  of  his  free- 
dom." I  then  told  him  the  said  negro  was  under  age.  Said  Perez 
Morton  replied  to  me  :  "  You  have  no  right  to  keep  him,  but  had 
better  set  him  at  liberty,  and  added,  "had  I  not  better  come  to  you 
in  person  about  this  affair,  than  send  you  a  writ?"  A  few  weeks 
afterwards  the  said  Perez  Morton  came  to  me  again,  and  told  me  the 
meaning,  said  negro  kept  coming  to  him  about  the  matter  of  his  free- 
dom. The  deponent  then  told  said  Perez  Morton  if  he  did  not  leave 
troubling  him  about  the  negro,  he,  the  deponent,  would  send  off  the 
negro,  upon  which  Perez  Morton  expressed  himself  in  the  following 
words,  viz:  "By  God,  I  will  follow  you  to  hell,  but  I  will  have  sat- 
isfaction of  you  if  you  send  him  off,"  still  meaning  said  negro.  The 
said  Perez  added  that  he  would  not  have  the  deponent  offended  with 
him,  for  the  whole  corps  of  lawyers  had  taken  up  the  matter.  Nathan 
Spear,  Ap.  8,  1778,  Samuel  Pemberton,  Joseph  Greenleaf,  justices. 
Nathan  Spear's  wharf  was  next  south  of  Codman's  wharf. 

Capt.  Gershom  Spear  was  the  master  of  a  slave  ship  to  Africa,  and 
when  entering  Boston  harbor,  some  of  the  slaves  mutinied,  and  one  of 
them  attempted  his  life  with  a  pistol.  He  afterwards,  about  1760,  com- 
manded the  British  brig  Anson,  and  in  a  contest  with  a  French  ship 
off  Gibraltar,  nearly  succeeded  in  its  capture,  and  so  great  was  the 
bravery  that  he  was  received  in  Gibraltar  with  public  rejoicings. 

In  1784,  Nathan,  son  of  Nathan  Spear,  visited  France  in  company 
with  William  Foster,  of  Boston,  who  m.  his  sister  Grace.  Mrs.  Ad- 
ams, the  wife  of  John  Adams,  in  a  letter  to  Mrs.  Cranch,  dated  July 
6,  1784,  describing  passengers  on  board  of  ship  Active,  in  which  she 
sailed  for  London,  writes  of  Mr.  Foster  as  a  merchant,  a  gentleman 
soft  in  his  manners,  very  polite  and  kind,  loves  domestic  life,  and 
thinks  justly  of  it.  I  respect  him  on  this  account.  Mr.  Spear  brings 
up  the  rear,  a  single  gentleman,  with  a  great  deal  of  good  humor, 
some  wit,  and  much  drollery,  easy  and  happy;  blow  high  and  blow 
low,  can  sleep  and  laugh  at  all  seasons.  "  Mr.  Spear  reading  Thom- 
son's Seasons  with  his  hat  on." 

5.  Paul,  m.  Clemence  Weld,  of  Roxbury,  who  was  admitted  to  Dr. 
Stillman's  church,  Sept.  7,  1766.     He  d,  in  1792. 


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6.  Poole,  deputy  sheriff,  m.  Christiana  Turner,  of  Pembroke,  had 
Joseph,  Daniel,  Oliver;  Paul,  m.  Mary  Bacon;  Christiana,  in.  Jabez 
Hatch  ;  Abigail,  m.  Mr.  Abbot. 

In  the  deposition  of  Richard  Palmes,  published  in  the  Narrative 
of  the  Boston  Massacre,  March  5,  1770,  he  states  that  he  "saw  Mr. 
Pool  Spear  going-  towards  the  town-house.  He  asked  me  if  I  was 
going  home.  I  told  him  I  was  ;  I  asked  him  where  he  was  going 
that  way.  He  said  he  was  going  to  his  brother  David's.  But  when 
I  got  to  the  town-pump,  we  were  told  there  was  a  rumpus  at  the 
Custom  House  door  [north  side  of  King  street.]  Mr.  Spear  said  to  me, 
you  had  better  not  go.  I  told  him  I  would  go  and  try  to  make  peace. 
I  immediately  went  there  and  saw  Capt.  Preston  at  .the  head  of  six 
or  eight  soldiers,  in  a  circular  form,  with  guns  breast-high,  and  bay- 
onets fixed,"  etc.,  etc. 

7.  Mary,  d.  Nov.  7,  1799,  m.  Capt.  John  Bray,  second  time,  Dea.- 
James  Loring,  of  Hull,  who  d.  July  20,  1775.  Her  children  were  : 
John  Bray,  b.  1761,  m.  Sarah  Chapman;  James  Loring,  b.  1770,  m. 
Mary  dishing,  2d  wife  widow  Prudence  C.  Morris;  Mary,  m.  Ebene- 
nezer  Paine. 

8.  Elizabeth,  m.  Mr.  Ewing,  and  had  :  Elizabeth,  m.  Arthur  Kane. 
Paul.  Nathan  Spear's  daughter,  Grace  Foster,  had  :  Sally,  who  m. 
Hon.  H.  G.  Otis  in  1790.  Col.  John  T.  Apthorp  m.  Grace,  who  d  ; 
1795,  aud  Mary,  twin  sister  of  Sally  Foster.  Major  John  Bray,  se- 
lectman of  Boston,  had  Sarah,  m.  John,  a  son  of  Gen.  John  Winslow, 
and  Maria  m.  Zachariah  Whitman,  author  of  the  History  of  the  An- 
cient and  Hon.  Artillery  Company.  At  a  garrison  court  martial,  Cam- 
bridge, 1775,  James  Spear,  of  Capt.  Flagg's  company,  in  Col.  Church's 
regiment,  for  abusive  language,  the  court  find  him  not  guilty,  and 
order  that  he  be  discharged  from  the  guard-house. 

Jacob  Spear,  of  Col.  Russell's  regiment,  for  absenting  himself 
from  the  White  House  guard,  without  leave  —  the  court  sentence  him 
to  be  tied  to  the  whipping  post  five  minutes. 


STATEMENTS  OF  GRACE  HIGIMAN  AND  OTHERS  IN  RELA- 
TION TO  BEING  TAKEN    CAPTIVE  BY  THE  INDIANS. 

Grace  Higiman  saith,  That  on  the  second  day  of  August  1689, 
the  day  when  Pemaquid  was  assaulted  and  taken  by  ye  Indians,  I  was 
then  taken  Prisoner  and  carried  away  by  them,  one  Eckeon,  a  Canada 
Indian  pretending  to  have  a  right  in  me,  &  to  be  my  master,  I 
apprehend  that  there  were  between  two  and  theee  hundred  Indians 
at  that  assault,  (and  no  French,  who  continued  there  for  two  dayes, 
and  then  carried  away  myselfe  and  the  other  Captives,  (about  Fifty 
in  number),  unto  the  Fort  at  Penobscot.  I  continued  there  about  three 
yeares,  removing  from  place  to  place  as  the  Indians  occasionally  went, 
and  was  very  hardly  treated  by  them,  both  in  respect  of  Provisions 
&  Cloathing,  having  nothing  but  a  torn  blanket  to  cover  me  during 
the  winter  season,  and  oftentimes  cruelly  beaten.  After  I  had  been 
with  the  Indians  three  yeares,  they  carried  me  to  Quebeck,  and  sold 
me  for  Forty  Crowns  unto  the  French  there,  who  treated  me  well, 
gave  me  my  liberty,  and   I  had  the   Kings   allowance  of  Provisions, 


162  Statement  of  Grace  Higiman.  [April, 

and  also  a  Room  provided  for  me  and  liberty  Xo  worke  for  myselfe. 
T  continued  there  two  yeares  and  a  halfe.  During  which  time  of 
my  abode  there,  several  of  the  Eastern  Indians  came,  Vizt  :  Boma- 
seen,  Moxishis  son  and  Modockawando's  son  &  divers  others, 
and  brought  in  English  Prisoners  &  Scalps,  and  as  the  French  told 
me,  received  for  each  Scalp  (being  paid  by  the  Intendent),  Twenty 
French  Crowns,  according  to  a  Declaration,  which  the  Governour 
there  had  emitted  for  their  Encouragemen1,  and  the  Captives  they 
sold  for  so  much  as  they  could  agree  for  with  the  purchasers.  The 
Indians  also  had  a  Reward  allowed  them  for  bringing  Intelligences 
from  time  to  time.  Soon  after  the  Submission  made  by  the  Indians 
at  Pemaquid  in  the  year  1693,  Bomaseen  came  to  Quebeck  and 
brought  a  paper  containing  the  Substance  of  the  Articles  of  that 
Submission  which  he  shewed  unto  me,  and  told  me  that  the  Gov- 
ernour of  Canada  said  to  him,  That  he  should  not  have  made  any 
Peace  with  the  English  and  that  he  seemed  to  be  much  displeased 
for  their  having  so  done,  however  said  they  might  carry  it  friendly 
to  the  English  till  they  should  meet  with  a  convenient  opportunity  of 
having  an  advantage  to  do  mischief,  and  after  the  mischief  done  at 
Oyster  River,  Bomaseen  returned  with  Monsr  Le  Ville,  Captain  of  a 
party  of  the  French  that joyned  with  them  in  that  action,  and  the  8d 
Bomaseen  (as  he  told  me  hirnselfe),  brought  with  him  then,  ten  scalps 
and  Two  Prisoners.  And  I  left  Bomaseen  at  Quebeck  when  I  came 
from  thence,  being  the  4th  of  September  1694.  And  whilst  Mr. 
Nelson  remained  a  Prisoner  at  Quebeck  he  discoursed  the  Governour 
there  about  his  setting  a  price  upon  Englishmen's  heads  objecting 
against  it  as  IJnchristian  and  not  agreeable  to  the  Custom  of  Nations, 
at  which  the  Governour  seemed  to  be  much  disturbed  and  said  the 
English  had  begun  the  practice  of  it  by  giving  a  Reward  to  ye 
Mohawks.  On  the  4th  of  September  aforesd  I  came  from  Quebeck 
in  Company  with  three  Frenchmen,  who  carried  me  to  S1.  John's 
where  I  stayed  three  weeks,  being  lodged  at  a  Gentleman's  House 
without  the  Fort  named  De  Chuphore,  and  was  once  in  the  Fort  being 
invited  thither  by  Villebone,  but  can  give  no  accompt  of  the  State 
thereof,  apprehend  there  may  be  about  Fifty  men,  and  do  not  under- 
stand tliat  they  want  any  thing,  receiving  a  yearly  supply  by  a  Ship 
from  France  both  for  yrnselves  and  the  Indians.  I  was  transported 
from  Sl.  Johns  to  Port  Royal  in  a  Barque  being  a  Prize  lying  there 
that  belonged  to  Capt.  Belcher,  and  I  continued  there  all  the  last 
winter.  The  Vessells  that  infest  the  Coast  are  fitted  out  from  Port 
Royal  tho'  I  do  not  understand  that  it  is  with  the  Countenance  or 
approbation  of  the  Inhabitants,  who  profess  their  dislike  thereof  and 
would  be  glad  That  it  were  in  their  power  to  prevent  it,  but  they 
are  over  awed  &  menaced  by  the  Privateers  &  Villebone  with  his 
party,  being  in  danger  of  having  the  Indians  set  upon  them  to  destroy 
what  they  have.  And  the  occasion  of  Abraham  Boudroits  going 
the  last  Spring  to  Sl.  John's  was  (as  I  understand)  to  see  if  he  conld 
purchase  some  of  the  English  Captives,  and  I  know  nothing  but  that 
he  is  true  and  cordial  to  the  English  Interests. 

The  Indians  about  John's  River  have  the  last  Winter  (as  I  am 
informed)  been  very  sickly,  and  upwards  of  an  hundred  of  them  died. 
And  I  apprehend  That  if  the  yearly  supply  from  France  to  Sl.  John's 


1864.]  Statement  of  Grace  Higiman.  163 

could  be  intercepted  they  would  be  greatly  distressed  and  forced  to 
draw  of,  if  Port  Royal  be  not  so  stored  as  that  they  cannot  have 
supplies  from  them.  The  Ship  that  comes  from  Fiance  is  expected 
about  the  middle  of  June.  On  the  5,h  of  May  last  I  came  from  Port 
Royal  with  Abraham  Boudroit,  and  arrived  at  Boston  about  the  18th 
of  the  same  month.  About  2  yeares  since  500  Souldiers  were  sent 
from  France  to  Canada. 

Grace  H  Higiman. 

Further  I  add  that  when  I  saw  Bomaseen  at  Canada  after  the  time 
that  Oyster  River  was  destroyed,  he  had  on  a  pair  of  red  plush 
breeches,  a  close  bodyed  Coat  of  Searge,  and  a  cane  with  a  Silver 
head  and  in  a  boasting  manner,  related  to  me  as  above  that  he 
brought  in  Ten  Scalps  and  two  English  Prisoners,  and  was  greatly 
caressed  and  treated  kindly  by  the  French  Governour. 

Signed, 

Grace  H  Higiman. 
Sworn  31st  of  May  1695 
Bomaseen  being  present 
Before  the  Ll.  Gov  &  Council. 
Jsa  Addington  Secry. 

Hezekiah  Miles  als  Hector  Indian  of  full  age  sworn  saith  that  he 
being  imployed  in  his  Majlys  service  against  the  Indian  Enemy,  and 
posted  at  Major  Frosts  Garrison  at  Barwick  in  the  year  1691,  was 
surprised  and  carried  away  Captive  by  the  Eastern  Indian  Enemy 
and  became  servant  to  Sampson  Hegin  with  whorne  he  continued  for 
the  space  of  neer  Four  years,  haveing  his  chief  residence  at  the  new 
Fort  called  Amsaquonte  above  Naridgwack.  And  that  in  the  month 
of  July  1694  there  was  a  gathering  of  the  Indians  at  the  said  new 
Fort  and  preparations  to  go  forth  to  war(  and  that  two  or  three  days 
before  they  intended  to  set  out,  they  kild  and  boyled  several  dogs 
and  held  a  Feast,  where  was  present  Egeremet,  Bomaseen,  Warumbee, 
&  Ahasombamet  with  divers  others  of  the  chief  among  them.  They 
discoursed  of  falling  upon  Oyster  River  and  Groton,  and  Bomaseen 
was  to  command  one  of  the  Company,  &  the  day  before  they  intended 
to  set  forth,  myself  with  Four  Indians  more  were  dispatched  away 
to  Canada  with  a  Letter  from  the  Fryar  and  were  upon  our  Voyage 
thither  and  back  again  about  Fourt11  days  and  brought  down  about 
two  barrels  of  powder,  shot  proportionable  &  some  fire  armes.  About 
the  time  of  our  return,  the  Indians  came  in  after  the  mischief  done 
at  Oyster  River  &  Groton,  and  in  particular,  I  saw  Bomaseen  in  his 
Canoo,  which  was  well  laden;  there  was  two  English  Captives,  some 
scales,  and  a  large  pack  of  plunder  brought  in  that  Canoo,  and  Bom- 
aseen two  or  three  days  after  his  return  home  went  away  to  Canada. 
The  depon1  further  adds  that  Sheepscot  John8  two  sons,  now  in  Boston 
Prison,  were  present  at  the  Feast  at  ye  Fort  &  preparing  to  go  forth 
wlh  ye  other  Indians  and  another  son  of  Sheepscot  Johns  &  that  he 
saw  these  two  Indians  at  their  return.  Signed 

Hez:  x  Miles  als  Hector. 
Sworn  31sl  of  May  1695.     Bomaseen  being  present 
Before  the  L'.  Gov.  &  Council.         Isa:  Addington,  Secry. 


164  Statement  of  Ann  Jenckins.  [April, 

An  Jenkins  of  full  age  Testyefieth  &  saith  that  at  Oyster  River  on 
the  eighteenth  of  July  last  past  in  the  morning  about  the  dawning  of 
the  day  my  husband  being  up  went  out  of  the  dore  &  presently  re- 
turneing  Cried  to  me  &or  Children  to  run  for  or  Lives  For  the  Indians 
had  beset  the  Town  whereupon  my  husband  and  myself  fled  with  or 
Children  into  or  Cornefeild  &  at  or  entrance  into  the  feild  Bomaseen 
whourne  I  haue  seen  since  I  came  out  of  captivity  in  the  prison  Came 
towards  vs,  &  about  term  Indians  more  &  the  sd  Bomaseen  then  shot 
at  my  husband  &  stroke  him  down,  Ran  to  him  &  struck  him  three 
blowes  on  the  head  with  a  hatchet  scalped  him  and  run  him  three 
times  in  the  breast  with  a  baganet.  I  also  saw  the  said  Bomazeen 
knock  one  of  my  Children  on  the  head  &  tooke  of  her  scalp  &  then 
put  the  Child  into  her  father's  arrues  &  they  both  Lay  gasping  to- 
gether. He  also  then  stabbed  the  Child  in  the  breast  And  Bomazeen 
also  then  killed  my  husbands  grandmother  &  scalped  her  &  then  Led 
me  up  to  or  house  &  plundered  it  &  then  set  it  on  fire  &  Carried  me 
&  my  three  children  into  Captivity  together  with  the  Rest  of  my 
Neighbors  whose  Lives  were  spared,  being  at  first  forty  nine  but  in 
one  miles  goeing  or  thereabouts  they  killed  three  Children  so  there 
remained  forty  six  Captives  &  that  night  the  Company  parted  &  the 
Captives  were  distributed,  but  before  they  parted  I  this  deponent 
numbered  one  hundred  &  fourty  Indians  &  fourteen  french  men  &  then 
when  I  tooke  the  account  there  were  more  fireing  at  Woodmans  gar- 
rison &  at  Burnams  garrison,  but  the  number  unknowne  to  me.  My- 
selfe  with  nine  captiues  more  were  Carried  up  to  penecook  &  were 
Left  with  three  Indians  &  that  party  went  to  Groaten  Bomazeen 
being  their  Commander.  In  nine  dayes  they  returned  &  brought 
twelue  Captiues  &  from  thence  with  their  Cannoes  sometimes  afloat 
&  sometimes  Carried  untill  that  we  Came  to  Norridgeawocke  which 
tooke  us  fifteen  dayes  &  staied  about  two  months  there  then  dis- 
persed into  the  woods  twoe  or  thre  families  in  a  place  &  kept  Re- 
moveing  toe  and  froe  staieing  about  a  week  in  a  place  untill  they 
brought  vss  down  to  pemaquid  &  delivered  vss  to  Cap1.  March.  Boma- 
zeen was  my  Master,  his  wife  my  Mistress  vntill  Bomazeen  was  taken 
at  pemaquid  ;  after  that  I  belonged  to  his  wife  untill  about  two 
months  before  I  was  brought  down  to  pemaquid  for  then  the  Indian 
Minister  Called  Prince  Waxaway  bought  me  when  I  was  brought  to 
great  weekness  &  extremity  by  their  Bad  usage  &  shewed  me  great 
kindness  by  whose  meanes  vnder  God  my  Life  was  preserved.  My 
Mistress  was  very  Cruell  tome  &  I  was  Cruelly  whipt  seaven  times  & 
they  intended  so  to  proceed  once  a  week  untill  they  had  killed  me  but 
that  the  Indian  Minister  had  Compassion  on  me  &  rescued  me.  That 
Indian  Minister  also  bought  three  Captiues  more  &  freed  them  from 
their  hard  vsage.  Their  Names  are  Nicholas  Frost,  Sarah  Braggin- 
ton  &  Thomsand  drue. 

The  mark  of  X  An  Jenckins. 

Ann  Jenckins  made   oth  to  the  Truth  of  this  Her  within  written 
Evidence  this  11th  day  of  June  1695.     Before  me 

Barth11  Gedney,  Just.  Peace. 


1864.]  >  Statements,  Sfc.  165 

The  Deposition  of  Damsou  Drew*  lately  dwelling  att  Oyster  River 
in  Piscataqua. 

This  Deponent  maketh  Oath  that  on  or  about  the  last  day  of  Au- 
gust in  the  year  1694  she  this  Deponent  being-  in  Bed  with  her  Hus- 
band they  heard  a  great  Tumult  and  Noise  of  firing  of  Guns  which 
awakened  her  out  of  her  sleep,  and  she  understanding  that  the  In- 
dians were  in  Arms  &  had  encompassed  the  House  willing  to  make 
her  Escape  she  endeavored  &  att  last  got  out  of  the  Window  and 
fled,  but  the  Indians  firing  fast  after  her  she  returned  to  the  House 
and  her  Father  iu  law  took  her  by  the  hand  and  haled  her  into  the 
House  again,  whereupon  she  endeavored  to  get  out  att  another  Win- 
dow, but  the  Indians  had  besett  that,  so  she  returned  to  the  other 
,Itoom  where  her  friends  were  and  the  Window  of  that  Room  being 
open  an  Indian  named  Bombazine  (as  she  was  then  informed  &  has 
since  seen  and  known  him  in  the  Prison  att  Boston)  caught  hold  of 
her  Arm  and  pulled  her  out  att  the  Window  &  threw  her  violently 
upon  the  Ground  she  being  then  with  Child  &  when  she  had  so  done 
he  went  into  the  House  to  plunder  when  another  Indian  named  As- 
surowlaway  (who  could  speak  good  English  came  to  her  &  told 
her  she  should  receive  no  hurt  &  took  her  and  carryed  her  into  the 
Woods.     And  further  this  Depon1.  saith  not. 

The  mark  of 
Damson  -f-  Drew. 

Boston  May  23d  1698. 

The  Dcpon1.  Drew  was  Examine*'.  &  sworn  to  what  is  above  written, 
Bombazeen  the  Indian  being  present  and  caused  to  understand  it. 

read  Nov*.  18l\  1698. 
Cor.  Jsa.  Addington. 

[The  following  opinion  of  eight  prominent  ministers  of  Boston  and  vicinity,  in 
relation  to  the  subject  of  showing  mercy  to  the  savages  then  in  prison  at  Boston, 
is  found  in  the  archives  connected  with  the  foregoing  depositions.] 

q    «  o     on      I-  The  Capital    Execution  of   a  Murderer  is   a 

•fi    iV-*'     o   oi'  point  which  doubtless  may  bee  superseded  by 

with  1  kin..  2.  31.  '.,      n         ,        ,  -  ,    ,.  J,  ,.         ..  \  x 

t        i     io   m   i^  the  Hazards  which  the  public  saiety  may  evi- 

jon.  i.,  1J,  14,  io.  dentfy  8uffer  from  Jt 

*  Among  these  prisoners  were  Thomas  Drew  and  his  wife  who  were  newly  mar- 
ried. He  was  carried  to  Canada,  where  he  continued  two  years  and  was  redeemed. 
She  to  Norridgwog,  and  was  gone  four  years,  in  which  she  endured  every  tiling  but 
death.  She  whs  delivered  of  a  child  in  the  winter,  in  the  open  air,  and  iu  a  violent 
snow  storm.  Being  unable  to  suckle  her  child,  or  provide  it  any  food,  the  Indians 
killed  it.  She  lived  fourteen  days  on  a  decoction  of  the  bark  of  trees.  Once  they 
set  her  to  draw  a  sled  up  a  river  against  a  piercing  north-west  wind,  and  left  her. 
She  whs  so  overcome  with  the  cold  that  she  grew  sleepy,  laid  down  and  was  nearly 
dead,  when  they  returned  ;  they  carried  her  senseless  to  a  wigwam,  and  poured 
warm  water  down  her  throat,  which  recovered  her.  After  her  return  to  her  hus- 
band, she  had  fourteen  children  ;  they  lived  together  until  he  was  ninety-three  and 
she  eighty-nine  years  of  age;  they  died  within  two  days  of  each  other  and  were 
buried  in  one  grave. 

U.2T*  These  particular  circumstances  of  the  destruction  at  Oyster  river  were  at  my 
desire  collected  from  the  information  of  aged  people,  by  John  Smith,  Esq.,  a  de- 
scendant of  one  of  the  suffering  families. 

Belknap's  Hist,  of  New  Hampshire,  i.  276.  edition  1792. 
11 


166  Testimony  of  Moses  Eyers.  [April, 

II.  Great  is  the  difference  between  the   blood 

shed  by  declared  enemies,  tho' very  perfidious 

1  King.  2,  5.  ones,  in  a  state  of  war,  and  the  blood  shed  by 

professed  subjects,  under  circumstances  of  the 

law  and  not  so  engaged  in  arms. 

Numb      35     30      ^"  When  the  death  of  a  murderer  is  to  be  for- 

Deut   It'  6  and  19  mally  as  sncli  proceeded  unto,  there  must  be 

lg      '      '    '  '         that  full  evidence  of  the  murder  which  amounts 

unto  two  sufficient  testimonies. 

Upon  the  Whole, 
The  Case  being  putt  unto  us,  Whether  the  Lives 
of  Certain  Salvages  now  in  Hold,  may  Law- 
fully bee  spared. 
Or  Answer  is,  That,  not  being  Concerned  with 
the  Expediency  of  the  Matter  or  the  Methods 
of  Managing  it  which  are  Left  with  the  publick 
Wisdome  wee  Judge  the  Thing  Lawful  to  bee 
done. 

INCREASE  MATHER. 
JAMES  ALLEN. 
SAMUEL  TORREY. 
SAML  WILLARD. 
MOSES  FISKE. 
PETER  THACHER. 
raOM*  CLARK. 
COTTON  MATHER. 
From  Mass.  Archives,  viii,  36-42. 


TESTIMONY    OP    MOSES    EYERS    OP    DORCHESTER    (1688), 
WHO  WAS  TAKEN  CAPTIVE  BY   THE  INDIANS. 

The  Exaiacbn  of  Moses  Eyers*  of  Dorchester  in  yc  County  of  Suf- 
folke,  aged  twenty  one  yeares  or  thereabouts,  taken  ye  22"'  day  of 
October  1688. 

The  sd  Examinant  sayth  that  about  ye  begining  of  September 
last,  he  went  in  a  Canoe  with  Cap1.  Walter  Gendall  &  two  other  men 
&  a  Negro  of  ye  sd  Gendalls  &  two  men  more  in  a  Bourch  Canoe,  In- 

*  This  was  no  doubt  the  Moses  Ayres  horn  10  Sept.,  1667  (ante  xv.  56).  It  would 
seem  from  the  following  record,  that  he  or  another  person  hearing  the  same 
name  was  captured  in  or  previous  to  1684.  The  date  below  agrees  with  the  church 
records,  hut  is  given  erroneously  in  vol.  xv,  56. 

1684,  "  Sept.  20th,  there  was  a  contribution  for  Moses  Ayers,  being  a  captive, 
amounting  to  £6  2«  8d,  which  was  delivered  to  Thomas  Tilestone,  who,  together 
with  Thomas  Pierce,  were  to  convey  it  into  safe  hands  for  his  redemption.  It  ap- 
pearing that  the  son  of  widow  Robinson,  for  whose  release  from  captivity  there  had 
previously  been  a  contribution,  was  redeemed  without  making  use  of  the  money, 
and  as  there  had  been  a  promise  that  if  it  was  not  used  it  should  be  returned,  it 
was  voted  to  call  for  it  and  add  it  to  the  sum  raised  for  Mr.  Ayers,  if  necessary." 
Hist.  Dorchester,  page  249. 


1864.]  Testimony  of  J\'Joses  Eyers.  167 

tending  to  goe  to  ye  sd  Gendalls  house,  &  roweing  necre  the  same, 
both  Cannoes  putt  ashore,  &  it  beginning  to  Raine  Gap1.  Gendall 
sent  tin's  Examinant  &  y°  Negroman  to  goe  to  his  house  &  fetch  a 
Bagg  of  Gunpowder  wch  he  had  Hung  out  to  Dry,  &  by  the  way,  as 
they  were  goeing  to  ye  house,  they  heard  a  man  (who  Cap1.  Gendall 
had  sent  to  bring  up  his  Cows)  Cry  out  Indians,  &  therefore  this 
Exain1  &  ye  negro  man  Runn  back  towards  yr  Canoes,  but  before 
they  could  reach  them  this  Exain1  was  taken  by  yL'  Indians  &  they 
went  towards  the  other  men  that  soe  soone  as  ye  Indians  were  seene 
by  Cap'.  Gendall  &  ye  others  yc  two  men  that  came  in  ye  Burch 
Canoo  Launched  her  &  went  away,  but  Cap1.  Gendall  &  the  two  men 
with  him  stayed,  &  Gendall  prsented  his  Gunn  att  ye  Indians  ;  that 
thereupon  ye  Indians  layed  downe  their  Amies  &  Called  to  Cap1. 
Gendall  to  Come  to  them,  saying  they  Come  to  heare  News  &  would 
Doe  him  noe  harme,  that  then  ye  sd  Gendall  putt  his  Gunn  into  ye 
Canoe  &  went  to  them,  &  the  Indians  asked  him  what  was  the  Rea- 
son that  ye  Englishmen  went  from  their  houses  &  why  Cap1.  Black- 
man  tooke  yc  Indians  att  Saco  &  sent  them  away,  &  ye  sd  Gendall 
told  them,  that  there  was  News  come  from  the  Westward  that 
severall  Indians  &  English  were  lately  Killed  by  Indians  on  Conechi- 
cott  River  att  Northfield,  wch  the  Indians  sa3'ed  they  Knew  nothing 
off.  And  while  they  were  in  discourse,  some  other  of*  ye  Indians 
went  downe  to  yc  Canoe  &  took  the  Amies  woh  belonged  to  Cap1. 
Gendall  &  y,!  other  men  with  him  &  fired  them  off,  &  then  seized  & 
bound  them  all  &  Carryed  them  about  two  miles  into  y  woods,  from 
s(1  Gendalls  house  to  a  swamp,  where  they  lett  Cap1.  Gendall  goe,  but 
Kept  this  Exain1  &  other  three  persons  all  that  night,  &  the  next  day 
Carryed  them'to  a  place  abl  twenty  miles  from  ye  Water  side,  where 
there  Wigwams  were.  That  ye  Indians  that  tooke  them,  were  about 
Twelue  in  number,  &  that  amongst  them  were  Ned  Iliggins,  who 
was  their  Captaine.  Niconumby  and  his  sonne  called  Young  Ni- 
conumby,  Sorry  Ned,  Saragumby,  Peecenose  his  Brother,  Amoscog- 
gin  Sam  &  Asamewes,  whom  this  Exain1  Knew.  That  about  tenn 
dayes  after  they  were  taken,  &  yti  Indians  sent  to  Boston  from  Saco 
were  Come  back  againe,  two  Indians  &  two  Englishmen  were  sent 
from  Lieu1.  Coll.  Tyng  att  Falmouth  to  the  place  where  this  Exain1  & 
ye  others  were  Kept,  to  speake  to  y$  Indians  &  Demand  those  Eng- 
lish taken  by  them,  &  to  tell  them  that  if  they  would  deliuer  the 
Captiues,  &  what  other  things  they  had  taken  from  the  English,  the 
Indians  should  be  sett  att  Liberty,  &  desired  ye  Sachems  to  goe 
downe  &  speake  with  ye  English  ;  whereupon  the  Indians  Released 
this  Exain1  &  one  more  that  was  with  him  (the  other  two  haueing 
before  made  their  Escape)  &  three  Indians,  by  Name,  Hope  Hood, 
Ned  Iliggins,  &  Young  Niconumby,  came  with  them  to  Falmouth  to 
speake  with  ye  English  &  further  sayth  not. 

Moses  Eyares.  Swome  ye  day    &   yeare   before  written 

before  me, 

Ed.  Randolph. 
."Mass.  Archives,  Book  129,  page  252. 


168 


Boston  Records. 


[April, 


BOSTON  RECORDS. 

Boston  Deaths. 

Continued  from  Vol.  XVI.  page  49. 

Alford.         Jobnye   sonne  of  William   Alford  &  of  Anne  his  wife  de- 
ceased 29th  Janvary,  1658. 
Roberts.        Symon    yc    sonne  of  Symon    Roberts  &  of  Christian   his 

wife  dyed  ye  Last  Janvary  1658. 
Jones.  Elizabeth  ye  Daughter  of  Rice  Jones  &  of  Anne  his  wife 

deceased  y^  31th  Janvary  1658. 
Sands.  Samuell  Sands  sonne  of  ye  Late  Henry  Sandes  &  of  Sibella 

his  wife  deceased  20"'  Febr.  1658. 
Newgate.       Joshua  Newgate  Senior  deceased  12ll)  November  1658. 
Toionsend.    Mary  ye  Daughter  of  William  Townsend  &  of  Hannah  his 

wife  deceased  29th  November  1658. 
Jackson.         Mary  ye  wife  of  Edmund  Jackson  dyed  11  Mrch  1658. 

John  yc  sonne  of  John    Jackson  &    of  Jane   his  wife  de- 
ceased 18th  Janvary  1658. 
Rix.  Ezekiell  ye  sonne  of  William    Rix  &  of  Grace   his    wife 

deceased  17l1'  12  mo.  1658. 
Sheafe.         Jacob  Sheafe  deceased  ye  22"»  of  Mrch  1658-59. 
Iyront.  Benjamine  ye  sonne  of  Timothy  Prout  &  of  Margaret  his 

wife  decease  5lh  April!  1659. 
Pease.        *  Martha  ye  Daughter  of   Henry  Pease  &  of    Gartred  his 

wife  deceased  15th  A  prill  1659. 
Greenough.    William  yc  sonne  of  William  Greenough  &  of  Elizabeth 

his  wife  deceased  27;  Aprill  1659. 
Raynolds.     Robert  Raynolds  deceased  27lh  Aprill  1659. 
Walker.        Ann  ye  Daughter  of  Thomas  Walker  &  of  Anne  his  wife 

deceased  [ ] 

Baker.  John   ye    sonne  of  John    Baker  &  of  Johanna   his    wife 

deceased  23  May  1659. 
Webb.  Richard  Webb  deceased  2«*  July  1659. 

Brisco.  Sarah  ye  Daughter   of  Benjamine  Brisco  &  of   Sarah  his 

wife  deceased  26th  June  1659. 
Turell.  Lydia  y°  wife  of    Daniell   Turell  deceased  23th  of  June 

1659. 
Francklin.   Jane  Francklin  Widdow  deceased  16th  July  1659. 
Stebbins.       Jane  ye  wife  of  Martine  Stebbins  deceased  24  July  1659. 
Vpshall.        Experience   Vpshall    yc  sonne  of  Nicholas    Vpshall  &  of 

Dorothy  his  wife  deceased  ye  2d  August  1659. 
Kimball.        Giles  Kimball  deceased  the  first  August  1659. 
Burrell.        Anne  Burrell  widdow  deceased  3  August  1659. 
Sheafe.         Jacob   ye    sonne  of  ye  Late   Jacob    Sheafe   deceased  4th 

Augst  1659. 
[Walker.]    Thomas  Walker  deceased  11th  August  1659. 
Shrimpton.  Elizabeth  Shrimpton  ye  Daughter  of  Mr   Henry  Shrimpton 

&  of  Elinor  his  wife  deceased  12th  August  1659. 


1864] 


Boston  Records. 


169 


Read.  Jonathan  ye  sonne  of  William  Read  &  of  Ruth    his    wife 

deceased  2J  July  1659. 
Ilolloway.     John  yc  sonne  of  William    Holloway  &  of  Elizabeth   his 

wife  deceased  6,h  August  1659. 
East.  Hannah  yc  Daughter  of  Hannah  East  &  of  Mary  his  wife 

deceased  y°  151'1  June  1059. 
Brookine.     John  y«  sonne  of  Jolm  Brookine  &  of  Elizabeth  his  wife 

deceased  16th  August,  1059. 
Milium.        Abigail  yc  Daughter  of  llumphery  Millam  &  of  Mary  his 

wife  deceased  7th  May  1059. 
Scottow.       Thoma8ino  ye  daughter  of  Thomasine  Scottow  &  of  Sarah 

his  wife  decease  26lh  August,  1659. 
Barnard*      Sarah  ye  wife  of  Mathew  Barnard    deceased  31th  August 

59. 
Blake.  Hannah  y°    Daughter  of  John  Blake  &  of  Mary    his  wife 

deceased  30th  August  1659. 
Webb.  Stephen  Webb  servant  to  Leiu1.  William  Phillips  deceased 

18"'  Septber  1659. 
Lake.  Mary  ye    Daughter  of  Mr    Thomas    Lake  &  of  Mary   his 

wife  deceased  25ll>  October  1G59. 
racy.  Mrs   Sarah  Pacy  deceased  3d  November  1659. 

[Ilarbert],  Samuell  ye  sonne  of  Silvester  Ilarbert  &  of  Lucy  his  wife 

deceased  6:  November  1659. 
Travis.         Ephraime  y°  sonne  of  Daniell  Travis  &  of  Ester  his  wife 

deceased  first  November  1659. 
Stevens.        Joshua  yc  sonne  of  Henry    Stevens  &  of  Mary  his   wife 

deceased  ye  10th  November  1G95. 
Mwnnings.  Mehalaliell  Munnings    sonne  of  Mehalaliell    Munnings  & 

of  Hannah  his  wife  deceased  22"'  November  1659. 
Martine.       Mary  ye  wife  of  Richard  Marti ne  deceased  28  November, 

1659. 
Pearst.         Martha  ye  Daughter  of  William   Pearse  &  of  Ester  his 

wife  deceased  11th  December  1659. 
Waldren.      Elnathan  ye   Daughter  of  Cap1.  Richard   Waldren   &   of 

Ann  his  wife  dyed  10"1  December  1659. 
Atney.  Martha  ye  Daughter  of  John  Amey  k  of  Martha  his  wife 

deceased  20th  December  1659. 
Scottow.       Joshua  ye  sonne  of  Thomas  Scottow  &  of  Sarah  his  wife 

deceased  ye  8lh  Janvary  1659. 
Garrett.       Lydia  ye    Daughter  of  Richard    Garrett   &  of  Lydia   his 

wife  deceased  28th  December  1659. 
Flacke.         John  ye  sonne  of  Samuell  Flacke  &  of   Mary  his  wife 

deceased  ye  30  December  1659. 
Harwood.     William  ye  sonne  of  Thomas  Harwood  &  of  Rachell    his 

wife  deceased  4th  December  IG59. 
Peacocke.      Caleb  ye  sonne  of  Richard   Peacocke  &  of  Jane  his  wife 

deceased  26th  September. 
Starr.  Mr.  Comfort  Starr  deceased  2'1  Janvary  1659. 

Hedges.         Grace  y°    Daughter  of    Tristram    Hedges    &  of  Ann    his 

wife  deceased  4"'  Janvary  1659. 
Burnam.      Deborah  Burnam  servant  to  Be nj amine  Ward  dyed  about 

ye  11  or  12"'  Sep'  1659. 


170 


Boston  Records. 


[April, 


Megdaniell.  John  ye  sonne  of  John  Megdaniell  &  of  Elizabeth  his  wife 

deceased  4th  Jan  vary  1(359. 
Jackson.        Ruth  ye  Daughter  of  Edmund  Jackson  &  of  Susanna  his 

wife  deceased  20th  Janvary  1659. 
Blott.  Susanna   ye    wife   of  Robert  Blott    deceased    20th    Jan. 

1659. 
Stockhridge.  John  ye   sonne  of  Charles   Stockbridge  &  of  Abigail   hia 

wife1  deceased  first  February  1659. 
Webb.  Dowsabell  ye  wife  of  Mr  Henry    Webb  deceased  the  281'1 

Febr.  1659. 
MunningB.    Mahalaleel  Mannings  was  drowned  the  27l  Febr.  16£$. 
Thornell.       Capt.  Thomas  Thornell  deceased  11*  March  I6g--g-. 
Anderson.     Anna  ye  Daughter  of  John  Anderson  &  of  Alary  his  wife 

deceased  12*  March  16||. 
Barlow.        Elizabeth  ye  Daughter  of  Thomas  Barlow  &  of  Elizabeth 

his  wife  deceased  I7lh  Aprill  1660. 
Robinson.     Josiah  Robinson  Apprentice  to  Mr  Joseph  Rocke  deceased 

17  Aprill  1660. 
Smith.  Christopher   Smith  of  Plymouth  in  England  Carpinter  of 

the  shipp  Walsingam  deceased  10:  Aprill  1660. 
Wiborne.      Abigaile  ye  wife  of  Thomas  Wiborne  deceased  24th  Aprill 

1660. 
Norgrave.     Anne  Norgrave  Widdow  deceased  4th  Aprill  1660. 
Wharton.     Rebecca  yc   daughter  of  Phillip   Wharton   dyed  the  10th 

May  1660. 
Soper.  Joseph  ye  sonne  of  Joseph  Soper  &  of  Elizabeth  his  wife 

deceased  28*  Aprill  1660. 
Rawlins.      Thomas  Rawlins,  deceased  ye  15  Mrch  16-f£. 
Ballantine.  William  ye  sonne  of  William  Ballantine  &  of  Hannah  his 

wife  deceased  12th  May  1660. 
Dawes.  Hannah   yc   Daughter  of  Dawes  &  of  Susanna  his    wife 

dyed  14*  Janvary  1659. 
Bridgham.    Nathaniell  ye  sonne  of  Henry   Bridgham    &  of  Elizabeth 

his  wife  deceased  first  June  1660. 
Griggs.        George  Griggs  deceased  23  June  1660. 
Sherman.       Richard  Sherman  deceased  30l1'  May  1660. 
JPearse.  Mary  ye  Daughter   of  George    Pearse    deceased    the  10th 

July  1660. 
Harrison.     Ebinezer  ye  sonne  of  John  Harrison  &  of  Persia  his  wife 

deceased  11  July  1660. 
Kneeland.     Mary  yc  Daughter  of  John  Kneeland  &  of  Mary  his  wife 

dyed  19"'  October  1660. 
Frary.  John  ye  sonne  of  Theophilus  Frary  &  of  Hannah  his  wife 

deceased  the  31  July  1660. 
Johnson.        Hannah  ye  Daughter  of  Cap'.  James  Johnson  &  of    Abi- 
gail his  wife  deceased  3d  August  1660. 
Holloway.     Simeon  yc  sonne    William    llolloway  &  of  Elizabeth    his 

wife  deceased  17,h  August  1660. 
Paine.  Mr  William  Paine  deceased   10  October  1660. 

Wing.  John  ye  sonne  of    John    Wing   &  of    Josabeth   his    wife 

deceased  the  26th  August  1660. 


1864.] 


Boston  Recoids. 


171 


Greenough.  Israel  yc  sonnc  of  William  Greenough  &  of  Elizabeth  his 

wife  deceased  ye  5th  Sept.  1660. 
Rocke.  Joseph  ye  souue  of  Mr  Joseph  Rocke  &  of  Elizabeth    his 

wife  deceased  10th  Sept.  1660. 
Bitfeild.       Samuel  Bitfeild  deceased  10th  Sept.  1660. 
Webb.  M'  Henry    Webb  deceased  7lii  Sept.  1GG0. 

Hull.  William  ye  soune  of  Thomas  Hull  &  of  Hannah  his  wife 

deceased  27:  Sept.  1G60. 
Goodier.       Sarah  Goodier  deceased  19th  November  1660. 
Bolston.        Elizabeth  ye    Daughter  of  Jonathan    Bolston  &  of    Mary 

his  wife  dyed  26  Sept.  1660. 
English.       Johanna  yc  Daughter  of  James  English  &'  of  Johanna  his 

wife  deceased  17th  November  1660. 
Simpkins.     Miriam  yc    wife    of   Pilgrim    Simpkins  deceased  10th    of 

November  1660. 
Demsdall.     Thomas  ye  soune  of  William   Demsdall  &  of  Martha   his 

wife  deceased  13  Jan  vary  1660. 
Woodmansey.  Margaret  Woodmansey  yc  wife  of  Mr.  John  Woodman- 

sey  deceased  29th  December  1660. 
White.  Charity  White  deceased  the  28lh  Janvary  1660. 

Manning.     Elizabeth  ye  Daughter  of  George    Manning  &  of  Hannah 

his  wife  deceased  4  Febr.  1G60. 
Cole.  John  ye  Sonne  of  John  Cole  &  of  Susanna  his  wife  deceased 

22th  Janvary  1660. 
Broome.        George  Broome  dyed  24th  Febr.  1660. 
Smith.  Mr.    Ralph    Smith    Pastor    of    ye    Church    of    Plymouth 


Stone. 

Marline. 

Glover. 

Bumstccd. 

Wiborne. 

Williams. 
Read. 

Abdy. 

Coffine. 

Allen. 

Mahoone. 
Checkky. 

Shore. 

Collicott. 

Sax  ton. 


'7TP 

of  Daniei 


Stone   deceased  the   27th  of 
his 


Daniell  yc  sonne 

Febr.  1660. 
Michaell  ye  sonne  of  Michaell  Martine  &  of  Susanna 

wife  deceased  14:  Febr.  1660. 
John  ye  sonne  of  John  Glover   &  of  Mary  his  wife    dyed 

19th  Aprill  1661. 
Thomas  ye  sonne  of  Thomas  Bumsteed  &  of  Susanna  his 

wife  deceased  3d  May  1661. 
Thomas  y°  sonne  of  Thomas    Wiborne    &  of  Abigail    his 

wife  deceased  11th  May  1661. 
Searg1.  Nathaniel!  Williams  deceased  23  Aprill  1661. 
Thomas  ye   sonne  of  Thomas    Read  &  of  Mary  his    wife 

deceased  11th  May  1661. 
Tabytha  ye  wife  of  Mathew  Abday  deceased. 
Joan  Coffine  deceased  30th  May  1661. 
John  y°  sonne  of  Edmund    Allen    &   of  Martha  his    wife 

deceased  29th  Aprill  1661. 
Dorman  Mahoon  deceased  2d  Aprill   1661. 
Ann  ye  Daughter  of  John  Checkley  dyed  20  June  61. 
Susanna  ye  Daughter  of  Samson    Shore  &  of  Abigail   his 

wife  deceased  22  June  1661. 
Ebenezer  yL'  sonne  of  Richard  Collicott  &  of  Tomasin  his 

wife  deceased  24"'  June  1661. 
Anne  the  wife  of  Thomas  Saxton  deceased  23  June  61. 


172 

Rocke. 
Lane. 


Knight. 


Buchiell. 

Roberts. 

JParam. 

Nash. 

Stroud. 

Gillam. 


Will  of  Herbert  Pelham. 


[April, 


Benjarmney0  sonne  of  Mr  Joseph    Rocke    &  of  Elizabeth 

his  wife  deceased  20  June  1661. 
Anne   yc   Daughter  of  Mr.  Edward    Lane  &  of  Anna  his 

wife  deceased  27  June  1661. 
Mercy  y°  Daughter  of  Richard  Knight  &  of  Johanna  his 

wife  deceased  27th  July  1661. 
Nathaniell  yy  Sonnell  [sic]  Bucknell  &  of  Sarah  his  wife 

deceased  the  22"'  July  1661. 
Samuell  ye  sonne  of  Symon    Roberts   &  of  Christian   his 

wife  deceased  27th  July  1661. 
Ruth  ye  Daughter  William  Param  &  of  Francis    his  wife 

deceased  4th  July  1661. 
Thomas    ye    sonne  of  Joshua    Nash  &    of    Elizabeth   his 

wife  deceased  first  July  1661. 
Mary  yc  Daughter  of  Robert  Stroud  &  of  Mary   his  wife 

deceased  30th  June  1661. 
Mary  ye  Daughter  of  Zechariah   Gillam  &    of    Phebe   his 

wife  dyed  14th  August  1661. 


WILL  OF  HERBERT  PELHAM,  ESQ.,  1672.* 
[Communicated  by  Samuel  G.  Drake,  A.  M.J 

Among  the  early  promoters  of  the  settlement  of  New  England,  was  Herbert  Pel- 
ham,  Esq.,  of' Ferrers  in  Essex.  He  came  to  New  England  in  1639,  resided  at 
Cambridge,  and  was  live  years  connected  with  the  government  of  Massachusetts. 
Among  other  employments  he  served  as  a  commissioner  of  the  United  Colonies,  and 
returned  to  England,  where  he  died  before  the  30th  of  March,  1676.  The  towns  of 
Pelham  in  New  England  perpetuate  his  name. 

The  family  is  traced  to  a  period  anterior  to  the  conquest  of  England  by  the  Nor- 
mans, with  a  degree  of  certainty  of  which  few  families  can  boast.  The  name  is 
derived  from  the  lordship  of  Pelham  in  llertfonlshire,  which,  in  12!l2,  was  possessed 
by  Walter  de  Pelham.  Tho  arms  of  the  family  (the  Pelicans)  were  painted  in  the 
Church  of  Pelham  at  a  very  early  date.  The  estate  of  Swinsted,  mentioned  in  this 
will  was  owned  by  this  Walter  de  Pelham,  who  died  21  Edw.  I,  leaving  sons  Wil- 
liam do  Pelham  and  Walter  de  Pelham.  Thomas  de  Pelham  was  son  and  heir  of 
the  latter,  who  also  had  a  son  Thomas.  This  Thomas  was  father  of  John  de  Pel- 
ham "  of  great  fame  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III,  and  in  memory  of  his  valiant  acts, 
his  figure  in  armor,  with  the  arms  of  the  family  on  his  breast,  was  painted  in  glass 
in  the  Chapter  house  at  Canterbury."  lie  accompanied  Edward  in  his  French  wars 
and  was  at  the  battle  of  Poictiers,  11)  Sept.,  13.r)6,  and  claimed  to  have  had  a  princi- 
pal share  in  taking  the  French  king,  John,  prisoner.f 

The  wife  of  this  John  de  Pelham,  was  Joan,  daughter  of  Vincent  Herbert  ;  and 
thus  was  introduced  the  name  of  Herbert  into  the  Pelham  family.  Vincent  Herbert 
was  the  ancestor  of  the  Earl  of  Winchelsea  and  Nottingham,  nourishing  about  one 
hundred  years  ago.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  of  the  same  name,  Sir  John  Pel- 
ham, knight,  upon  whom  great  honors  were  bestowed.  He  died  12  Feb.,  1428, 
leaving  an  only  son,  John.  Without  noting  the  intermediate  generations,  it  is 
sufficient  for  this  note  to  observe  that  the  immediate  ancestor  of  our  testator  was 
named  Herbert  Pelham,  his  grandfather  was  Anthony  Pelham  of  Ruxstead  in  Sussex. 
His  mother  was  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  six  daughters  of  Thomas  West,  Lord  de  la 
Warr.  His  wife  was  Penelope,  also  daughter  of  the  Lord  de  !a  Warr.  His  father 
died  31  July,  1625,  aged  39.      Herbert  was  bom  1601,  died  before  31  March,  1676. 

*  Mr.  Savage,  in  his  New  Eng.  Dictionary,  refers  to  tho  will  of  Herbert  Pelham, but  il  iloen  eeom 
from  his  article  that  lie  never  hu\v  a  copy  ot  it. 

j  For  minute  particulars  see  Collins'  Peerage,  edition  15  11,  i,  3(J5. 


1864.]  Will  of  Herbert  Pelham.  173 

His  father  had  three  hrothers,  John,  Thomas  and  William,  and  two  sisters.  John 
died  sine  p role,  Thomas  died  unmarried,  and  William  thus  became  the  principal  heir 
from  whom  was  descended  the  Lord  Thomas  Pelham,  of  Laughton,  Sussex,  whose 
second  wife  was  Grace  Holies,  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Clare,  and  sister  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle.  Their  son  Thomas  became  Duke  of  Newcastle,  1715.  Herbert  Pelham's 
cousin,  Sir  John  Pelham,  named  him  in  his  will,  as  one  of  its  overseers.  This  Sir 
John  married  Judith,  daughter  of  the  celebrated  lord,  Oliver  St.  John,  of  Bletsoe. 
Arms. — Azure,  three  pelicans  argent,  wounding  themselves  in  the  breast,  Gules. 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  I  Herbert  Pelham  of  Ferrers  in  Bow- 
ers Hamlet,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  Esq1":  weighing-  the  Certainty  of 
Death  and  the  uncertainty  of  the  time  thereof,  and  being  desirous 
to  settle  such  temporal  Estate  as  the  Lord  hath  betrusted  me  with  all, 
in  such  case  as  I  would  have  it  go  after  my  Decease,  to  make  & 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  in  manner  &  forme  following:  Imprimis  I 
give  unto  my  Son,  Waldegrave  Pelham  all  those  lands,  tenements  & 
hereditaments,  with  all  the  rents  &  arrearages  of  rents,  due  which 
belong  to  me  by  virtue  of  a  settlement  of  James  Thacker,  late  of 
Paristhaws  in  the  County  of  Sussex  Esq1":  or  by  virtue  of  any  Settle- 
ment of  William  Thacker  and  John  Thacker  Sons  of  the  said  James 
Thacker  or  by  any  other  ways  or  means  Whatsoever  which  were 
Settled  by  him  or  them  upon  Katharine  Pelham,  my  Grand  mother, 
and  Sister  of  the  Said  James  Thacker  and  descend  upon  me  as  Heir 
of  the  Said  Katharine  Pelham,  and  Whereas  1  have  Settled  my  Mannor 
at  Swinstead  alias  Swineshead  in  yL'  County  of  Lincolne  upon  my  Son 
Waldegrave  Pelham,  and  the  Heirs  male  of  his  Body,  which  Settle- 
ment according  to  my  Deed  thereof  made  I  do  hereby  confirme,  and 
whereas  by  my  Indenture  made  the  twelfth  of  December  in  the  nine- 
teenth year  of  King  Charles  the  Second  Anno  Domini  one  thousand 
Sixj hundred  Sixty  Seven.  I  have  Settled  after  my  decease  the 
Farme  late  in  the  Tenure  of  James  Browning,  and  now  in  the  Tenure 
of  Thomas  Larry  lying  and  being  in  Swinstead  Northend,  in  the 
County  of  Lincolne,  My  Will  now  is  that  the  yearly  Kent  of  the  Said 
Farme  be  paid  viz1  to  my  Sister  Penelope  Bellingham  wife  to  Rich- 
ard Bellingham  Esq1":  Thirty  Pounds  yearly  dureing  the  Terme  of 
her  natural  life  and  Ten  Pounds  a  year  unto  Elizabeth  Pelham  my 
Sister  for  and  dureing  theTermeof  her  natural  life  and  the  Residue  of 
Said  Rent,  being  Ten  Pounds,  My  Will  is  it  be  paid  unto  Penelope 
Winslow  my  Daughter  for  and  dureing  the  Terme  of  her  Natural  life 
and  what  Taxes  may  be  laid  on  Said  Farme  to  be  borne  by  Each 
according  to  the  Rents  they  Receive,  and  from  and  after  the  death  of 
the  Said  Penelope  Bellingham  My  Will  is  that  my  Sister  Elizabeth 
Pelham  (if  she  survive  her)  receive  Ten  Pounds  a  year  more  out  of 
the  Said  Rents  for  and  During  the  terme  of  her  natural  Life  and  my 
Will  is  that  my  Daughter  Penelope  Winslow  if  She  Survive  my 
Sister  Bellingham  receive  likewise  Ten  Pounds  a  year  more  out  of 
the  Said  Rents  for  and  dureing  the  Terme  of  her  natural  life  and  my 
Will  is  that  my  Son  Edward  Pelham  if  he  Survive  my  Sister  Belling- 
ham Receive  Likewise  Ten  Pounds  a  year  out  of  the  Said  Rents 
dureing  the  Terme  of  his  natural  Life,  and  that  after  the  death  of  my 
Said  Sisters  and  Daughter  the  Whole  Rent  to  be  paid  unto  Edward 
Pelham,  my  Son  for  and  dureing  the  Terme  of  his  natural  life,  and 
after  his  decease  my  Will  is  that  the  Said  Lands  be  to  my  Sone  Wal- 


174  Will  of  Herbert  Pelham.  [April, 

degrave  Pelham  and  the  Heirs  Mules  of  his  Body  lawfully  begotten 
and  for  want  of  such  Issue,  to  the  Heirs  Male  of  Edward  Pelham 
Lawfully  begotten  and  for  want  of  such  Issue  to  Henry  Pelham,  and 
the  Heirs  Males  of  his  Body  Lawfully  begotten,  and  for  want  of  Such 
Heirs  to  my  Right  Heirs  for  Ever,  and  Whereas,  I  have  Settled  by 
Deed  upon  my  Son  Edward  Pelham  for  life  my  Lands  at  Suieeth  Hall 
in  the  Tenure  of  Mr:  Hart  and  others,  being  Four  Hundred  and  four- 
score acres  of  Low  ground  and  late  part  of  a  great  ffenn  called  the 
Eight  Hundred  ffenn  with  a  House  and  Land  which  I  Purchased  of 
Christopher  Pridgeon,  Situate  in  Ohapell  Hill  in  the  County  of  Lincolne, 
after  that  my  Debts  are  paid  with  Power  of  Revocation,  now  my  Will 
is  he  receive  not  any  Rent  till  my  Debts  are  all  paid,  andaftermy  Debts 
be  paid  my  Will  is  that  the  Next  years  Rent  growing  due  as  afore- 
said be  paid  to  my  Daughter  Anne  Pelham,  and  the  next  year  after 
that  to  my  Son  Henry  Pelham  and  Jeremiah  Stonnard  Viz1  Twenty 
Pounds  to  my  Son  Stonnard,  and  the  Residue  to  my  Son  Henry,  and 
my  Will  further  is  that  the  third  Years  Rent  after  my  debts  be  paid 
be  unto  my  Son  Josias  Winslow  in  Satisfaction  of  a  debt  which  he 
Says  my  Sone  Nathanel  Pelham  ows  him,  and  the  fourth  years  Rent 
be  paid  to  my  Daughter  Penelope  Winslow  if  She  be  then  liveing  if 
not  to  Such  Children  as  She  Shall  have  then  liveing  to  be  divided 
between  them,  and  my  Will  is  that  the  next  three  Years  Rent,  which 
Shall  grow  due  after  those  mentioned  as  aforesaid  be  paid  into  the  hands 
of  my  Son  Winslow  for  the  use  of  my  Son  Edward  Pelham  to  be 
paid  unto  him  in  New  England  if  he  Reside  there  upon  the  Conditions 
hereafter  Expressed,  That  is  to  Say  If  he  the  Said  Edward  Pelham  Shall 
so  behave  and  Demean  himself  that  he  can  procure  either  the  hands 
of  the  Governour  and  four  of  the  Majestraits  or  assistants  of  the 
Collony  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  or  of  New  Plimoth  Government 
that  he  is  now  grown  Serious,  Sober  and  Solid,  and  follows  his  Study 
and  Avoids  all  Idle  and  Profuse  Company,  and  that  they  Verily 
believe  there  is  a  real  change  in  him  for  the  better  and  not  only 
to  attain  his  ends  thereby,  then  upon  such  Certificate  under  the  hands 
of  Five  of  either  Government  that  then  Such  three  years  Rent  so 
paid  as  aforesaid  for  his  benefit  be  for  his  use  and  paid  unto  him  by 
my  Son  Winslow,  and  that  afterwards  he  Receive  the  Said  Rents 
mentioned  as  aforesaid  for  and  dureing  the  Terme  of  his  life,  as  in 
the  Said  Deed  is  Expressed  but  if  in  all  these  years  he  will  not  be 
reclaimed,  then  my  Will  is  Dureing  his  life  the  Said  Rents  be  paid 
yearly  as  Folio weth,  that  is  to  say,  the  First  Years  Rent  after  the 
three  years  formerly  mentioned  be  Received  by  my  Sone  VValdegrave 
Pelham,  the  Second  by  my  Daughter  Winslow,  the  Third  by  my  Daugh* 
ter  Clark,  the  fourth  by  my  Daughter  Anne,  the  fifth  by  my  Son 
Henry  and  then  to  begin  again  to  my  Son  Waldegrave  and  the  Rest 
Successively  Dureing  the  Life  of  the  Said  Edward.  Item,  I  give  all 
my  Lands  in  the  Realm  of  Ireland,  Lying  and  being  in  the  Parish  of 
Owenboy  in  the  Barrony  of  Kerrycurry,  in  the  County  of  Cork,  and 
now  in  the  Tenure  of  Edward  Goble,  Robert  Porter  and  Edward  Por- 
ter or  their  assignees  unto  my  Son  Henry  Pelham  and  the  Heirs  males 
of  his  Body  Lawfully  to  be  Begotten  and  tor  want  of  Such  Issue  male, 
to  my  Son  Waldegrave  Pelham  and  the  Heirs  males  of  his  Body  Law- 
fully to  be  begotten,  and  for  want  of  Such  Issue,   to  my  Right  Heirs- 


1864.]  Will  of  Herbert  Pelham.  175 

forever,  with  all  Snch  Rents  as  are  Due  at  the  time  of  my  Death  that 
are  in  the  Tenants  hands  to  be  paid  unto  my  Son  Henry  Pelham  and 
for  any  Lands  in  Wigtofte  in  the  County  of  Lincolne,  my  will  is  that 
my  Daughter  Katharine  Clark  receive  Twenty  Five  pounds  a  year 
out  of  the  Said  Rents  dureing  the  Terme  of  her  Natural  Life  and  That 
my  Daughter  Anne  Pelham  receive  Twenty  Five  pounds  a  year 
Dureing  the  Terme  of  her  Natural  Life  and  the  remainder  of  yc  said 
rent  in  Wigtofte  to  be  unto  my  Son  Henry  Pelham,  for  and  Dureing 
the  Terme  of  his  natural  life  and  alter  the  Death  of  them  or  either 
of  them,  their  part  so  Dyeing  to  be  paid  to  the  use  of  Waldegrave 
Pelham  and  Herbert  Pelham  my  Grand  children  for  and  dureing  the 
Terme  of  their  Natural  lives,  and  the  Revertion  of  the  Said  Lands  to 
go  as  the  other  to  the  Heirs  Male  of  the  Family  afterwards.  Item, 
I  give  unto  my  Son  Edward  Pelham,  all  my  Lands,  Tennements  and 
Hereditaments  in  New  England  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  America, 
Situate,  lying  and  being  in  Cambridge,  Watertown,  Sudbury  or  else- 
where within  the  Said  Collony,  which  are  laid  out  unto  me,  also  all 
others  which  are  Due  to  me  from  any  of  the  Said  Towns  or  from  the 
Country  which  are  not  yet  laid  out  unto  me,  together  with  all  Such 
Rents  and  arrearages  of  Rents  as  Shall  be  Due  unto  me  at  the  Time 
of  my  Death,  for  any  Lands  letten  within  Said  Collony.  Item,  I  give 
all  my  Plate  in  New  England  to  my  Son  Edward  Pelham  with  one 
great  Silver  Tankard,  wch  was  given  him  by  his  Grandfather  Godfry 
Bossevile,  Esq1'  with  the  inlaid  Cabinet  and  all  in  it  that  Stands  in 
the  Kitchen  Chamber  at  Ferrers,  and  all  other  Brass,  Beding  And 
Linnin  with  all  my  Books  and  other  Utensills  and  moveables  which  I 
have  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England.  My  Will  is  that  it 
be  Equally  Divided  between  my  Son  Edward  Pelham  and  my  Daugh- 
ter Penelope  Winslow.  Item,  I  give  unto  my  Daughter,  the  Wife  of 
M1'  Cuthlach  Elliot,  the  Great  Red  Cabinet  which  was  her  Mothers, 
and  used  to  Stand  in  the  Hall  Chamber,  and  the  Little  Silver  Cup 
with  the  cover  to  it,  I  give  to  her  Daughter  Elizabeth.  Lastly  I 
make  and  ordain  My  Son  Waldegrave  Pelham,  Executor  of  this  my 
Last  Will  and  Testament,  and  Do  hereby  Revoke  all  other  Wills  by 
me  formerly  made.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  Sett  to  my  hand  and 
Seal  this  first  Day  of  January  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  God,  one  thou- 
sand Six  Hundred  Seventy  and  two  and  in  the  Reign  of  Our  Sover- 
eign Lord  Charles  the  Second  ye  four  and  twentieth  being  four  Sheets 
in  Number, 

Testes  Robert  Ckapliii,  Herbert  Pelham. 

Samuel  Gibson, 
ij*  William  Gibbs. 

Probatum  Londini  &c:  Coram  Venti  viro  Hento  Fauconberge  Legum 
Doctor  Surro:  &c.  Tricesimo  Die  mensis  martii.  Anno  Dora'.  167G. 
Juramento  Waldegrave  Pelham  lilii  et  extous,  &c  O'ui  &c:  de 
bonis  &c:  Juram'. 

Thomas  AVelham,   Regrii:  Deptus: 


176  Prince's  Subscribers.  [April, 


BRIEF  MEMOIRS  AND  NOTICES  OF  PRINCE'S  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Continued  from  Vol.  xvii,  p.  240. 

[Communicated  hy  William  II.   Wiiitmore] 

Waldo,  Mr.  Cornelius,  Merchant.  This  family  has  been  one  of 
note,  but  very  little  has  been  done  towards  Iracing  the  pedigree. 

The  first  of  the  name  here  was  Cornelius1  Waldo,  who  was  of 
Ipswich,  1654,  m.  a  dau.  of  John  Cogswell,  removed  to  Chelmsford, 
was  deacon  and  d.  3  June,  1*701.  He  had  certainly  three  sons,  Daniel,2 
Cornelius,2  and  John.2  The  Middlesex  probate  files  contain  a  license 
to  him  as  innkeeper,  9  May,  1690,  in  consideration  of  his  not  allow- 
ing "cards,  dice,  table,  bowls,  ninepins,  billards,  or  any  other  unlaw- 
ful game." 

Daniel2  Waldo  m.  before  1668,  Susanna  dau.  of  Samuel  Adams, 
and  lived  at  Chelmsford.  He  had  a  son  Jonathan,3  b,  1668,  Hannah, 
b.  17  July,  1687,  and  another  dau.  John2  Waldo,  m.  Rebecca, 
another  dau.  of  Samuel  Adams,*  was  of  Boston,  and  d.  before  1701, 
when  his  widow  styles  herself  of  Windham,  Conn.  His  children 
were  Shubael,  John,  Edward,  b.  23  Apr.,  1684,  Catherine  and  Rebec- 
ca, b.  6  Aug.  1686. 

Cornelius2  Waldo,  was  of  Lancaster  and  afterwards  of  Boston. 
He  married  Faith  Feck,  widow  of  Jeremiah  Jackson,  as  appears  by 
the  following  deed  on  record  at  Boston.  8  June,  1697,  Thomas  Peck, 
senr.,  shipwright,  gives  land  to  his  dau.  Faith  Waldo,  widow.  In  1709 
Faith  Waldo,  widow,  sells  land  to  son  Jeremiah  Jackson,  "only  sur- 
viving son  of  my  first  husband,  Jeremiah  Jackson."  Her  first  hus- 
band was  a  mariner  and  d.  intestate,  she  being  appointed  adminis- 
tratrix, 13  May,  1681.  Cornelius2  and  Faith  Waldo,  had  Cornelius3 
b.  17  Nov.  1684,  Elizabeth3  b.  7  Jan'y,  1686-7  (recorded  at  Lane,  and 
Boston),  Rachel3  b.  20  April,  1690  and  Judith3,  b.  25    Jan'y,  1691-2. 

Cornelius3  Waldo,  m.  28  Aug.,  1711,  Faith  Savage,  and  had  Faith 
b.  1  Jan'y,  1713-4,  in. Cookson;  Cornelius  b.  25  Apr.,  1715;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  14  Oct.,  1716, m.  Benjamin  Austin;  Thomas  b.  21  Aug.,  1718  ; 
John,  b.  30  Oct.,  1720;  Joseph,  b.  11  Jan'y,  1722;  Daniel,  b.  29  Oct., 
1724  ;  Lydia,  b.  22  June,  1727,  m.  Timothy  Austin.  These  children 
are  all  mentioned  in  his  will  of  4  Oct.,  1748.  His  first  child,  who  d. 
early,  is  recorded  as  born  17  Nov.,  1711,  but  the  entry  was  made 
several  years  after  and  should  be  1712  no  doubt.  This  no  doubt  was 
the  Subscriber. 

We  now  return  to  the  line  of  Daniel2  Waldo.     His  son  Jonathan3 

Waldo,  m.  Hannah  Mason,  28  Nov.,  1692,  and  had  Samuel'  b. 

1693-4  ;  Jonathan,-*  b.  14  May,  1697  ;  Cornelius,*  b.  13  Feb.,  1700-1; 
Hannah,4  b.  23  Jan'y,  1702-3,  m.  Thomas  Fayerweather  ;  Mary,4  b. 
25  Feb.,  1705-6,  m.  Jeremiah  Allen  ;  Anne,4  b.  13  Apr.,  1708,  m. 
Edward  Tyng;  Josiah,4  b.  13  Aug.,  1709,  d.  young  prob.  ;  Abigail,4 
b.  28  Sept.  1711. 

*  The  other  heirs  of  Adams,  were  Samuel  Webb,  of  Dorchester,  Joseph  Adams 
and  Benjamin  Adams.     Wehb  and  the  Waldos    were  executors,  29  June,  1094. 


1864.]  Prince's  Subscribers.  177 

His  wife  d.  1  July,  1727,  aged  58,  say  our  records  ;  yet  he  was 
published,  8  Feb.  1726-7,  with  Mrs.  Priscilla  Sparhawk  of  Bristol. 
He  d.  26  May,  1731,  aged  63.  His  will  dated  15  same  month,  men- 
tions sons  Samuel  and  Jonathan,  dans.  Hannah  and  Annie. 

Samuel4  Waldo,  we  learn  was  son  of  Jonathan,  not  only  by  his  will, 
but  by  a  deed  of  his  father  dated,  22  Apr.,  1728,  to  his  "oldest  son 
Samuel."  He  was  published  20  June,  1722,  to  Mrs.  Lucy  Wain- 
wright  of  Ipswich,  and  had  Samuel,5  b.  7  May,  1723  ;  Lucy,5  b.  23 
Jan'y,  1724-5  ;  Francis,5  b.  13  June,  1728  ;  Ralph5  Gulston,  b.  25 
Aug.,  1735.  His  wife  d.  7  Aug.,  1741,  aged  37,  and  Rev.  Charles 
Chauney  preached  the  funeral  sermon,  which  was  printed. 

He  was  the  well-known  Gen.  Samuel  Waldo,  and  being,  like  all  the 
family,  a  large  purchaser  of  lands,  he  owned  the  Waldo  patent  in 
Maine,  lying  between  the  rivers  Penobscot  and  Muscongus,  containing 
1,000,000  acres.  He  was  a  colonel  with  Pepperrell,  and  was  made 
brigadier-general.  His  sudden  death,  23  May,  1759,  in  Maine  has 
often  been  related. 

His  sons  Francis  and  Ralph,  d.  unm.,  the  latter  at  the  age  of  20. 
Francis  was  collector  at  Falmouth,  Me.  and  a  refugee.  Samuel5 
called  Col.  m.  23  Feb.,  1762,  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  Erving  of  Boston, 
and  d.  16  Apr.,  1770.     His  children  were  Samuel,0  d.  young  ;  Sarah,0 

m.  Judge  William  Wetmore,  8  Oct.  1782,  and who  m.  Mr.  Wol- 

cott,  of  Conn.  ;  Lucy,5  dau.  of  the  general,  m.  Thomas  Flucker, 
secretary  of  the  province,  and  had  a  dau.  who  m.  Gen.  Henry  Knox, 
and  left  issue. 

Jonathan4  Waldo,  jr.,  brother  of  General  Samuel,  m.  Susanna 
Blague,  2  May,  1721,  and  had  Mary,  b.  22  Feb,  1722-3  ;  Jonathan,  b. 
18  Aug.,  1724. 4  He  was  alive,  28  Aug.,  1733,  when  he  and  his  wife 
deeded  land  bought  by  his  father.  His  widow,  in  1735,  was  exr.  do 
bonis  non  ;  but  she  died  before  1750,  when  Edward  Tyng  was  made 
executor. 

There  was  also  a  John  Waldo  of  Boston,  of  parentage  not  traced, 
who,  by  w.  Elizabeth,  had  Benjamin,  b.  21  Feb,  1711-2  ;  William  b. 
3  Feb,  1713-4  ;  Jerusha,  b.  6  May,  1716  ;  Anna,  b.  15  July,  1719  ; 
William,  b.  23  Feb.,  1722. 

Bridgman's  King's  Chapel  Epitaphs,  has  a  note  on  the  children  of 
Daniel,  son  of  Cornelius.3 

I  find  also  by  the  Register,  xvii,  p.  154,  that  Samuel  Waldo  of 
Falmouth  (son  of  Gen.  Waldo),  was  published  to  Mrs.  Olin  Grizell, 
5  July,  1760.  Perhaps  the  marriage  with  Sarah  Erving  was  his 
second. 

Also  a  Samuel  Waldo,  m.  Sarah  Tyng  Winslow,  at  Boston,  1789. 
We  see  it  stated,  in  Parsons'  Life  of  Pepperrell,  and  in  the  Register, 
xvii,  p.  160,  that  Isaac  Winslow  of  Boston,  son  of  Col.  Edward 
Winslow,  married  Lucy,  dau.  of  Gen.  Waldo.  Was  Flucker  her  first 
or  second  husband  ? 

Fiske,  The  Rev.  Mr.  Phinehas,  of  Iladdam,  {for  two).  From  Savage 
I  learn  that  he  was  son  of  Dr.  John  Fiske,  of  Milford,  who  was  son 
of  John  of  Wenham  (the  constable),  and  grandson  of  Phinehas  of 
Salem  and  Wenham.  From  Rev.  David  D.  Fields'  History  of  Ilad- 
clam, (Middletown,  1814),  I  copy  the  following  items:     He  graduated 


178  Daniel  Gookin  to  Gov.  Dudley.  [April, 

at  Yale,  1104,  and  was  tutor  1706-13,  in  which  position  he  obtained 
much  reputation.  He  was  ordained  at  Haddam,  Conn.,  15  Sept., 
H14,  succeeding  Rev.  Jeremiah  Hobart.  He  was  a  man  of  piety 
and  wisdom,  sound  in  faith,  pleasant  and  familiar  in  his  intercourse 
with  his  people,  and  plain  in  reproof.  By  his  wife*  Lydia  Pratt  of 
Saybrook,  he  had  Lydia,  m.  Rev.  Moses  Bartlett  of  Chatham,  and  d. 
Nov.,  1177,  ib  70;  Mary  m.  Col.  Hezekiah  Brainerd,  and  d.  3  Mch.,  1798, 
aged  85  ;  Abigail  m.  Rev.  Chiliab  Brainerd  of  Eastbury  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Merrick  of  Wilbraham,  Mass,  and  d.  in  1807,  aged  89  ;  Eliza- 
beth, m.  Rev.  Nehemiah  Brainerd  of  Eastbury,  and  d.  4  Dec,  1793, 
aged  73  ;  Anna  and  Jemima,  who  d.  young  ;  and  Samuel,  who  d.  13 
July,  1749,  aged  25.  He  d.  17  Oct.,  1738,  aged  55,  and  his  widow 
d.  14  July,    1765,  aged  83. 


LETTER  FROM  DANIEL  GOOKIN  TO  GOV.  DUDLEY. 

[The  original  of  this  letter,  written  in  1G86,  is  in  possession  of  J.  W.  Thornton,  Esq., 

of  Boston.] 
Honorble  Sr. 

The  Indians  Belonging  to  Hassanamesitf  who  are  Beares  hereof 
doe  complaine  to  mee  (but  I  haue  now  power  to  Releeue  them)  That 
one  Edward  Pratt  a  pretended  purchaser  from  John  wompas  de- 
ceased, Hath  lately  Actually  Built  a  house  within  their  township  of 
4  miles  square,  &  very  neare  vnto  their  orchards  &  planting  feilds  at 
w'ch  they  are  agreued  &  when  they  aske  him  the  Reason  of  his 
actions  hee  saith  yl  hee  hath  freinds  latly  com  our.  &  in  power  yl  wil 
beare  him  out  in  it,  Besides  as  I  am  informed  this  felow  stills  the  indians 
Strong  liquors.  He  is  as  I  aprhend  rather  to  bee  reputed  a  disor- 
derly wandering  Rouge,  then  a  sober  p'son,  hee  is  a  single  man  & 
hath  neither  wife  nor  child.  These  are  Humbly  to  intreat  you  to 
direct  ye  indians  what  shal  be  don  in  the  case  &  please  to  send  a 
warrant  for  said  Pratt  and  here  his  p'tensions  for  his  doings  &  pro- 
ceed wth  him  as  you  shal  see  meet  in  yor  wisdome  If  it  were  in  my 
power  or  limits  I  should  not  giue  yor  Honor  this  trouble. 

Also  these  Indians  desire  they  may  bee  furnished  with  some  powder 
&  shott  to  defend  them  from  the  maquaes,  wch  they  are  in  dayley 
feare  of  and  are  at  prsent  Remoued  to  Mendon  but  intend  as  soon 
as  they  get  som  powder  &  shot  &  a  bile,  corne  they  intend  to  returne 
to  their  fort  at  Hassanamesit.  If  you  please  to  order  y1"  to  receue 
6lb  of  powder  &  shott  equiualent  It  may  suffice.  So  wlh  my  humble 
seruice  prsented  I  Remaine 

Yor  ser1, 


These  for  the  Honorable 

Joseph  Dudley  Esqr,  prsedent  of  the 
Honl)le  Counsel  in  N.  England. 


Daniel  Gookin, 


*  The  Killingworth  Records  (as  Dr.  D.  W.  Patterson  writes),  have  the  entry  Phin- 
eas  Ffisk  and  Mary  Hull  were  married,  Sept.  23,  1707.  Could  this  he  an  earlier 
marriage  ? 

t  The  Indian  name  for  Grafton,  Mass.     It  was  incorporated  in  1735. — Ed. 


1864.J  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  179 


RECORDS  OF  WETHERSFIELD,  CONN. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  Royal  R.  Hinman,  A.  M.,  of  New  York.] 

Continued  from  volume  xvm,  page  59. 

Hurlbut,  "William  and  Catharine  Doming  were  m.  Marcli  21,  1759. 
Ih— -  William,  b.  Sept.  6,  '62;  Sarah,  Dec.  2,  '64;  Catharine,  Oct.  13, 
'67;  John,  Au£.  18,  '70;  James,  Feb.  27,  1773. 

Hurlbut,  Elias.  la.  of,  by  Patience,  hie  wife. — Mehetabel,  b.  June 
19,  1704;  Ellenov,  July  25,  '66;  Martha,  Feb.  1,  '70;  Phcbe,  Jan.  25, 
'73;  Absalom,  May  29,  '75;  Jemima,  June  2,  1779. 

Hurlbut,  Levi  and  Martha  Hurlbut  werem.  June  1,  1767.  Is.— Roger, 
b.  Oct.  1,  '07;  Levi,  Nov.  17,  '72,  and  d.  April  17,  '75;  Seth,  Jan.  16, 
>7fr;  Levi,  July  13,  '77;  Amna,  June  11,  '79;  Barzilla,  June  13,  '81; 
Sylvester,  Aug.  5,  '84;  Charles,  June  27,  '87,  and  d.  Mar.  10,  1788. 

Hurlbut,  Lemuel  and  Tabitha  Nott,  were  m.  *  *  Is. — Hannah,  b. 
May  5,  1775,  and  d.  in  infancy;  Hannah,  April  10,  '77;  Lemuel,  Nov. 
16,  '78;  William,  April  7,  '80;  Mercy,  Oct.  17,  1781. 

Hurlbut,  John  and  Judith  Horner,  were  m.  Jan.  12,  1778.  Is. — Lu- 
cy, b.  Jan.  23,  '78;  Mary,  Jan.  29,  '82;  William,  Jan.  6,  '85;  John, 
Feb.  26,  '88;  Allen,  Sept.  30,  '91;  Chauncey,  July  22, '93;  Hiram, 
Jan.  29,  1797. 

Hurlbut,  Josiah.  Is. — of,  by  Mabel,  his  wife. — Rebeckah,  b.  Jan. 
21  1708;  Mabel,  June  20,  '09;  Josiah,  Oct.  24,  '70;  Sarah,  June  4, 
'72;  P>etsy,-May  4,  '74;  Treat,  Oct.  3,  '70;  Abigail,  April  28,  '79; 
Ashbel,  Feb.  7,  '81;  Catharine,  Nov.  16,  '84.  Mrs.  M.  H.  d.  Jan.  18, 
1790.' 

Huniwell,  John  and  Lidia,  his  wife,  were  m.  Jan.  1,  1080.  Is. — 
Mary,  b.  Jan.  10,  '82.    Mrs.  II   d.  Aug.  10,  1083. 

Holister,  John  and  Sarah,  were  ra.  Nov.  20,  1007.  Is. — John,  b. 
Aug.  9,  '69;  Thomas,  Jan.  14  '71;  Joseph,  July  8,  '74;  Sarah,  Oct.  25, 
76;  Elizabeth,  Mar.  30, '78;  David,  Nov.  20, '81 ;  Ephraim,  Mar.  15, 
'84;  Charles,  July  29,  1686.    - 

Holister,  Stephen.  Is.  of,  by  Abigaile,  his  wife.— Jerusha,  b.  Jan.  7, 
1684;  Stephen,  Nov.  12,  '86,  and  d.  April  29,  1707;  Abigaile,  Aug.  16, 
'88;  Ann,  Mar.  16,  90;  Gershom,  April  2,  '92;  Stephen,  son  of  S.  H. 
and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  was  born  Sept.  12,  1709.  Capt.  S.  11.  d.  at 
Greenbush  with  the  camp  distemper,  Oct.  22,  1709. 

Hollister,  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Williams,  werem.  Sept.  22,  1698. 
Is.— Jonathan,  Feb.  28,'99;  Elizabeth,  Jan.  26,  1702;  Jacob,  Oct.  2, 
'04;  Stephen,  Mar.  30,  '08;  Mary,  July  3,  1712. 

Hollister,  Jonathan  and  Susannah  Lindsay,  werem.  Mar,  17,  1743. 
Is.— Jacob,  b.  May  1,  '43.     M'.  H.  d.  Oct.  29,  1754. 

Hun,  Nathaniel.  Is.  of,  by  Rebeckah,  his  wife. — George,  b.  Dec. 
24,  1G82.  Mr.  IT.  d.  in  Oct.  1702,  in  his  76th  year;  and  George,  Dec. 
19|  1712. 

Hun,  Samuel  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  Dikes,  were  m.  Aug.  18,  1696. 
Is.— Rebeckah,  b.  Aug  26,  '97;  Samuel,  Aug.  20,  '99;  Sarah,  Oct.  20, 
1701 ;  Jonathan,  Jan.  12,  '05;  David,  Sept.  2,  '08,  and  d.  Sept.  8,  '37- 


180 


Records  of  Wethersjield,   Conn. 


[April, 


Gideon,  Mar.  12,  '10;  Mary,  April  21,  '13;  Thankful,  June  24,  '16; 
Mr.  H.  d.  Nov.  1,  '38.  and  Mrs.  II.  Mar.  6,  1753. 

Ilunn,  Nathaniel  and  Martha,  dau.  of  Samuel  Orvis,  were  m.  Dec. 
7,  1704.  Is.— Hannah,  b.  Oct.  4,  "05;  Nathaniel,  Sept.  10,  '08.  M>\ 
H.  d.Dec.  7,  1712. 

Hun,  Gideon.  Is.  of,  by  Rebecca,  his  wife — Rebecca,  b.  Mar.  5, 
1741;  Jemima,  Aug.  20,  '42;  Zadock,  April  17,  '43;  Enos,  Mar.  1,  '45; 
Thankful,  June  17,  '49;  Eunice,  May  1,  1752. 

Hun,  Samuel  and  Mary  Barnard,  were  m.  Mar.  14,  1745.  Is. — Han- 
nah, b.  April  21,  '47;  Sarah,  Jan    4,  1749. 

Hall,  John.  Is.  of,  by  Rebina,  his  wife — Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1691. 

Holmes,  Jonas  and  Sarah,  were  m.  May  11,  1692.  Is. — Mabel,  b. 
May  20,  '93;  Hannah,  Dec.  25,  '94;  Ann,  Dec.  4,  '96;  Richard,  Feb. 
12,  '99;  Sarah,  Oct.  16,  1701;  Abigail,  Feb.  28,  '03;  Martha,  Sept.  6, 
'08;  Jonas,  Mar.  7,  07;  Thomas,  Mar.  7,  '11;  Phinehas,  April  24,  '13; 
William,  May  22,  1715. 

Holmes,  Phinehas  and  Elizabeth  Grimes,  were  m.  Feb.  5,  1736. 
Is.— Jonas,  b.  Sept.  1,  '36;  John,  Oct.  22,  '38;  Jehiel,'  Sept.  20,  '45; 
Mary,  Oct.  0,  '47;  Levi,  Feb.  13,  '51;  Sarah,  Nov.  1,  '53;  Simeon, 
Aug.  24,  1755. 

Holmes,  William  and  Hannah  Hale,  were  m.  July  24,  1738.  Is. — 
Mabel,  b.  Sept.  16,  '38;  Ruth,  May  7,  '41;  Richard,  May  28,  '43; 
Charles,  Sept.  4,  '48;  Appleton,  Nov.  9,  '50;  Hannah,  July  26,  1754. 

Holmes,  Charles.  Is.  of,  by  Martha,  his  wife — Ruth,  b.  July  15, 
1774;  William,  Oct.  7,  '76;  Polly,  May  22,  '78;  Howel,  Aug.  16,  '79. 
Patty,  Nov.  28,  '81;  Josiah,  Aug.  10,  '83;  Aaron  and  Annis,  Aug.  20, 
'85;  Polly,  Aug.  17,  1792. 

Hayward,  Henry.  Issue  of,  by  Sarah,  his  wife. — Mary,  b.  in  1651; 
Sarah,  in  '53;  Elizabeth,  in  '56;  John  and  Lidia,  in  1661. 

Hayward,  (Howard)  John  and  Mary,  were  m.  June  1,  1687.     Is. — 
William,  b.  Aug.  29,  '87;  Elizabeth,  Sept.  8,  '87;  John,  May  2,  '96. 
Mrs.  M.  H.  d.  April  27,  1698.      John  Howard  and  Margarett,  dau.  of 
John  Stebhins,  were  m.  Nov.  12,  1702.     Is.— Mary,  b.  Oct.  11,  '03 
Sarah,  Nov.  20,  '05;  Lidia,  Jan.  28,  '08;  Jonathan,  Jan.  1,  1714. 

Howard,  William  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  Benj11  Gardner,  were  m.  Sept 
16,  1714.  Is.— Benjamin,  b.  May  6,  '15;  Elizabeth,  April  17, '17;  Sa 
rah,  Dec.  15,  1718. 

Howard,  Edward.  Is.  of,  by  Mary,  his  wife — Sarah  Ann,  b.  Sept 
24,  1755. 

Hill,  Benj11  and  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Bronson,  were  m.  Jan.  11,  1688 

Harris,  Wm.  Is.  of,  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife — Eunice,  b.  Mar.  1 
1712. 

Harris,  Thomas  and  Anne  Nott,  were  m.  Dec.  18,  1729.  Is. — Anna 
b.  Nov.  29,  '30,  and  d.  in  infancy;  Anna,  Mar.  20,  '32,  and  d.  May 
'36;  Sarah,  Feb.  18,  '34;  Hosea,  Feb.  11,  '36;  Mehetabel,  April  28 
'38;  Anna,  April  8,  '40;  Thomas,  May  7,  1743. 

Harris,  Dan1.  Is.  of,  by  Rebecca,  his  wife. — Elisha,  b.  July  29 
1737;  Eunice,  Jan.  17,  '39;  Daniel,  Dec.  23,  '41;  Jeremiah,  April  30 
'43;  Abigail,  Sept.  25,  '45;  John,  Mar.  23,  1749. 

Harris,  Hosea.     Issue  of,  by  Eunice,  his  wife. — Mehetabel,  b.  June 


1864.] 


Old  Maiden  Burying-Ground  Inscriptions. 


181 


14,  1761;  Eunice,  June  29,  '63;  Mary,  Sept.  10,  '65;  Hosea,  Nov.  18, 
'68;  John,  July  13,  1770. 

Harris,  Thomas  and  Sarah  Crane,  were  in.  Feb.  8,  1797.  Is. — Sal- 
ly, b.  1)00.25,  '97;  Thomas,  Aug.  20,  '99;  Mary,  Feb.  21,  1801;  Mr. 
II.  d.  Feb.  2,  1829,  aged  '58,  and  M».  II.  Feb.  7,  1829,  aged  56. 

Harris,  John.  Is.  of,  by  **  his  wife — John,  b.  April  30,  1791; 
Clarissa,  Mar.  14,  '94;  Mary,  Aug.  20,  '96;  Hosea,  July  22,  '99;  Timo- 
thy R,  Mar.  15,  1802;  Walter  aud  William,  Aug.  24,  '05;  Henry, 
May  8,  '08;  Martha,  April  19,  '11;  Delia,  Oot.  9,  1814. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  INSCRIPTIONS  IN  THE  OLD  MALDEN  BURY- 
ING GROUND. 

[Communicated  by  D.  P.  Corey,  of  Maiden.] 

Note. — The  following  names  are  in  addition  to  those  published  in  the  Register  for 
October,  1855. 

At  wood         Elizabeth,  of  Oliver   and  Anna,  re.  10m.   13  d.  July  31, 

1703. 
Barratt.       Elizabeth,  wife  Ebenezer,  re.  53,  Feby.  11,  1769. 
Blaney.         Capt.  Benjamin,  re.  51,  Feby.  8,  1750-1. 
Floyd.  Nathanael,   of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth,  re.  9m.,   March  12, 

1692. 
Ilarnden.      Ebenezer,  in  63y.,  March  29,  1738. 

Rebecca,  wid.  Ebenezer,  re. Nov.  18, 1764. 

Payne.  Nathaniel,  of  Nathaniel  and   Abigail,  re.  20m.,  5d.,  Jany. 

11,  1736. 
Pratt.    '       Elizabeth,  of  John  and  Mary,  re.  15y.,  10m.,  Nov.  22,  1704. 
Sargent.       Lydia,  of   Nathan    and   Mary,    re.   5y.,  3m.,    4d.,  August 

29,  1749. 
Skinner.       Jonathan,  of  Thomas   and   Mehetabel,  re.  7y.,   12d.,  Nov. 
1,  1733. 
Mehetabel,  of  Thomas  and  Mehetabel,  re.  16m.,  Sept.  19 
1718. 

Sparks.        Mary,    wife    Thomas,    dau.    Samuel    Sweetser,    re. , 

Febry.,  1767.     . 
Sweetser.      Abigail,  of  Samuel  and  Abigail,  re.  59,  Sept.  5,  1758. 
Elizabeth,  wife  Samuel,  in  76y.,  March  12,  1752. 
Jacob,  of  Jacob   and    Elizabeth,   re.  3y.,    2m.,  March    28, 

1736. 
Mary,  of  Samuel    and    Elizabeth,    re.    abt.   6m.,   Dec.    16, 

1721. 
Samuel,  re.  83,  July  18,  1757. 
Thacher.        Mary  Harvey,  dau.  of  Rev.  Peter,  D.  D.  formerly  of  Mai- 
den, and  afterward  of  Brattle  St.  Ch.,  Boston,   re.  66y, 
June  24,  1849. 
Jonathan,  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah,  b.  and  d.  Aug.  13,  1716. 

Sally,  wife  Ezra,  re. ,  May  24, ,  (Broken.) 

Lydia,  of  Joseph  and  Lydia,  re.  17y.,  9m.,  April   23,  1725, 


Tufts. 

Upham. 

Waitt. 

Wayt. 

Wait. 

Wheeler. 


Mehetabel,  relict  Samuel  in  Sly.,  Sept.  17,  1734 
Sally,  of  Nathan  and  Phebe,  re.  22y.  1799. 
Isaac,  in  56}'.,  Dec.  5,  176Q. 
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182  Notes  on  the  Winthrop  Family.  [April, 


NOTES  ON  THE  WINTHROP  FAMILY  AND  ITS  ENGLISH 
CONNECTIONS,  VIZ:  THE  FAMILIES  OF  FORTH,  CLOPTON, 
TYNDALE  AND  FONES. 

[By  William  H.  Whitmore.] 

Notwithstanding  the  prominent  place  which  the  Winthrop  family 
has  occupied  in  our  history,  we  believe  that  the  chief  attempt  to 
prepare  a  pedigree  of  it,  has  been  that  made  by  Mr.  Drake  in  his 
valuable  History  of  Boston.  The  Life  of  John  Winthrop,  recently  pub- 
lished, contains  so  many  new  dates  and  facts,  that  we  have  thought 
it  best  to  undertake  to  arrange  them  in  a  connected  form  for  the 
benefit  of  our  readers. 

It  is  said,  as  a  vague  rumor,  that  the  family  came  anciently  from 
Northumberland,  and  afterwards  were  settled  at  Winthorpe  in  Nott- 
ingamshire;  but  the  authentic  history  of  the  family  begins  with 
Adam1  Winthrop  of  Lavenham,  Co.  Suffolk,  who  m.  Joane  Burton  or 
Burnell,  and  had  Adam'2  Winthrop,  b.  Oct.  9,  1498. 

Adam-  Winthrop  of  London,  cloth-worker,  married,  first,  16th  Nov. 
1527,  Alice  llenny  or  Henry,  and  had: 

i,  Thomas,  b.  8  Nov.,  1528;  d.  Apr.,  1529. 
ii,  William,  b.  12  Nov.  1529, 
iii,  Bridget,  b.  1  Jany.,  1530-1;  d.  Jany.,  1531. 
iv,  Christopher,  b.  4  Jany.,  1531-2;  d.  S3.  9  mos. 
v,  Thomas,  b.  June,  1533;  d.  1537. 
By  his   second   wife  Agnes,   dau.  of  Robert   Sharpe  of  Islington, 
whom  he  married  in  1534,  he  had 

vi,  Alice,  b.  15  Nov.,  1539,  m.  Sir  Thomas  Mildmay,  and  d.8  Nov., 
1607,  leaving  issue. 

vii,  Bridget,  b.  3  May,  1543,  m,    Roger  Alabaster,  and  d.  4  Nov. 
1614,  leaving  issue, 
viii,  Mary,  b.  1  Mch.,  1544,  m.  Abraham  Veysie. 
ix,  John,    )  b   2Q  j  1546 

x,  Adam,  j  J  '  d.  aged  6  mos. 

xi,  Adam,  b.  10  Aug.,  1548. 
xii,  Catherine,  b.  17  May,  1550  —  prob.d.  unm. 
xiii,  Susanna,  b.  10  Dec,  1552,  m.  D.  Cottie  and   d.  9   Aug.,  1604, 
leaving  issue. 

He  was  Master  of  the  Company  of  Cloth  workers,  1551 ;  and  in  1554 
bought  the  manor  of  Groton  in  Suffolk,  whither  he  retired.  He  d.  9 
Nov.,  1562;  and  his  will  mentions  seven  children:  William,  John, 
Adam,  Alice,  Bridget,  Mary  and  Susan.  His  widow  m.  William 
Mildmay  of  Springfield  Barns,  and  d.  13  May,  1565.  Her  step-son 
m.  Alice  Winthrop," as  we  have  seen. 

Adam3  Winthrop  of  Groton,  was  a  lawyer,  Auditor  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  &c.  He  married  16  Dec,  1574,  Alice,  daughter  of 
William  Still,  Esq.,  of  Grantham,  co.  Lincoln,  and  sister  of  Dr.  John 
Still,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells.  She  d.  24  Dec,  1577,  and  lie  mar- 
ried, secondly,  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Browne  of  Edwardston, 
clothier.     Their  children  weret 


1864.]  Notes  on  the  Winthrop  Family.  183 

i,  Anne,  b.  5  J  any.,  1580-1;  d.  20  Jany.,  1580-1. 
ii,  Anne,  b.  10  Jany.,  1585-6,  ra.  Thomas  Fones,  25  Feb.,  1604-5; 

d,  16  May,  1618. 
iii,  John,  b.  12  Jany.,  1587-8. 

iv,  Jane,  bapt.  17  June,  1592,  m   Thomas  Goatling  5  Jany.,  1612. 
v,  Lucy,  b.  9  Jany.,  1600-1,  m.  Emanuel  Downing-  10  Apr.,  1622. 
He  was  buried  28  Mch.,  1623;  his  widow  d.  19  Apr.,  1629. 
John1  Winthrop,  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  married,  first,  April 
16,  1605,  Mary,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  John  Forth,  Esq.,  of  Great 
Stambridge,  Co.  Essex.     By  her  he  had: 
i,  John,  b.  12  Feb.,  1606. 
ii,  Henry,  bapt.  20  Jany.,  1607-8. 

iii,  Forth,  b.  30  Dec.,  1609;  d.  unm.  and  was  bu.  23  Nov.,  1630. 
iv,  Mary,  ;  m.  He  v.  Samuel  Dudley;  d.  at  Salis- 

bury, Apl.  2,  1643. 
v,  Anna,  b.  8  Aug.,  1614;  bu.  26  Aug.,  1614. 
vi,  Anna,  b.  26  June,  1615;  bu.  29  June,  1615. 
His  wife,  who  was  b.  1  Jany.,  1583-4,  was  buried  26  June,  1615. 
He  m.,  secondly,   6   Dec.    1615,   Thomasine,   daughter  of  William 
Clopton,  Esq.,  of  Castleins  near  Groton.     She  died  8  Dec,  1616,  and 
was  buried  on  the  11th;  her  still-born  child  was  buried  with  her. 

He  married,  thirdly,  April,  1618,   Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir   John 
Tyndale  of  Great  Maplested,  Co.  Essex,  and  had: 
vii,  Stephen,  b.  24  Mch.,  1618-19. 
viii,  Adam,  b.  7  Apr.,  1620. 
ix,  Deane,  b.  16  Mch.,  1623. 
x,  Nathaniel,  bapt.  20  Feb.,  1624-5;  d.  young, 
xi,  Samuel,  bapt.  26  Aug.,  1627. 
xii,  Anne,  bapt.  29. Aug.,  1630;  died  in  infancy, 
xiii,  William,  b.  14  Aug.,  1632;  d.  young, 
xiv,  Sarah,  bapt.  29  June,  1634;  d.  young. 

His  wife  d.  14  June,   1647,   and  he   married,  fourthly,  Dec,  1647, 
Martha  Nowell,  widow  of  Thomas  Coytmore;  and  had: 
xv,  Joshua,  bapt.  17  Dec,  1648;  died  young. 

lie  d.  26  Mrch.,  1649,  and  his  widow  in.,  10  Mch.,  1652,  John  Coggan. 
We  do  not  intend  to  pursue  the  family  history  farther.  It  will 
be  seen  that,  of  his  sixteen  children,  only  five  survived  him,  viz: 
John,  Stephen,  Adam,  Deane  aud  Samuel.  Adam  was  the  father  of 
Adam,  who  had  a  third  Adam  who  m.  Ann  Wainwright,  1700,  and  had 
John,  the  distinguished  Professor  of  Harvard  College.  John  of  Con- 
necticut, had  Wait-Still  and  Fitz-John,  the  latter  of  whom  had  no 
son.  Wait  had  an  only  son,  John  of  New  London,  who  had  an  only 
son  John-Still.  This  latter  left  several  sons,  among  them  the  late 
Lieutenant-Governor,  Thomas  Lindall  Winthrop.  Descendants  in 
the  female  line  are  numerous,  and  comprise  many  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished families  of  New  England. 

We  will  now  revert  to  the  earlier  portions  of  the  genealogy  which 
have  been  left  untraced.  Adam,2  grandfather  of  John,  had  a  sister 
Whiting  and  a  sister,  the  wife  of  Richard  Burd  of  Ipswich.  Besides 
Adam,  he  had,  as  we  have  seen,  a  son  William,  who  d.  1  Mch.,  1581, 
and  was  buried  at  St.  Michael's  Church,  Cornhill,  London;  by  w. 
Elizabeth  he  had  Jonathan,  Adam,  William,  Joshua,  Elizabeth,  and 
Sarah  who  in.  John  Frost,  26  Feb.  1595,  and  d.  Oct.,  1603. 


184  Notes  on  the  Winthrop  Family.  [April, 

Adam2  had  also  John,  twin  with  Adam,  but  it  is  very  doubtful  if 
he  had  any  issue.  A  careful  examination  of  the  book  makes  us  doubt, 
whether  Jonathan,  son  of  William,  was  not  the  John  mentioned. 

At  all  events  it  is  clear  that  Adam,  father  of  the  Governor,  had  a 
sister-in-law  Joane  whom.  William  llilles,  and  their  daughter  Joane 
m.  Adam,  son  of  William  Winthrop,  in  1600.  She  seems  to  have 
had  a  sister  Elizabeth  llilles.  Joane,  the  mother,  d.  8  Sept.,  1597. 
I  presume  she  was  a  Browne,  and  that  her  sister  m.  Roger  Weston. 
It  is  most  probable  that  another  sister  m.  John  Suelling  of  Shimpling, 
and  had  Anna,  who  m.  John  Duke,  11  Nov.,  1596. 

Besides  the  well-known  relatives  named  Mildmay,  Alibaster,  Still, 
Cottie  and  Weston,  Adam  Winthrop  names  cousins  Bulwer,  Firinin, 
Munning,  Kayne,  Muskett  (John  d.  22  July,  1597,  a3.  59),  Hawkins 
Barfut  and  Peitall  Marian  Rolfe.  We  notice  also  that  Herbert  Pel- 
ham  calls  John  Winthrop,  cousin;  that  there  was  an  aunt  Branch, 
and  an  uncle  Raven,  a  relative  probably  of  the  Browns. 

These  items  show  that  much  remains  to  be  traced  in  England 
before  the  pedigree  will  be  complete.  The  llilles  or  Ilill  family, 
especially,  should  be  examined.  Probably  this  William  was  related 
to  the llilles,  who  is  noticed  in  the  Forth  pedigree. 

Family  of  Forth. 

William*  Forth  of  Hadleigh,  Co.  Suffolk,  who  d.  1505,  had  Roberts 
and  Alice,'2  wife  of  Roger  Martin  of  Long  Melford.  Robert2  m.  an 
Odurne,  and  dying,  1541,  left  William,3  Anne,  w.  of  Oliver  Dawbury, 
and  Dorothy  who  in.  John  Warren  alias  Baker,  of  Newtown. 

William3  Forth  had  a  grant  of  Butley  Abbey,  1544;  m.  Elizabeth 
Powell,  and  had  Robert,1  Philologus,4  Edward,4  Israel,1  William4  and 
John,4  and  daughters  Mary,4  w.  of  Giles  Brewse  of  Denton,  Go.  Nor- 
folk, Catherine,4  w.  of  Edward  Maunock  of  Holton,  Co.  Suffolk, 
Elizabeth4  and  Anne.4 

John4  Forth,  of  Great  Stambridge,  in. dau.  of llilles.    She 

is  said   to  have  m.,  first,  Grimble;  secondly,  Bode,    and 

thirdly,  as  above.    His  only  child  was  Mary,  who  m.  John  Winthrop. 

Several  of  the  other  branches  of  the  family  have  been  traced. 

Clopton  Family. 

William  Clopton  of  Clopton  Hall  in  Wickham  Brook,  temp  Henry,1 
was  the  progenitor,  through  Walter,  William,  Walter  and  William, 
of  Walter  Clopton,  living,  1298,  who  m.  Alice,  dau.  of  Warrin  Fitz- 
Hugh  and  had  Sir  William  of  Hawksted,  and  Sir  Thomas  who  died 
in  13S2.  The  latter  m.  Catherine,  dau.  of  William  Milde  of  Clare, 
and  had  William'of  Long  Melford,  who  d.  4  Aug.,  1446.  William 
m.  Margery  dan.  of  Elias  Francis  and  had  John  of  Kentwell,  who 
was  sheriff  of  Suffolk,  1452,  and  in.  Alice,  dau.  of  Robert  Darey  of 
Maiden  in  Essex. 

John  and  Alice  Clopton  had  Sir  William  of  Melford,  who,  by  his 
third  wife  Thomasiue,  dau.  of  Thomas  Knyvet  of  Stanway,  had  Rich- 
ard of  Mel  lord  and  Groton. 

This  Richard  m.  Margery,  dau.  of  William  Playters  of  Sotterly, 
and  had  William;  Richard;  Mary,  who  m.  IC i 1 1 ^ ;  Francis,  wife 


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of  Martin   Bowes;  Elizabeth,   w.  of  Nicholas   Hobart;   Julian,  w.  of 
Thvogmorton;  Thomasine  who  in.  Thomas  Aldham,  and  Thomas 


Keghley;  and  Emma,  who  m.  George  Smith. 

William  Clopton,  oldest  son,  of  Castleton  in  Groton,  1636,  married 
Margaret,  dan.  of  Edward  Waldegrave  of  Lawford,  Co.  Essex,  and  had: 

'William  m.  Alice,  dan.  of  Edmund  D'Oyley. 

Walter  m.  Margaret Matcston. 

Waldegrave  m.  Elizabeth  Wiucott. 

Anno  in.  John  Matcston. 

Bridget  m.  John  Sampson. 

Thomasine  m.  John  Winthrop. 

Mary  m.  George  Jenny. 

Margery  m.  T.  Doggct. 

Elizabeth  m.  George  Cock. 

Tyndale  Family. 

The  Tyndale  pedigree  commences  with  Robert1  Tyndale,  who 
lived  during  the  reign  of  Edw.  I,  and  had  Robert,2  father  of  .William,3 
who  m.  Elizabeth  Dene  and  had  John,4  lord  of  Taneover  and  Dene 
who  married  Catherine  Zouch. 

Their  son,  Sir  William5  Tyndale  of  Dene,  married  Helen,  daughter 
or  grand-daughter  of  Sir  Simon  Bigod  alias  Felbrig,  who  had  for  wife 
the  daughter  of  Semonitu,  is  Duke  of  Silesia. 

Thomas''  Tyndale,  sou  of  Sir  William,  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  Sir  William  Yelverton  (who  was  Justice  C.  C.  P.  in  1470),  and 
had  Sir  William,7  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Osbert  Montford. 

Their  son,  Sir  John8  Tyndale,  married  Amphillis  Coningsby,  of  an 
old  and  distinguished  family,  and  had  Sir  Thomas1',  who  m.  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Fermor. 

Sir  Thomas9  had  several  children,  of  whom  Sir  John,10  married 
Anne  Egerton,  widow  of  William  Deane;  Thomas10  was  of  Eastwood, 
Co.  Clone.;  Humphrey10  was  master  of  Queen's  College,  Cambridge, 
and  Dean  of  Ely;  and  Francis  died  1633,  aged  about  80  years. 

Sir  John10  Tyndale  and  Anne  Egerton  had  Margaret,11  wife  of  John 
Winthrop;  Dene,11  whose  line  ended  in  an  heiress;  and  Matthew,11 
rector  of  Boralston,  Co.  Devon,  who  m.  Anne  Halse,  and  had  John12 
of  Cornwood,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Prideaux,  and  had  Nicholas,13  whose 
son,  George14  Tyndale,  was  father  of  Robert,15  which  last  had  Sir 
Nicholas10  Conyngham  Tindale,  Chief  Justice  Ct.  Common  Pleas. 

Fownes. 
"Fownes  (Devonshire,  resident  in  that  country  for 
more  than  two  centuries,  previously  of  Saxby  Saphy, 
Co.  Worcester),  also  of  Cornwall,  bear"  says  Burke, 
"Azure,  two  eagles  displayed  in  chief  and  a  mullet 
in  base,  argent." 

Among   the  Winthrop   papers  was   found    an   old 

manuscript  pedigree  of  the  Fownes  or  Fones  family, 

which  we  transcribe    by  permission. 

It  commences   with   William1    Fownes  of  Saxby,  Esq.,  who  m.  a 

dau.  of  Robert  Hyelton,  knt.,  who  must  have  lived  about  A.  D.,  1400. 

His  son   George-  m.   a  dau.  of  Malbanck  of  Malpas  and  had 


186  Vickers  Family.  [April, 

William3  Fownes  alias  Fones  of  Saxbie,  who  in.  adau.  of Telham 

of  Telham.    This  last  had  John1  Fones  who  m.  a  dan.  of Bradley 

of  Bedham,  and  had  John,5  who,  by  his  w.  dau.  of  — ; —  Lowell,  of 
Lowell,  had  six  sons,  viz:  Robert/'  John,0  Thomas, u  Humphrey,13 
Nicholas0  and  William.'' 

The  pedigree  now  traces  the  junior  branch  of  JonN,(j  second  son, 
who  was  of  Dedford  in  the  parish  of  Bramsgrove  (now  Bromsgrove?), 
Worcestershire,  who  had  three  sons:  William7  of  Bristol,  who  d.  s. 
p.,  Thomas7  and  Richard7  of  Bristol. 

Thomas7  Fones,  son  and  heir,  had  Thomas8  Fones,  citizen  and 
apothecary  of  London,  1628,  who  died  15  April,  1629.  He  married, 
first,  Ann,  dau.  of  Adam  Winthrop,  Esq.,  of  Groton,  by  whom  he  had 
Elizabeth0  (who  m.  Henry  Winthrop),  Martha,9  and  Samuel,9  his  heir, 
aged  12  years  in  1628.  By  his  second  wife  Priscilla,  daughter  of 
John  Burgis,  Dr.  of  Divinity,  she  had  Mary9  and  Priscilla  (called 
dead  in  1628). 

It  will  be  noticed  that  Thomas3  Fones,  who  married  Anne  Winthrop, 
had  an   uncle   Richard7  of  Bristol.     This   Richard7  m.  Joane   dau.  of 

Twidall  of  the  Isle  of  Axholme   in  Lincolnshire  and  had  John,8 

George, b  Richard8  and  .Thomas."*  Thomas8  Fones  of  Plymouth, 
living  1620,  m.,  first,  Prudence,  dau.  of  John  Nicholls  of  Taverstock, 
Co.  Devon,  by  whom  he  had  Richard,9  aged  18,  in  1620.  Prudence9, 
Mary9  and  Joane9;  by  a  second  wife  Joane,  dau.  of  Walter  Heale  of 
Knaton,  Co.  Devon:  he  had  Sampson,9  John,9  Thomas,9  Elizabeth9  and 
Susan.9 

We  have  copied  this  document  as  it  is,  because,  even  in  England, 
many  pedigrees  of  this  date  are  wanting  from  the  records.  It  is 
endorsed  by  Gov.  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  "Mr.  Fones  Armes."  It  has  at 
the  top  the  coat  of  arms  here  engraved,  and  against  the  marriage  of 
Thomas  Fones,  a  tricking  of  Fones  impaling  Winthrop. 


VICKERS  OR  VICKERY  FAMILY. 
[Communicated  by  William  II.  Whitmore.] 

The  account  in  Savage's  Dictionary  is  very  meagre;  the  following 
sketch  of  the  family,  prepared  from  the  records,  will  be  found,  I 
trust,  tolerably  complete. 

George1  Viccars,  Vicars,  Vickers  or  Vickery,  of  Hull,  m.  Rebecca, 
dau.  of  David  Phipeny  (see  Reg.  viii,  233).  In  a  deed  dated  20  Apr., 
1679  (Suff.  Deeds  xiv,  201),  he  mentions  sons  George'-2  and  Isaac.'-2 
His  son  Jonathan-  was  executor  29  July,  1679. 

George-  Vickers  of  Hull,  by  wife  Lucy,  had  Silvanus,3  b.  13  June, 
1683;  Hannah,3  b.  9  Sept.,  1685,  prob.  m.  John  Lobdell  23  May,  1704; 
George,3  b.(  14  Aug.,  1688;  Elizabeth,3  b.  7  Mch  ,  1693,  m.  prob. 
Elijah  Gerri'sh  9  Sept.,  1720;  Lucy,3  b.  20  Oct.,  1695,  d.  2  Aug.,  1698; 
Israel,3  b.  30  Nov.,  1698,  d.  28  Jany.,  1693-9;  Israel,3  b.  17  Dec, 
1699. 

5  Feb.,  1716,  this  George,  jr.,  out  of  the  love  he  had  for  his  grand- 
ch.  George  and  Mercy,  children  of  his  son  George,  gave  them  land 
by  a  deed  recorded  SulT.  Deeds. 


1864.]  Vickers  Family.  187 

Silv anus3  Vickers  m.  Mary  Styles,  at  Boston,  22  Mch.,  1705  and 
deeds  land  20  Aug.,  1717.  He  m.  Anne  Newell  11  Dec,  1718  and 
died  soon  after. 

George3  Vickers  m.  Elizabeth  Binney  10  Dec.,  1710,  and  had  Mercy,4 

b.  14  Sept.,  1711,  and  George,4  b.  12  Nov.,  1713,  m.  Lydia ,  and 

had  Sylvamis,  b.  10  Apr.,  1736,  who  died  21st  of  same  month. 

Israel3  Vickers  m,  Judith  Horsey,  13  May,  1708,  and  hud  Elizabeth,4 
b.  2  Nov.,  1709.  His  wills,  dated  17  Apr.,  1710,  mentions  wife  and 
one  child.     His  widow  prob.  married  Nathaniel  Gilbert  2  May,   1712. 


Of  Jonathan-  Vickers,  son  of  George,  sen.,  I  find  that  28  Apr., 
1701  being  then  of  Monamoy  in  Barnstable  county,  he  sold  his  lands 
in  Hull.  Perhaps  from  him  came  Capt.,  Jonathan  Vickery  of  Boston, 
whose  widow  Susannah  was  exec.  21  Oct.,  1745,  and  who  then  left  a 
dan.  aged  6  yrs,  Jonathan  aged  4  yrs,  Abigail  aged  16  months,  and 
had  a  son  Johu-Guttridgo  Vickery,  posthumous.  His  inventory 
mentions  a  farm  at  Truro. 

Of  Isaac2  Vickers,  son  of  George,  sen.,  the  record  is  more  complete, 
ne  married,  1st,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Capt.  Thomas  Cromwell,  and  had 
Anna  who  m.  Benjamin  Loring  8  Oct.,  1702,  and  d.  15  Aug.,  1723, 
aged  47;  and  Rebecca  who  m.  Samuel  Binney  11  Nov,  1701.  His 
wife  was  the  widow  of  Richard  Price,  by  whom  she  had  sous  Thomas, 
Joyliffe,  and  Richard,  and  dau.  Elizabeth  who  m.  Joseph  Lobdell. 

In  proof  of  this  see  deed  dated  27  Feb.,  1703,  Sufi'  Reg.,  xx,  44. 
Martha  Ballard,  widow,  "  in  consideration  of  receiving  certain  lands 
from  Joseph  Lobdell,  mariner  of  Boston,  Samuel  Binney  and  Rebecca 
his  wife,  Benjamin  Loring  and  Anna  his  wife,  both  of  Hull;  the  said 
Elizabeth,  Rebecca  and  Anna  being  the  daughters  of  Elizabeth 
Vickere  sometime  Price,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Capt.  Thomas 
Cromwell, —  sold  to  them  another  house  also  part  of  the  Cromwell 
property,  which  was  given  to  her  by  the  will  of  John  Joyliffe  of 
Boston,  who  intermarried  with  Anna,  the  relict-widow  of  her  father 
Robert  Knight,  and  sometime  the  widow  of  said  Cromwell." 

A  diagram  will  render  this  plainer: 
Thomas  Cromwell  J. Anna  J.  Robert  Knight  and  3d,  John  Joyliffo 


I  I 

Richard  Price  J.  Elizabeth  J.  Isaac  Vickers=Lydia  Jones     Martha  __  Jurvis  Ballard 

I  I I 

Elizabeth  =  Joseph  Lobdell    Anna=  Benj.  Loring  Rebecca  _  Samuel  Binney   Jams 

Elizabeth  _  Thomas  Lombard* 
|      sec  Reg.,  xii,  250. 

Other  proofs  are  numerous  —  as  a  suit  between  Joylifl'e  and  his 
wife's  gr.  children  (Sup.  Ct.  i,  264,  7  Nov.,  1699),  viz:  Joyliffe  Price, 
Elizabeth  Lobdell,  Anna  and  Rebecca  Vickers.    But  the  case  is  clear. 


*  Thomas  Lombard  is  said  by  the  Hull  records  to  have  married  Elizabeth  Vickery. 
The  Boston  Court  records  says  Elizabeth  Binney.  It  has,  therefore,  been  thought  that 
lie  m.  Elizabeth  (Binney),  sister  of  Samuel  B.  and  widow  of  Ueorge;!  Vickers.  But 
the  record  on  her  tombstone  is  that  she  d.  21  May,  1787,  sa.  85  (not  as  printed  in 
the  Register,  xii,  251,  19  June,  1825),  which  shows  clearly  that  she  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Binney.  The  article  on  the  Lombards  contains  several  errors  which 
will  hi  hereafter  noted  and  corrected. 


188  Vickers  Family.  [April, 

It  is  worth  notice  that  Savage  does  not  mention  that  Richard  Price's 
widow  remarried.  His  will  (Suff.  vi,  55),  made  at  Nevis,  31  July, 
1674,  mentions  his  wife  and  four  children.  So  also  Jarvis  Ballard  is 
unrecorded  —  who  m.  Martha  Knight,  had  Jarvis,  b.  10  July,  1688; 
Edward,  b.  26  July,  1691;  Robert,  b.  15  Oct.,  1693;  Katherine,  b.  20 
Apr.,  1691.  His  widow  m.  John  Balston  16  Mch.,  1703.  is  son 
Jarvis  or  Gcrvaise  Ballard,  jr.,  in  his  will  of  8  Mch.,  1719  (Suff.  xxiv, 
15),  mentions  cousin  Capt.  Charles  Ballard,  cousins  Jarvis  B,  Mary 
King,  Margaret  Wilson,  Rebecca  Dent,  Sarah  Revell,  Elizabeth  we  of 
Joseph  Lobdell,  Anna  Lon'ng,  and  Rebecca  w.  of  Samuel  Binney; 
also  mother  Martha  Balston.  His  wife  was  Judith  Pordage,  whom 
he  m.  15  Mch.,  1715-6.  [Note,  our  records  say  John  but  the  publica- 
tions say  Jarvis. ,]  „ 

To  return  after  this  learned  disgression  to  Isaac2  Vickers.  His 
wife  Elizabeth  d.  14  Apr.,  1697,  and  he  m.,  2dly,  Lydia  Jones,  as  is 
proved  by  a  deed  (SufT.  Reg.),  dated  19  Mch.,  1723-4,  by  which  Isaac 
Vickery  and  Lydia  his  wife  divide  with  Lemuel  Bosworth  and  Mary 
his  wife,  land  which  belonged  to  Thomas  Jones  and  Bathsheba  his 
wife,  of  Hull,  parents  of  said  Lydia  and  Mary. 

I  do  not  know  that  he  had  issue  by  this  marriage.  He  d.  4  Apr., 
1726,  and  his  widow  d.  17  Feb.,  1747.  Her  adm.  (Suff.  Wills,  xii, 
15),  was  her  brother-in-law,  Joseph  Melton,  of  Hull. 

There  was  also  a  John1  Vickers  of  Boston  who  m.  Sarah  Croakum 
and  had  Sarah,"-*  b.  23  Apr.,  1689;  John,2  b.  12  Mch.,  1689-90,  m. 
prob.  Elizabeth  Perry  23  Mch.,  1718-9;  Mary2,  b.  4  Mch.,  1690-1,  d' 
soon;  Samuel,2  b.  7  Aug.,  1695,  and  was  a  mariner,  1717;  Mary,2  b. 
25  Aug.,  1697,  m.  William  Binfield  29  Aug.,  1717;  and  James,2  b.  7 
July,  1703.  He  was  alive  1703,  when  he  sold  land.  By  Suff.  Reg., 
xxxiv,  67,  we  learn  that,  13  Sept.,  1717,  his  widow,  only  surviving 
daughter  of  Francis  Croakum  and  Johanna,  of  Boston,  sold  land 
which  her  father  bought,  9  Aug.,  1649.  16  Aug.,  1723  (Suff.  Deeds, 
xxxvii,  90),  Reginald  Odell  and  Mehitable  his  wife,  Johanna  Vickers, 
and  Mary  Binfield,  widow,  children  of  widow  Sarah  Vickery  sell 
land.  Odell  m.  Mary  Prime  28  Apr.,  1709,  and  Mehitable  Truesdale 
13  May,  1613;  so  probably  Mehitable  was  twice  married. 


There  was  also  a  Benjamin1  Vickery  of  Hull,  who  m.  Dorcas  — 
and  had  Joseph,2  b.  4  Jauy.,  1690;  Benjamin,2  b.  3  Mch,  1603,  d.  24 
Apr.,  1712;  Lucy,2  b.  20  Oct,  1695;  Thomas,2  b.  15  Nov,  1696; 
Dorcas,2  b.  83  Mch,  1698;  Phebe,2  b.  20  Nov,  1701,  d.  30  May,  1718; 
Sarah,2  b.  11  Sept,  1705;  and  Ichabod,  b.  30  Oct,  1707.  His  wife 
d.  30  Oct,  1717  and  he  m,  2dly,  7  July,  1709,  Mary  Coon,  and  had 
Mary,2  b.  10  Nov,  1710,  d,  27  June,  712;  Benjamin,2  b.  18  Apr., 
1714;  Robert,2  b.  18  May,  1718.     He  d.  10  Jany,  1718. 

Joseph2  Vickery  m.  Abigail,  and  had  Abigail,3  b.  17  Dec,  1707,  rn. 
prob.  Thomas  Wyate  Feb,  1725;  Rebecca,3  b.  28  May,  1710;  Han- 
nah, b.  3  Mch,  1713. 

Thomas2  Vickery  m.  Mary  Ball  8  July,  1718,  and  had  Mary,3  b.  11 
Feb,  1720,  d.  17  July,  1735;  Thomas,3  b.  22  Dec,  1722;  llebry,3 
b.  12  Nov,  1724;  Dorcas,3  b.  14  Jany,  1727;  Phebe,3  b.  6  May, 
1729;  Benjamin,3  b.  25  Dec,  1731,  and  three  daus.  named  succes- 
sively Phebe  who  d.  young. 


1864.]  The  Gale  Family.  189 


THE  GALE  FAMILY. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  George  Gale  of  Galesville,  Wisconsin.*] 

The  name  of  Richard  Gale,  ancestor  of  the  family,  here  given  first 
appears  upon  the  records  of  Water  town,  Mass.,  in  1640,")"  as  the  pur- 
chaser of  six  acres  of  land,  being'  part  of  a  lot  of  nine  acres  in  the 
town  plot,  of  Richard  Browne,  the  original  proprietor.  On  the  2d  of 
December  he  purchased  250  acres  of  Richard  Dummer,  being  the 
north-eastern  half  of  the  "old  town  farm"  in  Watertown,  which  has 
continued  as  the  family  homestead  to  the  present  day. .  His  wife  was 
named  Mary.  His  will,  dated  Feb,  25,  •1678-9,  was  proved  April  1, 
1C79. 

It  appears  by  the  testimony  in  a  suit  in  1679,  that  John  Gale,  sou 
of  Richard,  was  in  1677,  "  a  good  wilier"  to  the  daughter  of  Henry 
Spring,  senior,  who,  with  his  wife  Mehitable,  testified  that  "  Goodman 
Richard  Gale  came  to  our  house  to  ask  our  goodwill  to  make  a  match 
between  our  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  his  son  John  H.  He  promised 
to  give  his  son  John  half  of  his  farm,"  &c-J 

1.  Richard1  Gale  had  the  following  children  :  (2)  Sarah2  b.  Sept. 
8,  1641  ;  m.  Apl.  3,  1  663,  Joseph  Garfield,  jr.,  (b.  Sept.  11,  1637,  adm. 
freeman,  Apl.  18,  1690,  d.  Aug.  22,  1692),  whose  ancestry  and  de- 
scendants will  be  found  in  Bond's  Watertown,  pp.  231-3. —  (3)  Abra- 
ham~+  b.  ab.  1643  ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1673,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan§  and 
Susanna  Fiske. — (4)  Mary'2,  in.  Mar.  30,  1670,  John  Flagg,  son  of 
Thomas,  of  Watertown.  He  was  constable  1 685,  and  d.  Feb.  6,  1696-7. 
Ch.  Mary3,  m.  Ebenezer  Pratt,  of  Sherborn  ;  Sarah3  d.  young,  and 
John3  whose  descendants  are  given  by  Bond,  pp.  222-5. —  (5)  John2+ 
m.  Sept.  27,  1677,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Mehitable  (Bartlett) 
Spring.  See  Bond,  p.  442. —  (6)  Ephraim-,  was  in  May,  1673,  "dis- 
tempered in  mind."     Probably  died  before  his  father. || 

3.  Abraham2  Gale  was  adm.  freeman  Oct.  11,  1682  ;  was  select- 
man of  Watertown,  1706  and  died  Sept,  15,  1718,  aged  75.  His 
wife,  Sarah,  died  May  14,  1728,  aged  about  72  years.  He  was  a 
quiet  farmer,  and  member  of  tire  church.      His    faithful    wife,    Sarah, 

*[Mr.  Gale  informs  us  that  he  is  engaged  in  preparing  a  full  genealogy  of  the  Gale 
family  ;  and  therefore  he  requests  all  of  the  name  to  communicate  their  genealogies 
to  him.     Address  him  as  above. — Ed.] 

fit  is  possible  that  he  may  have  been  the  Richard  Gale,  aged  1G,  named  in  the 
list,  printed  in  the  Register,  xiv,  351,  of  passengers  from  London  to  Barbadoes  and 
St.  Christophers,  whose  conformity  was  certified  toby  the  minister  of  St.  Katharines 
near  the  Tower  of  London.  Some  of  the  emigrants  to  those  islands  we  know  came 
afterwards  to  New  England      He  may  have  married  his  wife  there. 

{.Bond's  Watertown,  p.   771. 

§Mr.  Horatio  G.  Somerby,  who  lias  made  some  research  in  England  relative  to 
this  family,  states  that  he  lias  found  "  sufficient  to  justify  the  belief"  that  this 
Nathan  Fiske  was  the  eighth  m  descent  from  Simon  Fiske,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Strad- 
haugh,  in  Saxtield,  Suffolk,  in  the  time  of  Henry  VI.  See  Bond's  Watertown,  p. 
758.  A  very  good  genealogy  of  the  Fiskes  will  be  found  in  Bond,  pgs.  208-19  and 
758-62. 

|| Abigail  Gale,  who  died  Sept.  5,  1718,  aged  70,  was  probably  either  a  daughter, 
or  a  second  wife  and  widow  of  Richard.  If  a  daughter,  she  is  not  mentioned  in  her 
father's  will. 

13 


190  The  Gale  Family.  [April, 

blessed  him  with  the  following  16  children  . — (7)  Abraham3,*  b.  1674 
married  Rachel,  dan.  of  John  and  Abigail  (Garfield)  Parkhurst. — (8) 
Sarah3,  b.  Feb.  15,  1675,  d.  young—  (9)  Richard3,*  b.  Sept.  25,  1677, 
m.  Jan.  7,  1706,  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  and  Mary  Knight  <>f  Watertown. 
—(10)  Ropestim,  b.  and  d.  Dec.  1678.— (11)  Mary3  b.  Mar.  27,  1680, 
d.  young.— (12)  Abigail*,  b.  Mar.  12,  1682,  d.  Nov.  21,  1696.— (13) 
Mercy*,  b.  Sept.  16,  1683,  m.  April  13,  1708.  Samuel  Sanderson,  b. 
May  28,  1681,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Abia  (Bartlett)  Sanderson,  of 
Watertown,  late  of  Cambridge.— (14)  Ebenezer3,*  b.  April  30,  1686, 
m.  Dec.  27,  1709,  Elizabeth  Green.— (15)  John3,*  b.  April  23,  1687  ; 
wife  Lydia.— (16)  Mary3,  bp.  Apl.  1689,  m.  Nov.  3,  1731,  Michael 
Pratt,  of  Oxford.— (17)  Sarah3  b.  Aug.  29,  1694.— (18)  Jonas3,  bp. 
Nov.  14,  1697,  d.  Mar.  17,  1718,.— (19)  Joshua3,  b.  Feb.  22,  1697,  d. 
Sept.  15,  1719.— (20  and  21)  •Elizabeth*  and  Lydia3,  twins,  b.  July  9, 
1799.— (22)  Abigail3,  in.  ab.  1720,  Edward  Jackson,  jr.,  of  Newton, 
son  of  Edward  and  Mary,  and  grandson  of  Sebas  Jackson. 

5.  John-  Gale,  m.  Sept.  27,  1677,  Elizabeth  Spring  ;  at  Watertown 
where  his  children  were  born.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Framingham. 
His  wid.  m.  John  Mellen  previous  to  1695.  John2,  and  Elizabeth 
Gale  had  eh.:—  (23)  Elizabeth*,  b.  June  1,  1678,  m.  Feb.  21,1700, 
John  Nurse,  of  Framingham. —  (24)  John3,  b.  Apl.  5,  1680  ;  d. 
1698.— (25)  Sarah3,  b.  Dec.  12,  1681  ;  in.  about  1700,  Jonathan 
Pratt  of  Fram. — (26)  Abigail*,  bapt.  June  19,  1687  ;  m.  in  Fram. 
Jan.  10,  1717,  Jonathan  Cutler. — (27)  AnnaK*  (Hannah),  bapt.  June 
19,  1687  ;  m.  Apl.  22,  1714,  Jabez  Pratt.— (28)  Abia*,  bapt.  July  14, 
1689  ;  m.  June  18,  1719,  Joseph  Trumbull. 

7.  Abraham^  Gale,  jr.,  b.  at  Watertown,  1674,  m.  Dec.  6, 1699,  Rachel 
Parkhurst,  and  occupied  the  old  homestead,  but  no  record  has  been 
found  of  his  death.  Rachel  was  b.  at  Wat.  Dec.  30,  1678,  and  d. 
Jan.  30,  1767,  aged  90.  They  had  children.— (29)  Abraham^*,  b.  Nov. 
28,  1700;  m.  Esther  Cunningham.— (30)  Rachel*,  b.  Dec.  14,  1702; 
m.  June  25,  1724,  Gershom  Bigelow,  b.  Sept.  1701,  son  of  Joshua 
and  Elizabeth  (Flagg)  Bigelow.—  (31)  Samuel*,*  b.  Jan.  31,  1705  ; 
m.  Rebecca.— (32)  Isaac  *,*  b.  Jan.  15.  1708  ;  rn.  Judith  Sawyer,  of 
Framingham,  Mass.— (33)  Eunice*,  b.  July  30,  1711  ;  m.  July  1,  1731, 
Benjamin  Allen,  of  Weston,  son  of  Benj.  and  Mary  (Rice)  Allen,  of 
Wat.  Farms,  .and  settled  in  Lincoln.  He  died  and  she  rn.  (2d)  Dec. 
3,  1768,  Abijah  Steadman.— (34)  Abigail*,  b.  Aug.  15,  1714  ;  m.  July 
25,  1735,  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Weston,  b.  Sept.  14,  1713,  son  of  Samuel 
(b.  Feb.  20,  1680,  at  Weston),  and  Deborah  (Dix)  Phillips.— (35) 
Daniel*,  bapt.  Apl.  7,  1717.— (36)  Josiah*,*  b.  Apr.  8,  1722,  bapt.  1733, 
wife  Elizabeth. 

9.  Richard^  Gale.  b.  at  Watertown,  Sept.  25,  1677  ;  m.  Jan.  7, 
1706,  Sarah  Knight.  Had  children.— (37)  Sarah*,  b.  Nov.  30,  1706  ; 
m.  March  14,  1744,  Josiah  Pierce,  b.  Feb.  13,  1723.— (38)  Jonathan*,  b. 
Nov.  26,  1708.— (39)  Mercy*,  b.  Dec.  4,  1710  ;  m.  Dec.  26,  1749,  Abra- 
ham Jones,  of  Weston,  b.  Feb.  13,  1725  ;  son  of  John.— (40)  Thanh- 
ful\  b.  and  d.  Dec  1714,— (41)  Thankful*,  b.  Feb.  28,  1716.— (42) 
Lydia*,  b.  Aug.  11,  1717  ;  m.  April  28,   1736,  John  Saddler. 

14.  Ebenezer*  Gale,  b.  April  30,  1086  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Green,  Dec. 
27,  1709,  and  had  children.— (43)  Elizabeth*,  bapt.  May  25,  1713  ;  m. 


1864.]  The  Gale  Family.  191 

Feb,  3,  1130,  Isaac  Whitney,  b.  1710  ;  eon  of  John,  and  Sarah 
(Cutting)  Whitney  of  Weston.— (44)  Graced  b.  Dec.  12,  1U3.— (45) 
Ilannah*,  bap.  Oct.  9,  1715. -(46)  Prudence*,  bap.  Aug.  18,  1717.— 
(47)  Jonas*,  b.  July  8,  1719.— (48)  Ebenezer*,  bap:  Feb.  24,  1724.— 
(49)  Lydia'*,  b.  June  11,  1727.— (50)  Abigail*,  bap.  May  10,  1730.— 
(51)  David*,  bap.  Sept.  23,   1733. 

15.  JoHN^  Gale,   b.  April  23,  1687;   m.  Lydia ;  died  Feb.   15. 

1734,  and  had  children.— (52)  Joshua*,  born  Oct.  17,  1721.— (53) 
John*,  b.  Jan  23,  1723.— (54)  Jonas*,  b.  Sept.  23,  1724  ;  m.  March  10, 
1747,  Mary  Benjamin.— (55)  Lydia*,  b.  Nov.  15,  1728. 

29.  Abraham4  Gale,  b.  at  YVatertown,  Nov.  28,  1700  ;  m.  Esther 
Cunningliam,   and   was   a   blacksmith    at  Weston.     Had  children. — 

(56)  Daniel5,  b.  June  17,  1721  ;  in.  Sept.  8,  1743,  Sarah  Lamson,  dau. 
of  John  and  Abigail  Lamson,  of  Weston  ;  son,  probably,  of  Joseph 
Lamson,    of  Charlestown,  whose  will  was  proved,   Sept.  21,  1722. — 

(57)  Henry5,*  b.  March  2,  1723  ;  ra.  Feb.  22,  1745,  Abigail  Smith, 
of  Lexington,  da.  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Richards)  Smith,  of  Lexington, 
and  d.  March  10,  1693,  aged  92.— (58)  Thaddeus*,  b.  Sept.  26,  1724  ; 
in.  March  9,  1745,  Lydia  Amsden,  of  Westboro. —  (59)  Abijah5,  born 
Mar.  8,  1726  ;  d.  April  28.— (60)  Abijahr>,  b.  July  5,  1727  ;  m.  1748, 
Abigail  Amsden,  of  Westboro,  where  he  settled  and  had  many  child- 
ren, among  whom  was  Oapt.  Nahum  Gale,  father  of  Rev.  Etteridge 
Gale,  of  Framingham. —  (61)  Jonathan*,  b.  March  18, 1729  ;  m.  May  30, 
1750,  Abigail  Beal,  of  Sudbury,  lie  was  probably  the  Jonathan 
Gale,  who  m.  in  Shrewsbury,  March  10,  1757,  Margaret,  da.  of  Wm. 
Crawford.— (62)  Esther*  b.  July  28,  1731.— (63)  Abraham*,*  b'.  Aug. 
18,  1734,  of  Shrewsbury  ;  m.  Nov.  28,  1769,  Abigail,  Riee,  of  Wor- 
cester, and  after  having  two  children  removed  to  Princeton. — (64) 
Elisha5,  b.  Jan  1.  1736  ;  m.  May  20,  1762,  Sarah  Jones,  da.  of  James 
and  Abigail  (Garfield)  Jones,  of  Weston. 

31.  Samuel4  Gale,  m.  Rebecca. — (65)  SamueP,  b.  May  6,  1726,  d. 
Mav  6,  1793.— (66)  liebecca*,  b.  May  25,  1725.— (67)  Rachel5,  b.  Nov. 
6,  1729  ;  in.  March  20,  1749,  William  Lackey.— (68)  Esther*,  b.  Dec. 
21,  1730.— (69)  Abraham5,  b.  Sept.  23,  1733.— (70)  Lois5,  bap.  Dec. 
1,  1734.— (71)  Lois5,  bap.  July  11,  1736.— (72)  liichard*,  bap.  July 
9,  1738. 

32.  Isaac4  Gale,  b.  at  Watertown,  Jan.  15,  1708  ;  m.  Judith  Saw- 
yer about  1731,  and  removed  to  Framingham,  where  his  first  child, 
Isaac,  was  born,  and  in  1733  removed  to  Sutton  and  probably  died 
there.  He  held  the  post  of  Capt.  and  bequeathed  his  sword  to  his 
descendants  by  the  name  of  Isaac,  which  is  now  in  the  hands  of  Isaac 
Gale,  of  Royalston.  He  had  children. — (73)  Isaac5,*!"  b.  at  Framing- 
ham, 1732  ;  m.  Mehetable  Dwinel  or  Dunnel,  da.  of  Jonathan  (b.  1702, 
at  Topsfield,  Mass.)  and  Mehetable  (Kennay)  Dwinel. — (74)  Judith*, 
b.  April  12,  1734  ;  m.  Jan.  3,  1754  Abel  Chase  of  Sutton.— (75)  Jonas*, 
b.  Apr.  23,  1735  ;  m.  1st  Tamer  Marsh  of  Sutton.— 2^  m.  Hannah  Ban- 
croft.— 3l  m.  widow  Rebecca  Gay  of  Dedham,  Mass., — (76)  Neke- 
miah5,*  b.  Feb.  1,  1736  ;  m.  Ruth  Marsh,  sister  of  Tamer,  and  dau.  of 
Stephen  and  Ruth  (Waters)  Marsh,  of  Sutton. — (77)  Sarah*,  bap. 
1741  ;  in.  Samuel  Melody,  of  Guilford,  Conn., — (78)  Elisha*,*  b.  Nov. 
26,  1743  ;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  lion.  Amos  Singletary,  of  Sutton,  Apr.  1767. 
(79)  Anna*,  b.  Dec.  4,  1746  ;  d.  an  infant.— (80)  Anna*,   b.   Nov.  11, 


192  The  Gale  Family.  [April, 

1128  ;  m.  James  Leland  Jr.  who  was  b.  1745,  and  d.  1801,  at  Hopwell, 

Ontario  co.  N.  Y., 

36.  Josiah4  Gale,  b.  April  8,  1722  ;  bap.  at  Weston  1733  ;  m.  Eliz- 
abeth, lived  in  Sutton  and  had  children.  — (81)  Elizabeth5,  bap.  May, 
1742.— (82)  Josiah5.  b.  Mar.  20,  1743  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Rice  of  Worcester, 
and  settled  in  Warwick.— (S3)  Abraham5,  b.  July  29,  1745.— (84) 
Amos5,  b.  Mar.  3,  1747. 

57.  Henrys  Gale,  b.  March  2,  1723  ;  m.  Feb.  22,  1745,  Abigail 
Smith,  of  Lexington,  and  had  children. —  (85)  Esther*',  b.  Fob.  14,  1746. 
—(86)  Ephraim6,  b.  Oct.  1748.— (87)  Joshua*,  b.  Jan.  30,  1751.— (88) 
Henry*,  b.  Mar.  20,  1753.*— (89)  Nathan*,  b.  Feb.  5,  1755. 

63.  Abraham5  Gale,  b.  Aug-.  18,  1734,  of  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  ;  m. 
Abigail  Rice  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1769  ;  he  removed  to 
Princeton  after  the  birth  of  two  children. —  (.90)  Mary*,  b.  Feb.  7, 
1773.—  (91)  John*,  b.  April  6,  1774. 

65.  Samuel5  Gale,  of  Waltharn,  b.  May  6,  1726  ;  m.  July  17,  1755, 
Anna  Fiske,  and  died  May  6,  1793.  Anna  was  born  at  Watertown, 
Jan.  14,  1736,  d.  June  2,  1800,  and  was  the  dau.  of  Dea.  Samuel  and 
Anna  (Bemis)  Fiske.  Children  :  (92)  Samuel*  b.  Sept.  11,  1756  ;  d. 
in  the  army,  unin.  autumn  1776. — (93)  Jacob6,h.  April  14,  1758;  m.  Sept. 
23,  1784,  Lois  Hagar,  and  had  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  7.  1785,  who  d.  1796. 
(94)  Anne*,  b.  Feb.  28,  1759  ;  m.  Oct.  5,  1780,  John  Cutting,  of  East 
Sudbury.— (95)  Alpheus**  b.  1761,  of  Waltharn  ;  m.  July  5y  1787, 
Lydia  Hammond. 

73.  Isaac5  Gale  Jr.,  b.  at  Framingham,  1732  ;  removed  by  his  fa- 
ther to  Sutton  1733  ;  in.  1756  Mehetable  Dwinel  ;  removed  to  Royals- 
ton,  Mass.,  about  1768,  and  d.  there  May  19,  1779.  The  widow  soon 
after  m.  2d,  Henry  Nichols,  and  had  by  him  1  dau.,  Betsey,  but  she 
d.  young.  Mehetable  d.  at  Royalston,  March  1,  1818.  Isaac  had 
children  :  (96)  Peter**  b.  Dec.  4,  1756  ;  m.  April  15,  1779,  Prudence 
French,  of  Royalston.— (97)  Susanna6,  b.  June  14,  1758.— (98) 
Isaac6*  b.  Dec.  10,  1759  ;  m.— (99)  Jonathan.6  b.  July  3,  1761.— (100) 
James6,  b.  March  9,  1763  ;  d.  young.— (101)  Judith6,  b.  Jan.  2,  1765. 
(102)  David6,  b.  April  24,  1767.— (103)  James6,  b.  Dec.  15,  1770  ;  d. 
June  4,  1771.— (104)  James*,  b.  March  12,  1773  ;  m.  ;  lived  and 
raised  a  family  near  Schenectadv,  N.  Y.  ;  removed  to  St.  Louis,  and 
died  there.— (105)  Silas*,  b.  March  13,  1774  ;  d.  April  4,  1774  — 
(106)  Hannah*,  b.  April  26,  1775  ;  d.  April  19,  1777.— (107)  Delia6, 
b.  Oct.  27,  1777  ;  in. Peck. 

76.  Nehemiaii5  Gale,  b  Fed).  1,  1736,  at  Sutton,  Mass.  :  m.  Ruth 
Marsh,  and  died  at  Sutton,  afterwards  Mill  bury  :  was  a  soldier  in 
the  French  war.  (108)  Benjamin*,  b.  April  18,  1761  ;  d.  num.,  1785. 
(109)    Solomon*,   b.    Sept.    12,    1763  ;   m,  Rachel    Woodward  ;  2d   m. 

Hays.— (110)   Elizabeth*,  b.  Dec.  9,  1764  ;  d.  nine,  about   1806. 

(Ill)  Jonas*,  b.  March  6,  1766  ;  in.  Elizabeth  Grout,  Nov.  1,  1795, 
and  d.  Nov.  1,  1814.  She  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  June  8,  1850,  at 
the  residence  of  her  son,  Dr.  L.  D.  Gale.  She  was  b.  Aug.  6,  1770, 
at  Westboro,  Mass— (112)   Ruth*,  b.  July  3,  1769  ;  m.  John  Gee.v 

#This  Henry6  Gale  was  probably  the  Henry,  who  removed  to  Barre,  Vt.,  :it  an  early 
day.  lb'  witnessed  a  lease  from  the  town  to  Peter  Gale  Jr..  in  1803  ;  bis  son  "Cb. 
B.  Gale  "  was  then  one  of  the  town  school  trustees  ;  he  had  children  :  Eb.  Brooks7, 
and  Sampson7 .  Eb.  Brooks  Gale  bad  sons,  Gtorgc*  and  Converse6,  but  Sampson 
had  no  sons. 


1884;]  The  Gale  Family.  193 

wood. — (113)  Anna*,  or  Nancy,  b.  1169,  probably  twins  with  Ruth  ; 
d.  1797. — (114)  Tamer*,  b.  Feb.  27,  1771  ;  in.  Henry  Dunne),  1790, 
who  d.  Oct.  17,  1805,  when  she  m.,  2d,  Jan.  10,  1810,  Levi  Page,  of 
Coventry,  Con.  Dr.  Henry  Gale  Dnnnel  of  New  York  is  her  5th 
child.  She  d.  Feb.  12,  1854,  in  New  York.— (115)  RufusG,  b,  July 
4,  1773  ;  in.  Louisa  Livermore,  who  d.,  and  he  in.,  2d,  widow  Knox  ; 
had  no  children. —  (116)  Nehemiah*,  b.  June  4>  1775  ;  d.  young. — 
(117)  Isaac*,  b.  Sept.  1777  ;  m.  Persis  Stiles,  of  Boylston,  in  1803  ; 
had  9  children,  and  d.  Jan.  21,  1831  ;  she  d.  Jan.  26,  1847.— (118) 
Andros*,  b.April  8,  1780  ;  d.  1797.— (119)  MeketabW,  b.  Sept.  9,  1782  ; 
m.  David  Chase,  of  Millbury. — (120)   Nehemiah*,  b.  ;  not  recorded. 

78.  Elisha5  Gale,  b.  at  Sutton,  Nov.  26,  1743  ;  rn.  Mary,  dan.  of 
Hon.  Amos  Singletary,  of  Sutton,  April,  1767.  They  removed  to 
Barre,  Vt,  and  probablv  died  there.  They  had  children  :  (121) 
Jb/mG.+—(122)  Elisha*.*—  (123)  Sawin*.*—  (124)  Abraham*.*—  (125) 
AmosC*.* 

95.  Alpheus^  Gale,  b.  at  Waltham,  17G1  ;  m.  July  5,  1787,  Lydia 
Hammond,  b.  Oct.  9,  1767.  She  d.  April  6,  1810.  Lydia  was  dau. 
of  Jonathan  (b.  1717,  d.  1776)  and  Judith  (Stearns)"  Hammond,  of 
Waltham.  Children  :  (126)  William7,  b.  July  6,  1788  :  graduated  at 
Harv.  Univ.  1810;  d.  1839.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  Boston.— (127) 
Nancy7,  b.  May  23,  1791;  d.  June  30,  1808.— (128)  Sally'',  b.  Aug. 
12,  1794.— (129)  Lydia',  b.  June  26,  1797  ;  d.  Oct.  9,  1798.— (130) 
Samuel',  b.  Feb.  7,  1799.— (131)  Lydia  Hammond7,  b.  Oct.  24,  1801  — 
(132)  Jacob7,  b.  Dec.  31,   1803.— (133)   Caroline7,  b.  June  1,  1806. 

96.  Peter'3  Gale,  b.  at  Sutton,  Mass.,  Dec.  4,  1756  ;  m.  April  15, 
1779,  at  Royalston,  Mass.,  Prudence  French,  of  Royalston  ;  removed 
to  Barre,  Vt.,  Feb.,  1793,  a  month  before  the  organization  of  the 
town,  and  became  the  14th  family  in  town.  The  15th  Aug.,  1817  he 
removed  to  Colchester,  Vt.,  and  d.  with  the  fever  and  ague  Nov. 
1818.  His  widow  returned  to  Barre,  Vt.,  and  died  a  few  years  after. 
Children  :— (134)  Peter7,*  b.  at  Royalston,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1780  ;  m. 
Hannah  Tottingham  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  Jan.  27,  1805,  dau.  of 
Nathaniel  and  Esther  (Brown)  Tottingham  of  Westminster. — (135) 
Jonathan7,  b.  March  7,  1782;  d.  March  11,  1782.— (130)  Micah7,  b. 
Feb.  27,  1783  ;  rm  Hannah  Turner  Beard  at  Gardner,  xWass.— (137) 
Samuel7,  b.  Feb.  20,  1785;  d.  April  18,  1785.— (138)  Prudence7,  b. 
Jan.  26,  1786  ;  m.,  1st,  Mr.  Norcross,  who  went  to  Alabama  for  his 
health,  and  died  there  about  1820  ;  2d,  m.  Stephen  Field  of  Water- 
bury,  Vt,  about  1832;  had  no  children  ;  d.  April  11,  1840.— (139) 
Rhoda7,  b.  Feb.  1,  1788  ;  m.  John  Emery,  and  had  children,  Orlinzo 
and  Clarissa.— (140)  Mehetable7 ,  b.  Dec.  40,  1789  ;  m.—  (141)  Judith7 
b-  Juno  15,  1792  ;  d.  Aug,  10,  1796.— (142)  Anna7,  b.  Oct.  5,  1794  \ 
in.  Thomas  Towne,  of  Barre,  Vt.  ;  have  had  several  children,  and  wore 
both  living  in  1863.  Children  :  Oel8,  Janes,  Amandas,  Joan8,  and 
Paul8. — (143)  Isaac7,  b.  Sept.  13,  1796  ;  m.  Sally  Page  at  Burlington 
Vt.,  Dec.  24,  1820.— (144)  Ira7,  b.  Nov.  15,  1798  ;  d.  Nov.  13,  1798.-- 
(145)  Jonas7,*  b.  April  28,  1800  ;  m.  twice  ;  lived  in  1863  at  East 
Montpelier,  Vt. 

98.  Isaac"  Gale,  b.  Dec.  10,  1759  ;  m.  and  had  children  :  (146) 
Otis7. — (147)   Isaac7,  and  others. 

121.  Joux,;  Gale,  rn.  at  Barre,  Vt.,  had  children:  (151)  Lewis.7 — 
(152)  Gardner7 


194  The  Gale  Family.  [April, 

122.  Elisfia0  Gale,  m.  and  had  a  child  at  Barre,  Vt.     (153)  David? 

123.  Sawin6  Gale,  m.  and  had  children  at  Barre,  Art.  (154)  Frank- 
lin?—  (155)  Clark? 

124.  Abraham''  Gale,  m.  and  had  children,  Barre,  Vt.  (156) 
Frederick?— (151)  Royal? 

125.  Amos  C.li  Gale,  in.  and  had  one  child:     (158)  Mary? 

134.  Peter7  Gale,  l>.  at  Royalston,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,1780;  in.  Hannah 
Tottingham  of  Westminister,  Mass,  Jan.  27,  1805,  and  settled  near 
his  father's  in  Barre,  Vt.  In  1812,  he  enlisted  as  a  minute  man,  and 
in  the  fall  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  U.  S.,  and  stationed 
at  Swanton,  Vt.,  near  the  Canada  line.  lie  remained  in  service  but 
three  months  when  he  was  discharged  forsickness  and  returned  home. 
In  1813,  he  removed  to  Burlington,  Vt.  In  1814,  as  the  British 
advanced  upon  Plattsburg,  he  volunteered  with  the  Burlington  com- 
pany and  reached  that  place  in  time  to  join  in  the  battle  of  the  11th 
of  Sept.,  and  was  posted  to  guard  the  ford  of  the  Saranac.  In  1817, 
he  removed  with  his  father  to  Colchester,  Vt.  He  subsequently  re- 
sided in  Burlington  and  Waterbury,  Vt.,  where  he  died  Aug.  6,  1851. 
His  wife  Hannah  died  at  Waterbury,  Feb.  24,  1848.  Although  his 
original  education  was  limited,  yet  he  became  a  great  reader  of 
history  as  well  as  the  news  of  the  day,  was  a  Democrat  of  the  old 
school,  and  voted  for  Jefferson  in  1804.  Naturally  a  genius,  he 
manufactured  diverse  new  inventions.  He  had  no  tastes  for  political 
promotion,  and  seldom  would  accept  even  a  school  district  office. 
His  honesty  was  proverbial,  and  he  was  ever  an  attentive  husband 
and  kind  father;  he  had  children:  (159)  Hiram*  +  b.  Feb.  6,  1808; 
m.  Sally  Bryant— ( 100)  Angdine**  b.Sept.  29,1809;  m.  Nov.  16, 
1836,  David  Lord;  d.  Sept.  8,  1858.—  (161)  Matilda**  b.  Aug.  31, 
1811;  m.  March  25,  1831,  James  M  Henry.— (162)  Elvira**  b.  Feb. 
25,  1814;  m.  May  25,  1836,  Elisha  A.  Town.— (163)  George,**  b.  Nov. 
30,  1816;  m.  Gertrude  Young.— (164)  Hannah**  b.  Dec.  28, 1824;  in. 
in  1847,  Samuel  S.Luce. 

136.  Micah?  Gale,  b.  Feb.  27,  1783;  m.  Feb.  1,  1807,  Hannah  Turner 
Beard,  at  Gardner,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  at  Westminister,  Mass.,  Jan. 
30,  1787,  now  residing  with  her  son  G.  Randall  Gale  at  Orange,  Vt. 
Micah  moved  on  to  a  farm  in  Orange,  Vt.,  lived  there  many  years, 
and  died  with  cancer  of  the  stomach,  Dec.  1,  1848.  Children:  (165) 
'  Greenfield  Randall**  b.  at  Barre,  Vt,  Feb.  1.  1808;  m.  Sept,  5,  1839, 
Harriet  Newell  Fi^eld. — (166)  Gustavus  Orlinz*  b.  Dec.  7,  1809,  at 
Barre,  m.  at  Boston,  Mass,  about  1837,  Mahala  Merrill,  and  had 
children:  William,  Caty,  Charles  and  George. — (167)  Horace  Palmer* 
1).  at  Orange,  May  28,  1817;  m.  at  Orange  June  11,  1840,  Merandy 
Waterman;  had  one  child,  d.  in  infancy.  (168)  Sophronia  Raymond  * 
b.  April  12,  1825;  m.  at  Washington,  Vt,  1847,  Anson  Baily  of  Lowell, 
Mass,  where  they  reside;  have  children:      Walter®  and  Carrie.® 

143.  Isaac7Gale,  b.  Sept,  13,  1796,  at  Bane,  Vt,  in.  Sally  Page  at 
Burlington,  Dec.  24,  1820;  b.  at  Bradford,  Vt,  March  30,  1795;  moved 
to  Orange,  Vt,  March,  1821,  and  remained  there  until  Jan,  1863, 
when  they  went  first  to  Williamstown  and  then  to  Barre  in  the  fall 
of  same  year.  Children:  (169)  Lorinda*  b.  Jan.  22,  1822;  in.  May 
1 5, 1  861,  benison  Mora  of  Barre.  —  ( 170)  Sarah*  b.  April  5, 1  824  ;  m.  Jan. 
15,  1850,  Elburtus  T.  Claflin,  b.  March  21,  1825,  had  children:     Ellen 


1864]  The  Gale  Family.  195 

L.?  b.  May  3  1851;  Elmer  G.?  b.  Oct.  4,  1853.— (HI)  Hawky?*  b. 
Aug.  17,  1826;  m.  April  12,  1854,  Anne  Mower  of  Burro,  b.  Nov.  25, 
1826.— (172)  Susan  P.*  b.  Feb.  10,  1829;  in.  June  19,  1855,  Harvey 
Marsh  of  Orange,  b.  at  Calais,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1830,  had  child: 
Charles  A.?  b.  May  14,  1856.  (173)  Emma*  b.  Sept.  25,  1831.  (174) 
Caroline*  b.  Dec.  24,  1833;  m.  Oct,  16,  1855,  at  Orange,  William  L. 
Hunting-ton,  b.  at  Washington  Aug.  5,  1833;  had  children:  Eva  B.? 
b.  Aug  22,.  1857;  Flora  A.?  b.  Sept.  3,  I860.— (175)  Orrison?  b.  May 
27,  1836;  m.  May  29,  1862,  Mary  Anne  Dinkey  of  Williamstown,  b. 
June  28,  1837. 

145.  Dea.  Jonas7  Gale,  b.  at  Barre,  Vt.,  April  28,  1800,  m.  twice. 
He  lived  for  some,  years  at  Hard  wick,  Vt.;  afterwards  at  Walcott, 
where  he  was  some  time  Deacon  of  the  Congregational  church,  after- 
wards removed  to  Elmore,  and  in  1862,  finally  removed  to  East 
Montpelier;  had  children:  (176)  Jasper* — (177)  Lyman  Augustus? — 
(178)  Samantha.  8—  (179)   Almeda*—  (179a)   Justus  *—  (1796)   Charles* 

159.  Hjram8  Gale,  b.  Feb.  6,  1808;  m.  Jan.  1,  1833,  Sally  Bryant  of 
Waterbury,  who  was  b.  Feb.  12,  1809.  They  resided  at  Waterbury, 
Vt.,  until  Hiram,  d.  Sept,  24,  1857,  with  the  consumption.  In  1861, 
the  widow  removed,  with  most  of  her  family  to  Galesville,  Wisconsin, 
where  they  still  (1863)  reside.  Had  children:  (180)  Louisa  Adelaide?^ 
b.  Oct.  20,  1833;  m.  Nov.  1,  1848,  Oliver  Adams  of  Waterbury,  and 
d.  Sept.  1,  1857.— (181)  Bowman  Totting  ham?  *  b.  Feb.  3,  1835;  m. 
Jane  Gregg  of  Waterbury,  dan.  of  John  Gregg. — (182)  Matilda 
Elenora?  b.  May  10,  1838;  d.  Oct,  14,  1839.— (183)  Hiram  Alton?  b. 
Sept.  28,  1840;  d.  May  24,  1843.— (184)  George  Washington?  b.  July 
11,  1842;  is  a  volunteer  and  corporal  in  the  first  Wisconsin  Battery, 
Capt.  Foster,  was  at  Cumberland  Gap  in  1862,  made  the  campaign 
witli  Gen.  Sherman  and  Gen.  Grant  and  was  in  all  the  battles  of 
those  generals,  and  final  capture  of  Arkansas  Post,  Vicksburg  and 
Jackson.— (185)  Martha  Elenora?  b.  Sept.  14,  1844.— (186)  Hiram 
Randall?  b.  Nov.  8,  1846.— (187)  Almon  Clark? 

160.  David  Loud  of  Waterbury,  who  m.  Angelinc8  Gale,  had  child- 
ren: (188)  Alzina  Angeline?  b.  May  28,  1839.— (189^  Lorin  Bixby? 
b.  May  15,  1841.— (190)  George  Morton?  b.  Sept.  19,  1343.— (191) 
Myra  Jane?  b.  Nov.  1,  1845. 

161.  James  M.  Henry  of  Waterbury,  Vt.,  who  m.  Matilda8  Gale, 
had  children:  (192)  William  Wirt?^r  b.  Nov.  21,  1831;  m.  Aug.  5, 
1857,  at  Waterbury,  Mary  Jane  Bebee  of  Waterbury. —  (193)  John 
Francis?  b.  Feb.  25,  1834;  m.  Feb.  6,  1856,  at  Madrid,  N.  Y.,  Jose- 
phine Barrett  of  the  latter  place. — (194)  Delia  Maria?  b.  Oct.  20, 
1835;  m.  Sept.  19,  1857,  Dr.  Anderson  R.  Miller  of  Kingston,  N.  C; 
removed  his  wife  to  the  latter  place  the  fall  of  1858,  and  was  in  the 
Confederate  Army,  1863.— (195)  Eliza  Betsy?  b.  Dec.  1,  1837;  m.  Dec. 
23,  1861,  Emory  D  Schagel  of  Waterbury.— (196)  Mary  Sybil?  b. 
Dec.  2,  1839;  m.  Nov.  21,  1861,  Lyman  B.  Hinckley,  Esq.,  a  lawyer 
of  Thetford,  Vt.— (197)  Sarah  Ann?  b.  March  1,  1842;  m.  Aug.  12, 
1861,  Salmon  Greem,  a  merchant  of  Richmond,  Vt.,  and  graduate  of 
the  Vt.  Univ.,  I860.— (198)  James  Edwin?— (199)  George  Sylvester? 
b.  July  9,  1848. 

162.  Hon.  Elisha  A.  Town,  whom.  Elvira8  Gale  of  Mansfield,  Vt.,  had 
children:     (200)   Nancy  Elvira?  b.  Aug.  29,  1837;  m.  March  5,  1862 


196  The  Gale  Family,  [April, 

Samuel  B.  Smith  of  Stowe.— (201)  Alfred  Benton?  b.  March  5,  1839; 
d.  Jan.  14,  1843.— (202)  Charles  Elisha?  b.  Nov.  8,  1841.— (203) 
Daniel  Benton?  b.  Get.  4,  1844.— (204)  Julia  Matilda?  b.  Aug.  28, 
1850. 

163.  George8  Gale,  b.  at  Burlington,  Vt./Nov.  30,  1816,  admitted 
to  the  Bar  June  14,  1841,  settled  in  Elkhorn,  Walworth  co.,  Wis., 
June  IT,  1841;  and  m.  Dec.  5,  1844,  Gertrude  Young  of  Elkhorn,  b. 
at  Duanesburgh,  Albany  co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  1810,  dau*.  of  Capt. 
George  Young  of  Elkhorn,  late  of  Duanesburgh,  and  Anne  (Waldron) 
Young,  son  of  Rev.  John  Young,  long  a  German  Lutheran  preacher 
at  Hagerstown,  Md.  Capt.  George  Y.  was  b.  at  Ilagerstown  in  1773, 
m.  Anne  Waldron  of  Albany,  1799,  was  a  captain  of  cavalry  in  war 
of  1812;  and  farmer  and  hotel  keeper  at  Duanesburgh  lor  many 
years;  removed  to  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  June,  1843;  and  d.  Aug.,  1844, 
from  the  effects  of  a  fall  from  a  grain  stack.  Anne  was  b.  in  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1782;   dau.  of  Henry  and   Margaret  (Van  Vranken) 

Waldron  of  Albany,  son  of Waldron  an   early  settler  and  large 

farmer  at  Half  Moon  above  Albany;  and  orobably  son  of  "Peter 
Walderon"  of  3d  Ward  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  'in  1720.  George  Gale 
removed  to  LaCrosse  in  the  summer  of  1851,  and  to  Galesville,  May, 
1857.  He  was  member  of  the  convention  in  1847  and  8,  which  framed 
the  present  constitution  of  Wis.,  senator  for  1850  and  1851;  county 
judge  of  LaCrosse  co.,  from  Nov.,  1851,  to  Jan.,  1854;  judge  of  the 
6th  judicial  circuit  court  of  Wis.,  from  Jan.  1,  1857,  to  Jan.  1,  1863; 
and  president  of  Galesville  University  since  Feb.  2,  1859;  had  child- 
ren: (205)  George?  b.  Sept.  14,  1845.— (206)  William?  b.  Oct,  23, 
1848.— (207)  Jhlen?  b.  Dec.  5,  1850. 

164.  Samuel  S.  Luce  of  Mansfield,  Vt.,  who  m.  Hannah8  Gale,  was 
b.  Feb.  1,  1818.  lie  settled  at  Waterbury,  Vt.,  immediately  after 
his  marriage,  and  removed  to  Galesville,  Wis.,  in  May,  1857.  He 
is  by  trade  an  architect  and  superintended  the  erection  of  all  the  de- 
pots on  the  Vt.  Central  R.  R.,  from  Burlington  to  Montpelier  and  the 
University  building  at  Galesville.  In  March,  1860,  he  started  the 
Galesville  Transcript,  of  which  he  is  still  the  editor  and  publisher;  had 
children:  (208)  Flora  Filicia?  b.  Oct.  7,  1848.— (209)  George  Stay* 
ton?  b.  March  17,  1850.— (210)   Wlater  Scott?  b.  March  28,  1861. 

165.  Greenfield  Randal8  Gale,  b.  at  Barre  Vt..  Feb.  1,  1808;  m. 
Sept.  5,  1839,  Harriet  Newell  Fifield  of  Orange,  Vt.  Was  formerly 
a  merchant  at  Washington,  Vt.t  an  afterwards  and  extensive  farmer 
of  Orange,  Vt.  He  is  a  man  of  great  energy  of  character;  had 
children:  (211)  William  Randal?  b.  at  Washington,  July  11,  1 840. — 
(212)  Orpah  Fifield?  b.  at  Washington,  Jan.  1,  1843.— (213)  Ella 
French?  b.  at  Washington,  Aug.  29,  1846.— (214)  Emma?  b.  at 
Washington,  Oct.  22,  1848.— (215)  Frank  Austin?  b.  at  Washington, 
Aug.  22,  1850. 

171.  Hawley8  Gale,  b.  Aug.  17,  1826;  m.  April  12,  1854,  Anne 
Mower  of  Barre,  Vt.;  had  children:  (216)  Wilier?  b.  May  21,  1855; 
d.  Dec.  10,  1858.— (217)  Willis  11?  b.  Oct.  6,  1858— (218)  Mary M.? 
b.  Sept.  4,  1862-;  d.  Sept.  26,  1762. 

180.  Oliver  Adams  of  Waterbury,  Vt.,  who  m.  Louisa  Adelaide9 
Gale;  after  her  death  he  removed   in  1863,  from  Waterbury  to    East 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  197 

Stockholm,  St.  Lawrence  co.f  N.  Y.  She  had:  (219)  Emma  Louisa,10 
b.  May  10,  1850.— (220)  Hiram  Gale,™  b.  April  5,  1853. 

181.  Bowman  Tottingham9  Gale,  m.  Jane  Gregg1,  June  26,  1856,  and 
lived  in  Waterbury,  Vt.;  had  children:  (221)  Frank  Warner,™  b. 
June  18,  1851.— (222)  'Martha  Louisa,™  b.  March  4,  1861.— (223) 
Mary  Emogetie™  b.  Feb.  22,  1863. 

192.  William  Wirt9  Henry,  m.  Mary  Jane  Bebee,  granddaughter 
of  Stiles  Sherman  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Waterbury,  Vt.  Mr. 
Henry  went  to  California  about  1849,  returned  to  Waterbury  about 
1856;  m.  Aug.  5,  1857,  became  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the  drug 
store  in  Waterbury;  was  lieutenant  in  the  Waterbury  company  of 
volunteers  in  1861;  was  in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run  in  Aug.,  1861;  and 
in  1862  was  appointed  lieut.  col.  of  the  lOthReg.  Vt.  volunteers,  and 
stationed  along  the  rail  road  from  Washington  to  Relay  House, 
to  guard  the  road.  After  the  battle  of  Gettysburgh,  his  regiment 
joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  advanced  into  Va.,  and  were  in 
front  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  Dec,  1863. 


MARRIAGES  AND  DEATHS. 
MARRIAGES. 


Brown=Simfson. — At  East  Boston,  Jan.  1,  1864,  by  Rev.  Caleb 
Davis  Bradlee  of  Roxbury,  James  G.  Brown,  to  Mrs.  Jane  Simpson, 
bothj  of  East  Boston. 

Cook=1)rake. — At  Newton,  Mass.,  Feb.  29,  by  the  Rev.  Frederic 
A.  Whitney,  of  Brighton,  Francis  Cook,  native  of  Montreal,  L.  C,  of 
U.  S.  Navy,  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Cook  Drake,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Anna  Baker 
(Cook)  Smith  of  Newton,  and  native  of  Brighton. 

Curtis=Adams. — At  Boston,  Jan.  13,  by  the  Rev.  II.  W.  Foote, 
Caleb  N.  Curtis,  to  Miss  Emily  M.  Adams. 

Smith=Welsh. — At  the  residence  of  her  parents,  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  on  the  10th  Dec,  1863,  by  Rev.  Mr.  George  Leeds,  assisted  by 
Bishop  A.  Potter,  Dr.  Edward  Alexander  Smith  —  late  Assistant 
Physician  of  the  Pen.  Hos.  for  the  Insane,  Pa. —  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Miller  Welsh,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  T.  Welsh. 

Dr.  Smith  was  son  of  Alex.  Grant  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Stonington,  Con., 
by  his  second  wife  Hannah  Stedman  Chandler  —  dau.  of  Maj.  John 
Wilkes  Chandler,  of  Pomfret,  Con. ;  and  grandson  of  Edward  Smith,  by 
his  wife  Elizabeth  Grant;  and  great  grandson  of  Col.  Oliver  Smith 
by  his  wife  Mary  Denison;  and  great  great  grandson  of  Gilbert 
Smith,  of  Groton,  Con. 

DEATHS. 

Adams. — John,  West  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Oct.  11,  1863,  a.  92  years, 
2  days. 

Armington. — Mrs.  Lucy  Fuller,  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  26, 1863, 
a.  10,  wife  of  Asa  W.  Armington.     She  was  lineally  descended  from 
14 


198  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [April, 

Robert  Fuller,  who  settled  at  Salem  as  early  as  1639,  and  was  one 
of  the  purchasers  of  the  town  of  Rehoboth,  in  1643,  and  of  the  towns 
of  Attleboro'  and  Cumberland,  in  1661.  He  was  a  freeman  of  Reho- 
both in  1657,  and,  in  different  years  afterwards,  is  mentioned  as  a 
recipient  of  large  tracts  in  the  divisions  of  land.  His  name  is  also 
found  in  a  list  of  those  who  advanced  money  for  defraying  the  ex- 
penses of  Philip's  war. 

Mrs.  Armington  was  born  and  lived,  until  her  marriage,  on  a  por- 
tion of  the  first  division  of  lands  in  Rehoboth,  granted  to  her  ances- 
tor, Robert,  and  by  him  deeded  to  his  grandson,  Samuel,  in  1676. 
These  lands  were  never  alienated  from  her  family  until  her  father's 
death  in  1836. 

The  record  of  her  Fuller  ancestry  is  as  follows: 

1.  Robert  Fuller,  of  Salem  and  Rehoboth,  d. -at  R,  Aug.  15,  1706. 
His  wife,  Sarah,  d.  at  R.,  1676. 

2.  Samuel  Fuller,  their  son,  m.,  Dec,  1673,  Mary  Ide.  He  d.  Aug. 
15,  1676.     She  afterwards  married. 

3.  Samuel  Fuller,  their  son,  m.,  1701,  Dorothy  Willmarth.  He  d. 
1724.     She  d.  1772. 

4.  Ebcnezer  Fuller,  their  son,  b.  Oct.  26,  1704,  m.  Rachel  Robinson, 
b.  Jan.  7,  1706.     lie  d.  1773.     She  d.  1788. 

5.  Ebcnezer  Fuller,  their  son,  b.  1741,  d.  1836.  Abigail  Fuller,  nee 
Peck,  his  second  wife,  was  b.  1750,  d.  1816. 

6.  Lucy  Fuller,  their  youngest  child,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was 
b.  Aug.  26,  1793,  m.  Nov.  24,  1816,  Asa  Watson  Armington.  b.  in 
East  Providence,  R.  I.  (then  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  afterwards  Seekouk), 
Aug.  18,  1791,  who  is  still  living.     She  d.  Sept.  26,  1863. 

The  contemporaries  of  Mrs.  Armington  can  bear  witness  with  what 
firmness  she  sustained  the  Puritanical  character  of  the  many  families 
from  which  she  descended.  Integrity,  industry,  strict  regard  for 
truth  and  justice,  purity  of  life,  gentleness,  habitual  kindness,  were 
the  ruling  passions  of  her  life.  Although  confined  for  the  most  part  of 
the  last  twenty  years  of  her  life  to  her  house  with  a  chronic  bronchial 
affection,  which  caused  almost  constant  suffering,  she  endured  her 
trials  with  an  uncommon  fortitude  and  without  even  a  murmur  from 
her  lips.  With  a  strong  assurance  of  a  future  heavenly  existence 
beyond  this  life,  she  departed  with  a  smile  that  lighted  up  her  coun- 
tenance,   and    which    nothing   but  such    an    assurance   can    give. 

Communicated  by  Asa,  W.  Armington. 

Barber. — Mrs.  Catharine,  Boston,  Jan.  12,  a.  93. 

Barrett. — Dea.  Jonas,  Ashby,  Dec.  29,  a.  90. 

Bee.— Major  Albert  Wilson,  Austin,  Nevada  Territory,  Nov.  14, 
1863,  a.  44.  He  was  born  in  Clinton,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y,,  and 
emigrated  to  San  Francisco  early  in  1849;  was  one  of  the'  first 
settlers  of  Placerville.  He  was  identified  with  the  overland  tele- 
graph, and  to  his  exertions  before  the  committees  of  Congress  is  at- 
tributable the  passage  of  the  laws  securing  the  right  of  way  across 
the  country.  More  recently  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  advanc- 
ing the  interests  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad;  and  his  associa- 
tions with  the  late  Theodore  T.   Judah,  chief  engineer,  were  of  the 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  199 

most  friendly  and  satisfactory  character.  He  was  president  of  the 
Shoshone  and  Bee  Companies;  was  largely  interested  in  the  Hum- 
boldt, Veatch  and  Reese  River  mines;  located  himself  in  this  place 
in  May  last,  and  has  been  acting  as  agent  of  the  town  company  du- 
ring the  past  six  months. 

In  all  our  intercourse  with  Major  Bee  we  have  ever  found  him  a 
refined  gentleman,  a  warm  friend,  and  ever  ready  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  country.  He  leaves  an  accomplished,  devoted  wife, 
and  two  children,  to  mourn  his  loss. 

An  eulogy  was  pronounced  over  his  remains,  at  Austin,  by  D.  E. 
Waldron.  The  body  was  taken  from  thence  to  San  Francisco,  the 
place  of  residence  of  his  family,  for  interment. 

Resolutions  were  adopted  by  a  committee  of  the  citizens  of  Austin, 
one  of  which  was  the  following  : 

"  Resolved,  That  this  community,  as  also  his  fellow-citizens  of 
Placerville,  in  the  death  of  Major  A.  W.  Bee,  suffer  the  loss  of  a 
good  citizen,  an  honest  man,  aud  one  to  whose  exertions  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  early  establishment  of  the  Overland  Mail  Company 
and  Telegraph,  services  that  should  be  remembered  by  the  people  of 
the  Pacific  slope." — Reese  River  Reveille,  printed  at  Austin,  Lander 
county,  N.  T.,  Nov.  18,  1863. 

Brooks. — Hon.  Nathan,  Concord,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  a.  78.  He  was 
son  of  Joshua  Brooks,  and  was  born  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  Oct.  18,  1785. 
He  graduated  in  Harvard  College  in  1809.  After  leaving  college 
he  studied  law,  and  on  his  admission  to  the  Bar  in  1813,  he  opened 
an  office  in  Concord,  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  acquired  an  extensive  practice  in  his  profession,  and  filled 
many  offices  of  trust  in  the  town.  He  delivered,  in  Dec,  1814,  the 
first  address  before  the  society  in  Concord  for  the  suppression  of  in- 
temperance, which  was  organized  Jan.  6,  of  the  same  year.  He  re- 
presented the  town  in  the  State  Legislature  in  1823,  1824  and  1825; 
was  one  of  the  Executive  Council  in  1829,  and  was  a  Senator  for  the 
Middlesex  District  in  1851.  He  was  appointed  Master  in  Chancery 
for  Middlesex,  June  29,  1827,  and  was  for  many  years  a  Director  of 
the  Concord  Bank.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Caroline  Downs, 
of  Boston,  and  secondly,  in  July,  1823,  to  Mary,  dau.  of  Tilly  Mer- 
rick, Esq.,  of  Concord,  who  grad.  H.  C.  1773. 

Champion.— Mrs.  Ruth,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  12th  Sept.,  1863;  relict  of  the 
late  Henry  Champion,  Juu.r,  of  Colchester,  Conn.,  in  the  81st  year  of 
her  age. 

Mrs.  Champion  was  born  in  Colchester,  Westchester  society,  on 
the  5th  day  of  October,  1782.  She  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Robert  Robbins,  who  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  1741;  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  1760;  settled  in  the  ministry  at  Westchester,  1764, 
and  was  for  nearly  forty  j'ears  the  esteemed  and  faithful  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  that  place.  He  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant, and  great  great  grandson  of  John  Robbins  who  was  in  Wethers- 
field as  early  as  1638,  and  a  member  of  the  General  Court  of  Connec- 
ticut in  1644.  Her  mother  was  Jerusha  Estabrook,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Hobart  and  Jerusha  (Chauncey)  Estabrook,  and  granddaughter 
of  the  Rev.  Isaac  and  Sarah  (Blackleach)  Chauncey  of  Hadley,  Mass. 


200  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [April, 

On  her  mother's  side  she  was  a  descendant  of  the  Rev.  Charles 
Chauncey  of  Cambridge,  and  also  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Ilobart  of  Iling- 
ham,  Mass.  A  mourning  ring  found  in  her  possession,  is  marked 
"Elis"  Hobart  died  Oct.  10th,  1702.  Mrs.  Champion  was  the  mother 
of  the  late  Rev.  George  Champion,  a  missionary  to  the  Zulus  of 
Southern  Africa;  of  the  late  Mis.  Wm.  M.  Bliss  of  New  York,  and 
of  Mrs.  Jonathan  Edwards  of  Troy,  with  whom  she  resided  at  the 
time  of  her  decease.  J.  E. 

Cleveland. — Sir  Henry  Vane,  K.  G.,  Duke  and  Marquis  of,  died  at 
Raby  Castle,  Durham,  Eng.,  Jan.  18,  a.  75.  He  was  also  Earl  of 
Darlington,  Viscount  and  Baron  Barnard,  and  Baron  Raby.  He  was 
the  eldest  son  of  William  Henry,  first  Duke  of  C,  whom  he  succeeded 
Jan.  29,  1842,  by  Lady  Katharine  Margaret  Powlett,  dau.  and  co- 
heiress of  Henry  the  last  Duke  of  Bolton;  and  was  b.  Aug.  16,  1788. 
He  was  a  lineal  descendant,  in  the  7th  generation,  from  Sir  Henry 
Vane,  governor  of  Massachusetts  colony,  163G-7,  as  will  be  seen  by 
the  pedigree  in  the  Register  (aide  n,  143).  He  was  also  descended 
from  King  Charles  II,  who  brought  Sir  Henry  to  the  block,  through 
his  illegitimate  son,  Charles  Pitzroy,  by  Barbara,  Dutchess  of  Cleve- 
land. His  grandmother  the  Dutchess  of  Bolton,  was  the  Catharine 
Lowther,  to  whom  Gen.  James  Wolf  was  betrothed  (See  Sabine's 
Address,  p.  GO). 

He  received  his  education  at  Oxford,  and  from  1812  to  1842,  while 
Viscount  Barnard  and  Earl  of  Darlington,  was  a  member  of  Parlia- 
ment from  several  places.  He  had  been  in  the  army  and  became 
lieutenant-general  in  1857.  He  m.  Nov.  16,  1809,  Sophia  eldest  dau. 
of  John,  fourth  Earl  Poulett,  by  whom  (who  d.  Jan.  9,  1859)  he  had 
no  issue.  Ho  is  succeeded  by  his  next  brother,  Lord  William  John 
Frederick,  b.  1792,  who  has  assumed  the  surname,  Powlett,  in  lieu  of 
his  patronymic,  Vane.  His  youngest  brother,  Lord  Harry  George 
Vane  of  Battle  Abbey,  Sussex,  M.  P.  for  Hastings,  becomes  heir  pre- 
sumptive to  the  dukedom. 

Cole. — Mrs.  Catharine  S.,  Brighton,  Dec.  4,  a.  90;  widow  of  John 
Cole. 


Cooke. — Rev.  Parsons,  Lynn,  Feb.  12,  a.  64;  formerly  editor  of  the 
Puritan  Recorder,  Boston, 

Coolidge. — Major  Sidney,  fell  at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Sept. 
19,  a.  33.  He  was  the  8th  in  descent  from  John1  Coolidge,  an  early 
settler  of  Watertown,  through  Jonathan,'2  John,3  Joseph,4  Joseph,-3 
Joseph/'  and  Joseph,7  his  father,  who  m.  Ellen  Wales  Randolph. 
His  mother  was  a  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  3d  president 
of  the  U.  S.,  whose  dau.  Martha  m.  Thomas  Mann  Randolph,  governor 
of  Virginia  from  1819  to  1822. 

"The  profession  of  arms  was  the  choice  of  his  youth,  and  while  in 
Europe  receiving  his  early  education,  he  passed  some  years  at  the 
Royal  Military  Academy  at  Dresden.  On  his  return  to  this  country, 
there  being  no  want  of  additional  officers  in  our  army,  he  entered 
upon  various  scientific  pursuits  congenial  with  his  mathematical 
tastes."  Early  in  the  present  war,  his  military  talents  and  knowledge 
were   appreciated,  and   he  was  appointed    major   of  the  10th    U.   S 


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infantry,  which  position  he  held  at  his  death.  Last  summer  he  was 
ordered  to  join  with  his  regiment  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  under 
Gen.  Rosecrans.  At  the  battle  in  which  he  fell,  he  commanded  his 
regiment,  and  displayed  great  courage  and  coolness  while  his  com- 
mand was  shattered  by  a  terrific  fire. 

He  is  said  to  have  been  a  man  of  rare  culture,  refined  and  courte- 
ous manners,  with  a  love  and  appreciation  of  all  that  is  noble  in  man 
and  beautiful  in  nature. 

Coolidge. — Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Dorchester,  Jan.  7,  a.  97  years,  1  month, 
8  days;  widow  of  Jonathan  Coolidge  of  Waltham. 

Crosby. — Polly,  Northborough,  Sept.  28,  a.  91  years,  6  months; 
widow  of  Zacheus  Crosby. 

Davenport. — William  Whipple,  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  Samuel 
S.  Davenport,  26  Lyman  street,  Boston  a.  100  years,  2  months,  20  days. 
He  was  born  in  Mendon,  Mass.,  and  has  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer.     His  remains  were  taken  to  Milford  for  interment. 

Ellery. — Mrs.  Katharine,  Providence,  R.  1.,  Dec.  8,  1863,  a.  93 years, 
8  months;  formerly  of  Newport,  R.  I.;  and  Jan.  8,  1864,  Ann  Reming- 
ton, dau.  of  Mrs.  Katharine  Ellery,  a.  66. 

Fosdick. — Mehetable,  Cambridge,  Dec.  25,  a.  94  years,  7  months; 
wid.  of  Joseph  Fosdick. 

IIalleck. — Dea.  Jabez  Halleck,  grandfather  of  our  late  General-in-' 
Chief,  died  at  Westernville,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  in  his  103d 
year.  Near  the  beginning  of  this  century,  lie  left  the  home  of  his  an- 
cestors in  Long  Island  and  settled  in  Westernville,  where,  in  1818,  he 
united  with  thirteen  others  in  forming  a  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
he  was  an  esteemed  ruling  elder  forty-five  years  till  his  death. 

Deacon  Jabez  was  a  descendant,  in  the  fifth  generation,  from  Pe- 
ter Hallock,  one  of  the  thirteen  Puritan  Fathers,  including  Rev.  John 
Youngs,  who  came  over  from  England  in  1640,  and  landed  in  New 
Haven,  only  two  years  after  the  planting  of  the  New  Haven  colony, 
where  Rev.  Mr.  Youngs  "  gathered  his  church  anew,"  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  venerable  Rev.  John  Davenport  and  Governor  Eaton. 
The  little  church  thus  organized  then  took  up  their  abode  in  what  is 
now  Southhold  village,  Long  Island,  a  pari,  of  that  village  being  still 
known  as  llallock's  Neck,  where  Rev.  Mr.  Youngs  was  the  first 
pastor  of  the  church  to  which  the  Rev.  E.  YVhitaker  now  ministers. 
The  graves  of  Rev.  Mr.  Youngs,  and  of  William  Wells,  Esq.,  Barnabas 
Horton  and  John  Conklin,  four  of  the  thirteen,  still  remain  in  the 
Southold  cemetery.  These  thirteen  heads  of  families  were  the  first 
white  settlers  in  that  part  of  the  island,  and  Mr.  Horton's  was  the 
first  frame  dwelling-house  erected,  and  is    still  standing  in  Southold. 

This  first  Peter  Hallock  settled  ten  miles  west  of  Southold,  and  two 
miles  west  of  what  is  now  Mattituck,  on  a  farm  extending  from  Long 
Island  Sound,  three  miles,  to  the  Peconic  Bay,  which  separates  the 
two  great  eastern  branches  of  the  island;  and  this,  his  original  home- 
stead, has  been  occupied  by  his  descendants  more  than  two  hundred 
years  till  the  present   time.     There  lived    this  Peter's  only  son,  Wil- 


202  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [April, 

Ham  Hallock,  who  died  in  1684;  William's  son,  Peter,  and  this 
Peter's  sou,  Peter  junior,  who  died  1756,  and  Peter  junior's  son,  Ma- 
jor Peter  Hallock,  who  died  1791,  father  of  Deacon  Jabez —  the 
moss-covered  gravestones  of  Peter  junior  and  Major  Peter  (great 
and  great-great  grandfathers  of  General  Halleck)  still  standing 
near  the  centre  of  the  Mattituck  graveyard.  One  of  Deacon  Jabez's 
four  brothers  fell  as  a  commander  of  a  United  Stater  ship-of-war  in 
the  Revolution,  and  others  settled  at  or  near   Quogue  on  the   island. 

Of  the  four  sons  of  William,  who  died  in  1684,  from  whom  all  the 
Ilallecks  in  this  country  doubtless  descend,  one  son,  John,  married 
into  and  joined  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  settled  in  Setauket,  L. 
I.,  where  he  died  in  1737,  and  has  a  large  posterity,  mainly  in  West- 
chester and  other  counties  on  the  Hudson  river.  Deacon  Jabez  was 
third  cousin  to  Jeremiah  Hallock,  of  Canton,  Conn.,  to  Whose  preach- 
ing he  listened  with  delight  before  leaving  the  old  homestead  near 
Mattituck. — Though  about  forty  when  he  moved  to  Westernville,  he 
resided  there  sixty-two  years,  outliving  all  its  early  settlers.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  reader  of  various  religious  works,  but  of  late 
he  has  read  il  one  book,  his  large  print  Bible,"  which  to  him  ever  grew 
more  and  more  precious.*  We  add  the  closing  passages  in  his 
funeral  sermon  by  his  esteemed  pastor,  the  Rev.  W.  B.  Parmelee: 

11  He  was  born  a  subject  of  Great  Britain,  but  lived  to  witness  the 
successful  issue  of  the  revolutionary  struggle  by  which  he  and  his 
children  after  him  were  made  free  American  citizens.  He  has  lived 
to  see  the  wonderful  growth  of  tins  then  infant  nation — advancing 
as  it  has  in  its  mighty  tread,  from  a  population  of  three  millions  to 
over  thirty  millions.  He  has  been  permitted  to  watch  its  struggle 
through  days  of  darkness  and  trials,  and  wars  with  foreign  powers. 

And  as  he  saw  the  beginning  of  the  first  great  contest  for  the 
establishment  of  our  government,  so  he  saw  the  beginning  of  this 
second  great  contest  for  the  preservation  of  that  government  be- 
queathed us  by  our  fathers,  against  the  traitorous  assaults  of  its 
enemies.     Of  few  others  in  the  land  can  this  be  said. 

In  many  respects  he  was  a  remarkable  man.  Physically,  he  was 
one  to  attract  attention  anywhere;  he  was  very  tall  and  imposing 
in  his  personal  appearance;  he  possessed  a  constitution  which 
seemed  capable  of  any  amount  of  endurance.  His  habits  in  every 
respect  were  of  the  most  temperate  kind.  Until  within  two  or 
three  years  he  has  almost  daily  performed  some  manual  labor,  and 
was  able  to  walk  about  the  house  almost  to  the  day  of  his  death. 

The  strength  of  his  physical  frame  was  an  index  of  the  strength 
of  his  character.  This  was  made  of  the  most  solid  materials. 
Great  decision,  firmness  and  resolution  were  its  prominent  elements. 
It  cannot  be  doubted  that  with  a  thorough  education  in  early  life, 
he  would  have  exerted  a  wide  influence  in  the  world.  His  mental 
powers  were  remarkably  perserved  to  him,  almost  to  the  end  of  his 
life. 

The  traits  of  his  natural  character   were   essentially  prominent  in 

"A  part  of  the  above  facts  are  drawn  from  a  late  brief  sketch  of  the  Hallock 
ancestry,  which  relatives  interested  may  obtain  from  William  A.  Hallock,  Tract 
House,  100  Nassau  street. 


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his  religions  life.  His  religious  feelings  were  very  strong  and 
uniform,  and  his  religious  principles  were  of  the  Puritan  stamp. 
He  was  not  to  'be  carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doctrine/ 
What  he  believed  to  be  truth,  he  believed  with  all  his  heart,  and  no 
power  on  earth  could  move  him  from  his  position.  He  was  zealous 
for  God  and  His  Church,  and  could  look  upon  wrong  doings  with  no 
feeliug  of  charity  or  approbation.  He  was  an  efficient  member  of 
the  church  and  the  earnest  supporter  of  all  ordinances,  so  long  as 
he  was  able  to  take  part  in  the  active  duties  of  life.  Now,  having 
fought  the  good  fight  and  finished  his  course,  he  has  gone  to  receive 
the  crown  of  eternal  rejoicing." 

Hobbs. — Ebenezer,  M.  D.,  at  Waltham,  Dec.  11,  a.  69.  He  was  b. 
at  Waltham  April  17,  1794,  graduated  H.  C.,  1814,  settled  as  a  phy- 
sician at  his  native  place  in  1817,  but  within  two  years  relinquished 
his  profession  and  became  superintendent  of  the  Boston  Manufacturing 
Company  at  Waltham.  This  office  he  held  more  than  forty  years, 
when  sickness  induced  him  to  resign  it  and  that  of  treasurer,  which 
he  had  filled  for  a  time,  leaving  the  affairs  of  the  company  in  a  highly 
prosperous  condition.  He  was  the  6th  gen.  in  descent  from  Josiah1 
Hobbs  of  Lexington.  His  ancestry,  children  and  other  incidents  in 
his  life  will  be  found  in  the  Register,  ix,  255-62.  u  He  was  a  man  of 
excellent  understanding,  well  cultivated  by  reading,  reflection  and 
foreign  travel.  He  had  no  love  of  display,  and  no  craving  for  public 
distinction.  His  manners  were  uncommonly  winning,  betokening 
much  refinement  of  feeling  and  a  delicate  perception  of  what  was  , 
due  to  others  in  every  relation  of  life."  "  The  purity  of  his  life  and 
conversation,  his  practical  sense,  sound  judgment  and  intelligence, 
united  to  habits  of  industrious  application,  for  which  lie  was  con- 
spicuous, were  calculated  to  render  him  a  valuable  member  of 
society;  and,  occupying,  as  he  did,  an  exalted  place  in  the  estimation 
of  his  fellow  citizens,  his  death  is  deplored  as  a  public  loss."  His 
widow,  Mary,  dau.  of  Gen.  S.  G.  Derby,  survives.  Of  his  nine 
children,  three  sons  are  dead  and  six  daughters  survive.  Several 
obituary  notices  of  him  have  been  reprinted  on  a  letter  sheet  of  4 
pages  under  the  title  of  "  In  Memoriam." 

Lincoln.— Otis,  Newark  Valley,  Tioga  co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1863,  in 
his  77th  year.  He  was  b.  at  Western  (now  Warren),  Mass.,  June 
24,  1787,  son  of  Thomas  and  Phebe  (Keyes)  Lincoln,  and  grandson  of 
Seth  and  Lucy  (Paige)  Lincoln  of  Western. 

He  had  resided  in  the  village  of  Newark  Valley  since  1801,  and 
was  always  one  of  the  foremost  in  everything  done  for  its  improvement. 

Locke. — Mrs.  Jeannette  W.  L.,  Boston,  Dec.  29,  1863,  a.  54  years, 
9  months;  widow  of  Blake  Locke. 

Paige. — Mrs.  Lucy  Richardson,  Cambridgeport,  Jan.  3,  1864,  wife 
of  Rev.  Lucius  R.  Paige,  D.  D.,  re.  64. —  See  Hist,  of  the  Reed  Family, 
page  116. 

Pease.— Rev.  Calvin,  D.  D.,  Burlington,  Vt.,  17  Sept.,  1863;  pastor 
of  the  first  Presbyterian  Church,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  late  President  of 
the  University  of  Vermont,  in  his  51st  year.  He  was  son  of  Salmon 
Pease.     See  Reg.  vol.  iii,  page  394. 


204  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [April, 

Pease.— Earl  P.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  11  Feb.,  1864;  in  his  86th  year. 
See  Reg.  iii,  395. 

Ricker. — Dea.  Dominicus,  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  Dec.  30,  a.  90. 

Russell. — Hod.  James,  West  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  9,  a.  75.  He- 
was  born  in  the  part  of  Charlestown  which  is  now  within  the  limits 
of  Somervillc,  Mass.,  Jan.  14,  1188;  grad.  at  Harvard  College  in 
1811.  After  leaving  college  he  studied  law  and  began  practice  in 
West  Cambridge  in  1813.  He  ranked  high  in  his  profession  for  more 
than  40  years.  Mr.  R.  has  been  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  both 
as  a  Representative  and  Senator. 

Smith. — Joel,  Lexington,  Mass.,  July  8,  1863;  a.  92  years,  one  month 
and  eight  days,  being  born  June  1,  1711.  He  was  an  industrious, 
highly  respectable,  skillful  and  prosperous  farmer. 

Smyth. — Walter  Hebert,  Fairfield,  Iowa,  at  the  residence  of  Chris- 
tian'W.  Stagle,  Esq.,  on  Friday  morning,  Nov.  27th,  1863;  son  of 
Ralph  D.  and  Rachel  (Seward)  Smyth,  of  Guilford,  Conn.  The  de- 
ceased was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  of  the  class  of  1863,  and  was 
distinguished  for  remarkable  ability  and  singular  purity  and  beaut)'' 
of  life  and  conduct.  Soon  after  graduating  with  his  class  he  journeyed 
to  the  far  west,  trusting  that  the  genial  climate  of  Iowa  might  bring 
about  a  convalescence.  There,  however,  he  soon  failed,  and  although 
he  bore  up  manfully  against  his  disease,  yet  he  eventually  gave  way, 
and  died  as  above  stated,  at  the  early  age  of  20  years  and  6  months. 
An  early  devotion  to  his  Saviour,  and  an  active  and  constant  faith 
in  the  consolations  of  the  gospel,  made  his  death  peaceful  and  happy, 
as  all  his  previous  life  had  been.  From  a  notice  of  him  inserted  in 
a  New  Haven  paper  by  one  of  his  classmates,  we  make  the  following 
extracts:  "No  one  acquainted  with  the  life  of  our  classmate  could 
have  failed  to  foresee  for  him  a  future  of  great  promise.  The  emi- 
nent success  which  he  attained  in  the  collegiate  course,  was  only  an 
earnest  of  what  he  might  have  accomplished  in  the  world,  had  his 
life  been  spared.  As  a  scholar,  he  had  no  superior,  in  an  unusually 
large  and  energetic  class.  The  Woolsey  and  Bristed  scholarships, 
which  were  awarded  to  him  at  the  examinations,  attested  his  superi- 
ority. Nor  was  his  scholarship  that  of  mere  mechanical  routine; 
the  result  of  unremitting  toil  and  application.  His  mind  seemed  to 
grasp  intuitively  the  relations  of  those  branches  which  he  made  the 
subjects  of  study.  He  was  truly  remarkable  for  accuracy  and  ver- 
satility of  acquirements.  In  the  classics,  in  the  common  and  the 
more  abstruse  branches  of  mathematics,  and  in  the  natural  sciences, 
as  Botany,  Philosophy,  Geology  and  Meteorolog}r,  he  was  ever  an 
enthusiastic  and  successful  student.  Tears  of  sorrow  should  be 
turned  to  those  of  joy,  that  our  friend  was  a  Christian  scholar;  his 
life,  though  it  numbered  but  a  score  of  years,  was  long,  for  it  has 
answered  life's  great  end." 

Spencer. — Jeremiah,  at  Torringford,  Ct.,  Oct.  22,  a.  93.  He  was 
b.  at  Bolton,  Ct.,  Feb.  5,  1770.  His  family  connections,  some  of  the 
incidents  in  his  life  and  his  recollections  of  the  flight  from  Wyoming 
in  1778  are  given  in  the  Register  xiv,  265-6.     "Mr.  Spencer  outlived 


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so  many  'last  survivors  of  the  massacre  of  Wyoming'  tliat  we  hes- 
itate to  give  him  that  title,  though  it  is  not  likely  that  a  single  per- 
son is  now  living  who  was  in  that  battle;  ami  it  is  quite  possible 
he  was  the  very  last.  He  joined  the  church  at  Torringford  on  the 
4th  day  of  July,  1858, — just  eighty  years  from  the  day  he  left  Wy- 
oming, lie  was  kind  and  affectionate  in  his  family,  pleasant  and 
affable  in  his  intercourse  with  the  world,  upright  in  his  dealings,  in 
short,  an  humble  sincere  Christian,  and  an  honest  man."  An  obituary 
of  him  from  the  Winsted  Herald,  Dec.  25,  1SG3,  has  been  reprinted 
in  12  mo.  pp.  4. 

Stearns. — Charles,  Brookline,  Feb.  16,  a.  93  yrs.  5  mos. 

Stone. — Mrs.  Abida,  Rehoboth,  Feb.  11,  a.  91;  late  of  Providence, 
K.I. 

Sturgis. — Hon.  William,  Boston,  Oct.  21,  a.  81.  Mr.  Sturgis  was  one 
of  the  first  toengagein  commercial  adventure  with  the  northwest  coast 
of  America,  when  that  part  of  the  world  was  little  known.  Besides 
the  mercantile  experience  of  this  part  of  his  life,  he  thereby  obtained  a 
fund  of  valuable  information  which  he  made  of  use  in  the  subsequent 
discussions  upon  the  northwest  boundary  dispute  between  the  United 
States  and  Great  Britain.  He  was  engaged  in  many  enterprises  hav- 
ing for  their  objects  public  improvements  of  various  descriptions. 

Trask. — IVJrs.  Deborah  Smith,  Neponset  village,  Dorchester,  March 
G,  of  consumption,  a.  38  yrs.  1  mo.  22  days;  wife  of  George  Trask 
and  eldest  dan.  of  the  late  Perez  Nichols  of  Boston. 

Tucker. — Mrs.  Lucy,  Bridge  water,  Feb.  15,  a.  90  yrs.  9  mos;  wid. 
of  Andrew  Tucker,  late  of  Middleborough. 

Walker.— Mrs.  Mary  Adams,  Ilolyoke,  Jan.  20,  a.  39;  wife  of  Rev. 
James  Bradford  Richmond  Walker,  author  of  Memorial  of  the  Walkers 
of  the  Old  riymmdh  Colony. 

Warner. — Mary,  Cummington,  Dec.  22,  a.  92. 

Whittemore. — Dr.  James  Madison,  Brighton,  Mass.,  Monday  morn- 
ing, Dec.  7,  18G3,  a.  G8  yrs.  4  mos.  28  days.  He  was  son  of  William 
Whittemore  of  West  Cambridge,  but  was  born  in  Boston,  July  9, 
1795.  lie  entered  Harv.  University  in  1812;  but  left  before  gradu- 
ating, and  received  his  medical  degree  there,  in  1822.  He  settled  in 
Brighton  in  1827,  and  was  physician  there  between  thirty  and  forty 
years;  a  man  of  excellent  professional  and  scientific  attainments;  a 
useful  citizen  deeply  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  town.  lie  mar- 
ried December  22,  1830,  Sarah  Parsons  Lancaster,  at  the  house  of  Gor- 
harn  Parsons,  Esq.,  in  Brighton.  She  was  born  at  Gorhain,  Me.,  May 
1,  1807,  and  died  at  Brighton,  April  26,  183G.  Their  first  child,  James 
Madison,  b.  Oct.  20,  1831,  died  December  4,  1832.  Their  second,  Ed* 
ward  William,  b.  Feb.  13,  1834,  is  lieutenant  in  the  U.S.  military  serv- 
ice. Having  served  honorably  in  the  field,  and  suffered  imprisonment 
for  a  short  time  in  Richmond,  in  the  summer  of  18G2,  at  the  hands  of 
the  rebels,  he  is  now  stationed  in  command  at  Fort  Preble,  Portland. 
The  third  and  only  other  child  of  Dr.  Whittemore,  James  Madison,  b. 
15 


206  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [April, 

March  5,  183G,  graduated  with  distinguished  rank  at  the  U.  S.  Mili- 
tary Academy,  West  Point,  in  1SC0;  and  is  now  Captain  of  U.  S. 
Ordnance,  and  a  Tutor  in  Mathematics  in  that  Institution,  lie  mar- 
ried at  New  Haven,  Con.,  June  24,  1803,  Anna  B.  Peck,  dau.  ol*  Capt. 
Elisha  Peck,  of  U,  S.  Navy.  Ten  years  after  the  death  of  his  first 
wife,  Dr.  Whittemore  married  at  Leominster,  Mass.,  Aug-.  19,  1846, 
Miss  Catharine  Hale  Carter,  who  was  born  at  L.,  April  8,  1809,  and 
who  survives  him.  His  funeral  was  from  the  First  Church,- Brighton, 
on  the  afternoon  of  December  10,  and  he  was  interred  in  Evergreen 
Cemetery — the  retired  and  beautifully  shaded  Cemetery  in  that  town, 
laid  out  and  consecrated  in  1850, — and  in  which,  lor  his  faithful  serv- 
ices on  the  committee  who  first  planned  and  arranged  the  grounds, 
the  town  presented  him  a  lot.  f.  a.  w, 

Wilkins. — Thomasine   Elizabeth,   Boston,  Jan.   5,  a.  85;  relict   of 
Hon.  John  H.  Wilkins,  ante,  xvi.,  9G. 

Williams, — Miss  Nancy,   East  Boston,  Feb,   22,  a.  96  yrs.  7  mos; 
formerly  of  Marblehead, 


NEW  ENGLAND   HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

OBITUARIES    OF    DECEASED    MEMBERS. 

[Prepared  by  William  B.  Tuask,  Historiographer.] 

Bradish. — Hon.  Luther,  LL.D.,  of  New  York  City,  died  at  the 
Ocean  House,  Newport,  R.  I.,  Aug.  30,  1863,  in  the  80th  year  of  his 
age.  He  was  son  of  Col.  John  Bradish,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Palmyra,  N.  Y.;  was  born  Sept.  15,  1783,  at  Cummington,  Hampshire 
county,  Mass.  He  entered  Williams  College,  in  the  year  1800,  grad. 
1804  ;  engaged  in  the  profession  of  the  law,  in  New  York  City,  and 
soon  after  his  admission  to  the  Bar,  embarked  at  New  York  for  the 
West  Indies  and  South  America.  From  thence  he  sailed  to  England, 
visited  Scotland  and  Ireland,  and  returned  to  New  York  shortly  before 
the  war  of  1812,  in  which  he  served  as  a  volunteer.  In  1814  he  m. 
Helen  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  daughter  of  the  late  George  Gibbs,  of  New- 
port, R.  I.  In  1816  he  lost  his  wife  and  his  son,  who  was  an  only 
child.  In  1820,  with  a  view  of  making  himself  acquainted  by  per- 
sonal observation,  with  the  country  and  commerce  of  the  Levant, 
and  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  and  communicating  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  information  preliminary  to  the  establish- 
ment, by  treaty,  of  amicable  and  commercial  relations  with  the 
sublime  Porte,  at  Constantinople,  he  embarked  at  Norfolk  on  board 
the  United  States  ship  of  war,  the  Columbus,  seventy-four,  Com- 
modore Bainbridge's  flag  ship,  bound  for  the  Mediterranean. 
Joining  the  United  States  squadron  at  Gibraltar,  the  com- 
bined squadron  proceeded  to  make  the  circuit  of  the  Mediterra- 
nean, touching  at  the  principal  ports  on  the  European  and  African 
coasts.  Returning  to  Gibraltar,  Mr.  Bradish  was  sent  by  the  dispatch 
vessel  of  the  squadron,  through  the  sea,  by  the  way  of  Malta  and  the 
Archipelago  to  Smyrna — thence  to  Constantinople.  Mr.  Bradish 
occupied  himself  actively  five  or  six  months  in  the  prosecution  of  his 


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objects  at  Constantinople  and  the  surrounding  country,  and  in  commu- 
nicating- the  result  to  his  government.  Well  versed  in  the  leading 
languages  of  Europe,  and  speaking-  fluently  the  Arabic  tongue,  he 
was  admirably  fitted  for  the  duties  of  his  mission.  llaving  ascer- 
tained the  true  character  of  the  European  jealousies  that  existed 
against  the  establishment,  by  treaty  of  amicable  and  commercial 
relations  between  the  United  States  and  Turkey,  he  pointed  out  to  his 
government  a  mode,  differing  from  those  before  attempted  and  failed, 
in  which  the  desired  treaty  could  be  concluded.  The  treaty  was 
accordingly  effected  and  duly  ratified  by  the  two  governments.  Hav- 
ing accomplished  his  immediate  objects  at  Constantinople  and  ren- 
dered his  valuable  services  to  our  national  government,  without 
asking  or  receiving,  if  the  information  be  correctly  given,  the  smallest 
pecuniary  reward,  he  sailed  thence  for  Egypt.  Lie  was  received  by 
the  celebrated  Mahommed  Ali  Pasha,  the  viceroy,  and  treated  by  him 
with  distinguished  kindness  and  respect.  lie  had  frequent  personal 
interviews  with  him  and  a  subsequent  correspondence.  Taking  leave 
of  Cairo,  Mr.  Bradisli  traversed  that  portion  of  the  country  in  vari- 
ous directions — and  again  passed  some  mouths  in  Constantinople. 
Accompanied  by  Tartars,  he  crossed  on  horseback,  the  beautiful 
plains  of  Adrianople  and4Bulgariato  Hungary,  passed  through  Austria, 
Russia,  Poland,  Ittily,  Prance,  Switzerland,  Holland,  England,  Den- 
mark, Sweden,  and  indeed  nearly  all  the  countries  of  Europe,  and  ar- 
rived at  New  York  in  the  close  of  the  year  1826,  after  an  absence  of  six 
years.  On  his  arrival  in  this  country,  Mr.  Bradish removed  to  Frank- 
lin county,  N.  Y.,  then  little  more  than  a  wilderness,  his  object  being 
to  bring  into  market  lands  in  the  town  of  Moira,  in  which  he  had  a 
large  interest.  In  the  autumn  of  1827  he  was  called  to  represent 
Franklin  county  in  the  Assembly,  and  was  re-elected  for  three  suc- 
ceeding years,  and  again  in  the  years  1835  to  1838,  when  he  was 
chosen  speaker  of  the  Assembly.  In  the  autumn  of  the  latter  year, 
1838,  he  was  elected  lieutenent  governor  of  the  state,  and  again  in 
1840.  In  1842  he  was  the  Whig  candidate  for  governor,  but  failed 
of  an  election.  He  was  appointed  under  President  Fillmore,  United 
States  Assistant  Treasurer  for  New  York,  but  in  the  following  ad- 
ministration was  relieved  by  his  successor,  Gen.  Dix.  In  1844  he 
was  made  first  vice  president  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  and 
on  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Albert  Gallatin,  became  its  president.  In 
1847  he  was  chosen  a  vice  president  of  the  American  Bible  Society 
and  on  the  decease  of  Hon.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  was  elected 
president  of  that  society,  The  wise  counsels  and  practical  judgment 
of  Gov.  Bradish  have  led  many  charitable  institutions  in  New  York 
city  to  secure  him  as  vice  president,  trustee,  or  a  member  of  some 
committee,  so  as  to  have  his  influence  and  wisdom  in  the  management 
of  their  affairs.  These  facts  indicate  the  high  respect  in  which  he 
was  held  in  that  great  community. 

In  1839,  Mr.  Bradish  married  Miss  Mary  Eliza  Hart,  dan.  of  the  late 
Peter  G.  Hart,  of  the  city  of  New  York.  By  this  marriage  he  has 
one  child,  a  daughter. 

As  a  presiding  officer  in  public  assemblies,  it  is  said  that  Mr. 
Bradish  had  no  superior.  He  was  the  very  impersonation  of  dignity 
and  grace.     A  thorough  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  courteous,  ele- 


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gant,  impressive  in  maimer  and  appearance,  be  won  the  admiration 
and  respect  of  all  who  saw  him.  lie  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  a  man  of  warm  Christian  sympathies,  and  beloved  in  every 
relation  of  life.  He  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E. 
Hist.  Gen.  Society,  in  1858. — Abridged  chiefly  from  the  Eclectic  Magazine 
for  September,  1863. 

Copley. — The  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John  Singleton,  (Lord  Lyndhurst),  Lon- 
don, Oct.  12,  1SG3,  in  his  92d  year.  It  is  well  known  that  he  was  a 
Boston  boy,  and  it  is  presumed  that  he  was  born  in  a,  house,  which 
stood  on  the  descent  of  Beacon  hill,  a  little  west  of  Chestnut  street, 
which  was  the  residence  of  his  father,  the  well-known  American 
artist,  whose  full  name  the  subject  of*  this  notice  bore.  Mr.  Copley 
purchased  this  estate  a  few  months  before  his  marriage,  in  the  fall  of 
17G9.  His  grandfather,  Richard  Copley,  was  a  tobacconist.  After 
his  death,  the  widow  Mary,  Lord  Lyndhurst's  grand-mother,  carried 
on  the  business,  in  Linda-IPs  Row,  "  against  the  Quaker  meeting 
house,"  near  the  upper  end  of  King,  now  State  street.  She  m.  Peter 
Pelham,  who  became  also  a  tobacconist.  lie  also  taught  writing 
and  arithmetic,  as  appears  by  an  advertisement  in  the  Boston  News 
.Letter,  of  Sept.  12,  1748,  which  is  copied  into  the  Register,  vol.  iv,  p. 
116.  He  was  "sometime  Dancing  Master,''  also  an  engraver,  in 
mezzotinto.  He  engraved  a  curious  print  of  His  Excellency  Win. 
Shirley,  Esq.     His  widow  died  in  Boston,  29  April,  1789. 

John  Singleton  Copley,  the  father  of  Lord  Lyndhurst,  was  born  in 
Boston,  in  1738.  He  began  to' paint  at  a  very  early  age,  visited 
Italy  in  1744,  and  England  two  years  after,  in  1770,  where  lie  met 
his  wife  and  children,  whom  he  had  left  in  Boston,  they  having  left 
Massachusetts  from  Marblehead  harbor,  on  the  27th  of  May,  1775,  in 
the  Minerva/Capt.  Callahan, arriving  at  Dover  on  the  subsequent  June, 
the  vessel  being  the  last,  it  is  said,  that  left  New  England,  bearing 
the  British  flag.  He  devoted  himself  to  portrait  painting  in  London, 
and  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Royal  Academy,  in  1770.  He  was 
patronised  by  Mr.  West.  His  first  picture,  which  may  be  called  his- 
torical, was  the  "Youth  rescued  from  a  Shark;"  but  the 'picture 
styled  "  Death  of  Lord  Chatham,"  which  represents  the  orator  faint- 
ing in  the  house  of  lords,  after  the  memorable  speech  in  favor  of 
America,  and  which  contains  the  portraits  of  all  the  leading  men  of 
that  house,  established  his  fame.  Mr.  Copley  pursued  his  profession 
with  unabated  ardor,  until  his  sudden  death  in  England,  Sept.  25, 
1815,  a.  abt.  76  years.  Many  full  length  portraits  painted  by  him 
remain  in  Massachusetts.  In  coloring  and  drapery  he  excelled,  and 
his  likenesses  were  faithful.  See  Watson's  Men  and  Times  of  the  Rev- 
olution, p.  202,  2d  ed.  His  wife  Susanna,  was  the  dau.  of  Richard 
Clarke,  a  merchant  in  Boston,  one  of  the  consignees  of  the  India 
company's  tea.  His  dau.  m.  Gardiner  Greene,  who  in  1818,  presented 
to  Harvard  College  a  collection  of  all  the  proof  engravings  of  Cop- 
ley's historical  paintings. 

John  Singleton  Copley  (Lord  Lyndhurst),  was  born  in  Boston,  May 
21,  1772.  He  was  three  years  old  when  he  arrived  at  London  with 
his  mother  and  sisters.  At  the  age  of  seven,  he  was  sent  to  a  board- 
ing school  at  Clapham,  near  London,  and  after  the  lapse  of  a  few 
years,  was    placed    under   the   Rev.    Dr.    Home,    of  Chiswick,    with 


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whom  lie  remained  until  he  entered  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  where 
he  received  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts,  in  1704,  graduating  with 
the  highest  honors.  He  became  a  lay  Fellow  of  his  College,  &  in 
1795  visited  the  United  States  under  a  travelling  fellowship  of  the 
college  and  made  arrangements  with  regard  to  family  property  in 
Boston.  He  went  in  company  with  Mr.  Bollman  to  Niagara,  into 
Canada,  &c,  on  horseback,  which  is  quite  a  different  mode  of  jour- 
neying, from  that  generally  pursued  by  travellers  in  this  country,  at 
the  present  time.  In  1798,  lie  returned  to  England — commenced  the 
study  of  law  at  Lincoln's  Inn,  and  was,  for  two  years,  with  Mr.  Tidd,  a 
distinguished  special  pleader.  In  1804,  when  32  years  old,  he  was 
called  to  the  bar.  He  took  the  Midland  circuit,  but  his  rise  was  slow 
though  not,  perhaps,  slower  than  that  of  some  other  lawyers  of  equal 
talents.  He  attained  to  the  leadership  of  the  circuit  in  1816.  Mr. 
Copley  was  elected  a  member  of  parliament  for  Yarmouth  in  1816, 
or  as  some  accounts  have  it,  in  1818.  In  1819,  he  took  the  degree 
of  sergeant-at-law  and  was  M.  P.  for  Ashburtou,  having  been  made 
Chief  Justice  of  Chester,  in  1818.  He  became  Solicitor-General,  in 
1819,  which  office  he  held  until  1824.  While  Solicitor-General,  the 
trial  of  Queen  Caroline  came  on,  and  the  burden  of  government  work 
fell  upon  the  shoulders  of  Sir  John,  in  which  he  assisted  the  Attor- 
ney-General. He  discharged  his  duties  on  that  occasion  with  an 
ability  that  commanded  the  admiration  even  of  the  most  prejudiced 
and  determined  of  the  Queen's  admirers.  In  1824,  he  was  made 
attorney-general.  He  became  the  friend  of  Canning  and  so  remained 
until  the  death  of  that  minister.     In  1S20,  after  an  arduous  stru^iHo 


g' 


Mr.  Copley  was  chosen  M.  P.  for  the  university  of  Cambridge.  A 
few  months  later,  on  the  death  of  Lord  Gifford,  he  was  made  master 
of  the  rolls;  was  promoted  to  the  office  of  lord  high  chancellor  of 
England,  and  created  Lord  Lyndhurst,  in  April,  1827.  Americans 
were  gratified  on  witnessing  the  high  elevation  of  one,  who  was  by 
birth  their  countryman,  and  whose  talents  and  actions  reflected  honor 
upon  his  native  land.  His  title  was  taken  from  the  parish  of  Lynd- 
hurst, in  the  New  Forest,  (Hampshire,)  a  small  place  about  90  miles 
from  London.  It  has  been  stated  that  the  Chancellor  was  led  to 
select  that  place  to  furnish  his  title,  because  it  was  there  he  first  met 
his  1st  wife.  Lord  Lyndhurst  held  the  Chancellorship  from  Apl., 
1828,  to  Nov.  1830.  In  1834,  he  became  Lord  Chancellor  in  the  first 
Peel  Ministry,  and  again  for  the  3d  time,  in  the  2d  Peel  Ministry,  in 
1841.  When  the  Whigs  returned  to  power,  in  184G,  he  left  the 
office,  and  never  afterward  held  that  or  any  other  public  station,  though 
he  often  spoke  in  the  House  of  Lords,  when  great  questions  were 
under  discussion.  He  was  called  "  The  Nestor  of  the  House  of  Lords." 
His  speeches  were  remarkable  for  their  clearness,  vigor  and  force, 
even  when  he  had  reached   nearly  to  his  90th  year. 

Lord  Lyndhurst  was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  N  E.  Hist. 
Gen.  Society,  in  1863.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wile  being- 
Mrs.  Thomas,  the  widow  of  an  English  officer;  and  in  1830,  he  in. 
Miss  Goldsmith,  a  Hebrew  lady  of  singular  personal  attractions,  lie 
had  children  by  both  marriages.  The  London  Morning  Post,  of  May 
22,  1863,  noticing  his  91st  birthday,  being  the  day  previous,  on  which 
occasion  was  assembled  a  large  circle  of  admiring  friends,  remarks, 


210  JV.  E.  Hist-Gen.  Society.  [April, 

"  We  understand  that  the  marriage  of  the  Hon.  Georgiana  Copley, 
Lord  Lyndhurst's  youngest  dau.,  with  Mr.  UuOane,  M.  P.,  will  take 
place  at  the  close  of  the  ensuing  month." 

Lord  Lyndlmrst  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  statesmen  of  Eng- 
land. He  died  the  senior  peer  of  the  kingdom.  "  His  mind,"  says 
BlackwovtVs  Magazine,  of  him,  while  living,  "is  a  diamond  of  the  first 
water.  It  has  a  solidity,  a  subtlety,  an  acuteness,  which  master 
with  unerring  ease  and  rapidity,  everything,  to  which  its  energies  are 
directed." 
He  had 

"A  brain,  in  whose  clear  depths  facts  ordered  lay, 

For  (lie  calm  will  to  fetch  and  rank  and  use, 
A  mood  that  with  life's  business  blended  play, 
Yet  never  play  and  business  would   contuse.'1- 

An  excellent  portrait  of  Lord  Lyndlmrst,  in  his  chancellor's  robes, 
painted  some  twenty  years  since,  by  Mr.  S.  S.  Osgood,  is  in  the  por- 
trait gallery  of  the  N.  Y.  Hist.  Society,  and  in  the  same  gallery, 
there  is  a  portrait  by  his  father,  an  admirable  specimen  of  his  style, 
which  was  painted  before  he  left  Boston.  It  is  a  curious  illustration 
of  the  singularly  unostentatious  habits  of  Lord  Lyndlmrst,  as  well 
as  of.  the  permanency  of  English  social  life,  that  lie  continued  to 
occupy  until  his  death,  the  same  house  which  his  father  had  occupied 
before  him. 

Enmcott. — Capt.  Charles  Moses,  Northampton,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  18G3, 
a.  10  years  and  9  days,  lie  was  born  in  Dan  vers,  Mass.,  Dec.  G,  1793 
— was  the  2d  son  and  3d  child  of  Capt.  'Moses  and  Anna  (Towne) 
Endicott,  and  a  descendant  of  Gov.  John  Endicott,  of  the  8th  gene- 
ration, through  the  Gov.  and  his  2d  wife  Elizabeth  (Gibson,)  Zerub- 
babel  and  Mary,  Sam'l  and  Hannah  (Pel ton,)  Sam'l  and  Anna  (Endi- 
cott,) John  and  Elizabeth  (Jacobs,)  John  and  Martha  '(Putnam,) 
Moses  and  Anna  (Towne)  Endicott  above  mentioned.  Charles  Moses 
was  educated  principally  at  Andover  Academy  and  at  Mr.  Tappan's 
school  at  Salem,  at  which  latter  place  he  was  nearly  prepared  for 
College,  when  unfortunately  as  it  is  thought,  it  was  decided  that  in- 
stead of  going  to  college  he  should  have  a  mercantile  education.  At 
about  the  age  of  15,  he  entered  the  counting-room  of  his  uncle,  Sam- 
uel Endicott,  at  Salem,  where  he  remained  some  two  or  more  years, 
when  he  was  invited  to  enter  the  counting-room  of  Mr.  William 
Popes  of  Boston,  where  he  continued  as  principal  clerk  and  book- 
keeper until  the  spring  of  1812,  at  which  time  Mr.  Pickering  Dodge 
of  Salem,  engaged  him  to  go  to  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  as  super- 
cargo of  the  brig  George  Little.  He  reached  St.  Petersburg  about 
the  time  of  the  declaration  of  war  by  this  country  against  England. 
The  war  having  broken  up  his  voyage,  he  remained  at  St.  Peters- 
burg some  months,  and  then  traveled  to  Gottenburg,  via.  Stockholm 
(Sweden).  He  embarked  from  Gottenburg  in  a  Swedish  vessel  for 
Boston,  which  he  reached  in  1813.  He  remained  at  home  during  the 
war,  and  some  months  after  its  close,  he  was  offered  and  accepted  a 
position  of  supercargo  on  a  voyage1  to  Sumatra  and  Calcutta,  on 
board  the  ship  Herald,  of  Salem.  lie  returned  to  Salem  in  1818,  and 
in  August  of  that  year  was  offered  a  captain's  and  supercargo's  po- 
sition in  the  brig  Malay,  which  offices  he  discharged  in   two  success- 


1864.]  N.  E.  Hist. -Gen.  Society.  211 

ive  voyages  to  the  pepper  ports,  returning  to  Salem  in  1820.  Ho 
occupied,  soon  after,  the  same  position  on  board  the  ship  Endeavor, 
and  continued  in  the  pepper  trade  mostly  from  1822  to  1834.  His 
last  voyage  but  one  was  performed  in  the  ship  Friendship,  which  ves- 
sel was  plundered  at  Qualah  Battoo,  on  the  west  coast  of  Sumatra, 
in  Feb.  1831,  by  the  natives,  and  a  part  of  the  crew  massacred. 
Through  the  influence  of  one  of  the  faithful  natives,  named  Po  Adam, 
the  life  of  Capt.  Endicott  was  spared,  and  the  ship  itself  saved  from 
destruction.  In  consequence  of  his  faithfulness,  Po  Adam  was  strip- 
ped by  his  treacherous  countrymen  of  everything  he  possessed  and 
reduced  to  penury.  Added  to  this,  he  was  made  an  object  of  deri- 
sion among  them.  An  account  of  the  whole  affair  has  been  graph- 
ically given  to  the  world  by  Capt.  Endicott,  in  vol.  1  oif  the  Collec- 
tions of  the  Essex  Institute,  the  article  having  been  read  by- him  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Institute,  Jan.  28,  1858.  In  the  spring  of  1835,  he 
was  chosen  cashier  of  the  Salem  Bank,  at  Salem,  and  continued  in 
that  office  until  the  spring  of  1858,  when  he  resigned.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  1859,  he  lost  his  wife,  Sarah  Holland  Blythe  Endicott,  to  whom 
he  was  married  June  8,  1818.  They  had  two  children,  Charles  Ed- 
ward and  Ingersoll  Bowditch.  From  the  date  of  his  wile's  death,  the 
immediate  family  of  Capt.  Endicott  saw  plain  evidence  that  his  own 
end  could  not  be  far  distant.  The  tastes  of  Capt.  Endicott,  during* 
his  entire  life,  were  literary,  almost  exclusively,  and  he  had  no  earn- 
est inclination  for  any  other  study.  Mercantile  pursuits  were  evi- 
dently distasteful  to  him.  His  proclivities  were  strongly  of  an  anti- 
quarian cast,  and  many  of  his  contributions  in  this  department  of  litera- 
ture, may  be  found  in  the  pages  of  our  Register,  the  Collections  of  the 
Essex  Institute,  and  in  pamphlet  form.  His  Memoir  of  Gov.  Endicott 
was  privately  printed  by  him,  at  Salem,  in  184  7.  It  is  a  work,  well 
prepared,  of  110  pages,  in  folio  form.  An  abstract  of  the  memoir,  with 
a  genealogy  of  the  family,  may  be  found  in  vol.  i,  of  the  Register. 
Cant  Endicott  was  a  skillful  lunarian  and  an  excellent  mathematician. 
He!  was  consulted  by  the  late  Nathaniel  Bowditch  when  Mr.  B.  was 
about  to  publish  a  new  edition  of  his  Navigator.  It  is  said  that  there 
were  but  few  in  this  country,  or  in  Europe,  who  were  equal  to  him  in  so 
correctly  ascertaining  the  position  of  a  ship  at  sea  by  using  nautical 
instruments.  His  chart  of  the  West  Coast  of  Sumatra  is  the  one 
used  by  American  shipmasters.  He  was  well  versed  in  the  geneal- 
ogy of  his  own  family,  from  his  first  ancestor  in  this  country,  the 
Governor,  to  the  present  time,  and  has  furnished,  as  has  been  before 
stated,  to  the  Register  and  to  the  Collections  of  the  Essex  Institute  valuable 
articles  in  genealogy  and  local  history,  among  them,  besides  the 
Endicott  family,  the  Jacobs  family,  the  Peabody  and  Osgood  families. 
He  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  New  England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society  in  1847. 

Ward. — Andrew  Henshaw,  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  An- 
drew Henshaw  Ward,  Jr.,  at  Newtonville,  Feb.  18,  1SG4,  in  the  80th 
year  of  his  age.  Sec  Register,  vol.  xvii.,  334-342,  for  a  memoir  of  Mr. 
Ward.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  which  occurred  on  the  6th  of 
October  last,  he  resided  for  a  time  with  his  son,  Joseph  Walter  Ward, 
in  Boston,  subsequently  with  a  younger  son  in  Newtonville.  Three 
sons  and  two  daughters  survive  their  parents.     Mr,  Ward,  as  is  well 


212  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [April, 

known,  has  done  mncli  toward  collecting  and  preserving  New  Eng- 
land genealogy.  He  connected  himself  with  the  N.  E.  Hist  Gen.  So-  ■  | 
ciety  in  1845,  a  few  months  ufter  the  society  was  organized.  Be- 
sides his  published  vol  nines  of  the  History  of  Shrewsbury,  the  Ward 
Family,  and  the  Rice  Family,  he  has  contributed  valuable  articles  for 
the  Register;  more  recently,  the  early  records  of  Sudbury.  The  proof 
sheet  of  his  article  in  the  present  number  of  our  work,  was  corrected 
by  him  a  few  days  before  his  departure.  At  the  time  of  his  decease, 
he  was  engaged  on  a  history  of  Sudbury,  the  place  of  residence  of 
William  Ward,  his  first  ancestor  in  this  country.  Although  far  ad- 
vanced in  life  his  faculties  were  bright  and  active.  In  the  midst  of 
his  favorite  pursuits  and  studies  he  was  arrested  suddenly  by  death, 
leaving  behind  him  a  good  name  as  a  legacy  to  his  descendants.  His 
funeral  took  place  on  Sunday  afternoon,  Feb.  21," with  Masonic  cere- 
monies, he  being  a  member  of  the  fraternity. 

Officers  fok  the  Yf.ak  18G4. 

President. — Winslow  Lf.wis,  A.   M.,  M.  D.,  of  Boston.1 

Vice-Presidents.- — Massachusetts,  Rev.  Martin  Moore,  A.  M.,  of  Boston ;  Maine, 
lion.  John  Appleton,  A  M.,  of  Bangor;  New  Hampshire,  Hon.  Samuel  D.Bell, 
LL.  D.,  of  Manchester;  Vermont,  Henry  Clark  of  PouUney  ;  Rhode  Island,  John 
Barstow  of  Providence  ;  Connecticut,  Rev.  F.  W.  Chapman,  A.  M.,  of  Ellington. 

Honorary  Vice- Presidents. — New  York,  Hon.  Millard  Fillmore,  LL.  D.,  of  Buffalo; 
New  Jersey,  Hon.  Joseph  C.  llornblower,  Lh.  D.,  of  Newark;  Pennsylvania, 
Nathaniel  Cliauncey,  A.  M.  of  Philadelphia;  Maryland,  S.  F.  Streeter,  A.  M.,  of 
Baltimore;  Ohio,  lion.  Elijah  Hay  ward,  A.  li.,  of  McCortnellsville;  Michigan,  Hon, 
Lewis  Cass,  LL.  D..  of  Detroit;  Indiana,  Hon.  Ballard  Smith  of  Terre  Haute; 
Illinois,  Hon.  John  Weiitworth,  A.  M.,  of  Chicago;  Wisconsin,  Hon.  Increase  A. 
Laphum,  LL.  1).,  of  Milwaukee;  Iowa,  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  VV.  Lee,  1).  D.,  of  Daven- 
port; District  of  Columbia,  Hon.vGeorgo  P.  Fisher  of  Washington. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — Rev.  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee,  A.  M.,  of  Roxbury.1 

Recording  Secretaries. — Edward  S.  Rand,  Jr.,  A.  M.,  of  Boston;1  Horatio  Alger, 
Jr.,  A.  B.,  of  Cambridge1  (Assistant). 

Treasurer. — William  B.  Towne  of  Brookline.1 

Historiographer. — William  B.  Trask  of  Dorchester.1 

Librarian. — John  H.  Sheppard,  A.  M.,  of  Boston.1 

Directors — Rev.  Martin  Moore,  A.  M.,  of  Boston;  Joseph  Palmer,  At  M.,  M.  D., 
of  Boston  ;  Hon.  George  W.  Messinger  of  Boston ;  John  Barstow  of  Providence,  R. 
I.  ;  Rev.  Henry  M.  Dexter,  A.  M.,  of  Boston. 

Publishing  Committee. — John  Ward  Dean  of  Boston  ;*  William  B.  Trask  of  Dor- 
chester; Rev.  Elias  Nasou,  A.  M.,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.$  William  H.  Whitmore  of  Bos- 
ton;  William  S.  Appleton,  A.  M.,  of  Boston. 

Committee  on  Finance. — Frederic  Kidder  of  Boston;1  Hon.  George  W.  Messinger 
of  Boston;  John  M.  Bradbury  of  Boston  ;  John  W.  Candler  of  Brookline. 

Committee  on  the  Library. — Jeremiah  Colburn  of  Boston;1  Rev.  Abner  Morse,  A. 
M.,  of  Boston;  E.  R.  Humphreys,  LL.  D.,  of  Boston;  George  Monntfort  of  Boston. 

Committee  on  Lectures  and  Essays.' — William  Reed  Deane  of  Brookline;1  Rev.  F. 
W.  Holland,  A.  M.,  of  Cambridge  ;  Rev.  Washington  Gilbert,  A.  M.,  of  West  New- 
ton ;  Hon.  Charles  Hudson,  A.  M.,  of  Lexington;  Rev.  E.  F.  Slafter,  A.  B.,  of 
Boston. 

Trustees  of  the  Bond  Fund. — Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges  of  Roxbury  ;  Frederic  Kid- 
der of  Boston;  Thomas  Waterman  ot'  Boston. 

'Trustees  of  the  Barstow  Fund  and  the  Towne  Memorial  Fund. — William  B.  Towne 
of  Brookline  ;  Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges  of  Roxbury;  J.  Tisdale  Bradlee  of  Boston. 

i  These  with  the  pant  presidents  of  the  society,  viz  :  Rev.  Joseph  li.  Felt,  LL.  D.,  of  Salem,  Hon, 
William  Whiting,  A.  M.,  ot  Washington,  D.  G.,  Samuel  G.  Drake,  A.  II.,  of  boston,  and  Col.  Almon 
D.  Hodges  of  Roxbury,  are  ex-offlcio  mem  tiers  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  The  Treasurer  is  ex-uffino 
n  member  of  the  Fmunce,  and  the-  Librarian  of  the  Library  Gommitlee. 


1864.]  N.  E.  HisL-Gen.  Society.  213 

Proceedings,    1864. 

Boston,  Wednesday,  Jan.  6.-r-The  annual  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon  at  3 
o'clock  at  the  society's  rooms,  No.  13  Bromfield  street,  the  president,  Wiuslow 
Lewis,  M.  D.,  in  the  chair. 

Rev.  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee,  the  corresponding  secretary,  reported  that  since  the 
last  meeting,  letters  accepting  membership  had  been  received  from  Charles  0.  Whit- 
more  of  Boston,  U.  P.  Corey  of  Maiden,  and  Augustas  Thorndike  Perkins  of  Boston, 
as  resident  members,  and  from  Hon.  Win.  M.  Wilson  of  Greenville,  Ohio,  and 
Buckingham  Smith  of  New  York,  as  corresponding  members. 

J.  II.  Sheppard,  the  Librarian,  reported  that  since  the  last  annual  meeting  there 
had  been  received  327  volumes,  11D2  pamphlets,  and  4-A  manuscripts,  maps  and 
charts. 

Win.  B.  Towne,  the  treasurer,  reported  that  during  the  past  year  the  ordinary 
receipts  had  paid  the  ordinary  expenses,  leaving  the  society  entirely  free  from  debt, 
and  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of  <j>5b'.25.  The  permanent  funds  during  the  same 
period  had  been  increased  $2,500,  all  of  which  has  been  or  may  properly  he  placed 
in  the  hands  of  trustees,  and  the  income  thereof  only  annually  expended. 

Wm.  R,  Deane,  chairman  of  the  Counnitteo  on  Lectures  and  Essays  reported 
that  there  had  been  fourteen  papers  read  before  the  society  at  its  monthly  meetings 
during  the  past  year,  seven  of  which  have  been  published,  and  most  of  the  others 
will  soon  appear  in  print,  all  of  which  were  read  by  members  of  the  society.1 

Wm.  B.  Towne,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Life  Memberships,  reported 
that  thirty-live  persons  had  become  life  members'2  during  the  last  year.  The 
question  in  regard  to  placing  the  sum  in  the  hands  of  trustees,  the  principal  and 
interest,  and  any  additions  thereto,  to  be  devoted  to  procuring  a  permanent  loca- 
tion of  the  society,  was  referred  to  a  future  meeting. 

Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges,  chairman  of  the  trustees  of  the  Bond  Fund,  reported  that 
the  property  remained  much  the  same  as  last  year.3 

The  Trustees  of  the  Barstovv  Fund  reported  that  the  society  during  the  past  year 
had  again  been  indebted  to  the  liberality  of  John  Barstow,  Vice-President  of  this 
society  for  Rhode  Island,  for  a  donation  of  live  hundred  dollars.  The  prudence 
and  foresight  of  the  donor  has  beeu  such  that,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Trustees, 
no  change  in   the  investments  has  been   required.      With  the  income  of  this  fund, 

iTho  following  iaalistof  those  printed:  Jan.  7,  Annual  Address  by  Window  Lewi*,  M.  D. 
printed  in  the  Register  for  July,  and  separately  in  pamphlet  form.  Makcii  -I,  Memoir  of  Elkanah 
Watson,  by  Wm.  R.  Deane,  in  the  I^egister  for  April  and  to  bo  issued  separately  with  a  genealogy  of 
th«  Watsons.  July  1,  and  Nov.  4,  Two  papers  on  the  ancient  vessel  recently  uncovered  on  Cape 
Cod,  by  Amos  Otis,  in  the  Register  for  Jan.,  18U4,  and  also  printed  separately.  Aug.  5,  and  Nov.  4, 
Two  papers  showing  that  Greenough,  the  artist,  funnelled  tlio  original  design  lor  Bunker  Hill 
Monument,  by  Col.  Samuel  Swott,  A.  M.,  In  the  Register  for  Jan.,  ]8t>4,  and  in  a  pamphlet..  Skpt. 
2,  On  the  signification  of  the  words  Citizen  ot  the  United  States,  by  Hon.  Timothy  Farrar,  A.  M.,  in 
the  N.  A.  Review  for  October,  1S133.  Oct.  7,  On  the  dates  of  birth  and  death  of  Elder  William 
Brewster,  by  Rev.  Henry  M.  Dexter,  A.  M.,  in  the  Register  for  .Ian.,  ISG4.  Of  tlio  paper  read  Auu. 
f),  by  Horatio  G  Jones,  \.  M.,  o!  Philadelphia,  on  The  First,  paper  Mill  in  America,  a  very  full 
abstract  was  printed  in  the  Boston  Commercial  Bulletin  for  August  15th  and  22d,  lSb3. 

■i  The  payment  of  thirty  dollars,  by  himself  or  others,  will  constitute  any  resident  or  correspond, 
ing  member  of  the  society  a  life  member  thereof,  and  entitle  him,  without  further  expence,  to  all 
the  rights  of  a  resident  member  during  life. 

ml  i        II        ...: ~ I..™~...     K~r.«    W..«.^r^rt    li*U     mrt  .-.,1.  «««     4»tal.w.    .!,#,    1..^*-    ..«..  w  .     117:.,,.!... 


,  ,  »xw»i.  Uv.....  *.  ^...v~.,  w.  ~v..v,._T,   *  ..„,.....-  ^ — _,  —-.  ~-., ~...  i.lo^cs  Thompson 

Willaid,  M.  D.,  of  Concord,  N.  H.  ;  Hon.  George  C.  Richardson,  Mayor  of  Cambridge,  and  Hon. 
Samuel  D.  Bell,  LL.  D.,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supremo  Court  of  N.  H.,  resident  at  Manchester. 

s  This  fund  consists  of  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  Bond's  Genealogies  and  History  of  Water- 
town,  the  balance  of  the  edition  of  which  in  sheets,  was  bequeathed  by  the  author  to  the  society 
(Register  xm,  '274;  xiv.  1-3;  and  cover  Oct.,  1S59).  The  money  received  from  sales  is  to  be 
invested  and  the  income  used  for  the  purchase  of  local  histories  and  genealogies.  The  hook  is  a 
thick  octavo,  of  1091  closely  printed  pages,  with  portraits  and  maps.  Besides  the  historical  matter 
which  is  interesting  and  valuable,  there  are  genealogies  of  a  groat  number  of  families.  The  follow, 
ing  are  some  of  the  larger  genealogies:  Allen,  Barnard,  Bemis,  Bigelow,  Briscoe,  Bond,  Bowman, 
Boylston,  Bridge,  Bright,  Browne,  Chester,  Child,  Coolidge  (Wigglesworth),  Culler,  Cutting,  Dix' 

16 


214  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [April, 


which  is  devoted  to  the  preservation  of  the  library,  150  volumes  have  been  bound 
duriug  the  past  year,  a  matter  of  great  value  to  the  society,  and  there  is  now  a 
balance  unappropriated  of  $21.81. 

The  committee  appointed  to  prepare  biographies  of  deceased  members  reported 
that  the  work  was  progressing  favorably,  and  that  in  the  course  of  the  present  year 
the  society  would  probably  have  within  its  archives  properly  prepared  memoirs  of 
all  or  nearly  all  its  deceased  members. 

Win,  13.  Trask,  the  historiographer,  reported  that  during  the  past  year  fifteen 
members  had  deceased.  The  memoirs  of  twelve  of  these  and  two  who  died  the 
previous  year,  had  been  read  before  the  society,  making  fourteen  in  all. 

A  donation  of  SI, 000  was  received  from  William  B.  Towne,  of  Brookline,  which 
he  requested  might  be  made  a  fund  for  printing  the  memoirs  of  deceased  members. 
Whereupon  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : — 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  tendered  to  Wm.  B.  Towne,  Esq.,  for 
his  liberal  donation  of  one  thousand  dollars,  and  that  in  accordance  with  his  request 
this  money  be  funded. 

Resolved,  That  this  fund  be  called  the  Towne  Memorial  Fund,  and  that  the  pro- 
ceeds be  applied  in  the  manner  suggested  by  the  donor. 

The  trustees  of  the  Barstow  Fund  were  made  trustees  of  this  fund. 

On  motion  of  Frederic  Kidder,  the  following  resolves  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  This  Society  has  learned  with  deep  regret  of  the  death  of  bur  late  mem- 
ber and  friend,  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Ciishman. 

Resolved,  That  by  his  decease  we  iVel  that  the  commonwealth,  his  county  and 
town,  as  well  as  our  society,  have  met  with  an  almost  irreparable  loss,  and  that  Ins 
death  has  left  a  void  that  will  not  soon  be  filled. 

Resolved,  That  we  feel  it  our  duty  to  honor  his  memory  as  a  man  who  in  the 
various  relations  of  life, — as  lieut.  governor,  as  a  legislator,  as  a  man  of  varied 
trusts,  and  as  a  genealogist  and  historian — has  been  faithful  to  all ;  and  who,  as  a 
true  Christian  gentleman,  has  been  a  benefactor  to  his  race. 

Resolved,  That  having  learned  that  ho  has  bequeathed  by  his  last  will  an  undying 
proof  of  his  attachment  to  this  Society  in  the  gift  of  his  valuable  library,  by  which 
his  memory  will  be  preserved  to  all  who  may  have  the  privilege  of  perusing  these 
volumes, — the  publishing  committee  be  requested  to  prepare  his  memoir,  to  bo 
inserted  with  his  portrait  in  the  present  volume  of  the  Register,  and  that  a  copy  of 
these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Whitmore,  it  was  voted  that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed 
by  the  Chair,  with  full  power  to  solicit  in  the  name  and  in  behalf  of  the  Society, 
information  in  regard  to  the  early  settlers  of  New  England,  to  arrange  and  preserve 
such  information,  and  to  mature  a  plan  for  its  publication  by  the  Society;  also, 
that  the  committee  be  empowered  to  till  all  vacancies  and  to  elect  additional  mem- 
bers. 

The  Chair  appointed  Wm.  II.  Whitmore,  Wm.  B.  Trask,  Rev.  F.  A.  Whitney, 
Abner  C.  Goodell,  Jr.,  and  John  W.  Dean,  for  that  purpose. 

The  Nominating  Committee  reported  a  list  of  oilicers  for  the  ensuing  year,  which 
list  was  balloted  for  and  unanimously  elected.  The  oilicers  elected  are  the  same 
as  those  whose  names  are  printed  above,  with  the  exception  of  the  Publishing  Com- 
mittee, chosen  by  the  Directors  in  October,  and  the  Trustees  who  hold  for  life. 

Dr.  Lewis,  the  President,  then  delivered  his  annual  address,  which  is  printed  en- 
tire in  this  number  of  the  Register.     It  was  received  with  marked  favor. 

Boston,  February  3. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  at  the  Society  rooms  at  three 
o'clock  this  afternoon,  President  Lewis  in  the  chair. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  reported  letters  from  James  B.  Richardson,  of  Bos- 
ton, and  Rev.  George  G.  Ilapgood,  of  Delta,  N.Y.  ;  the  former  accepting  resident 

Easterbrook,  Eddv,  Eyre,  Fiske,  Flagg,  Fuller,  G'>ddard,  Goldstono,  Gove,  Hagar,  Hammond,  Har- 
rington, Harris,  Hasting*,  Hoar,  Hubbard,  Hyde,  Jennisou,  Jones,  Kimball,  Lawrence,  Learned, 
Livermore,  Mason,  Mixter,  Morse,  Norcross,  Oldliam,  Park,  Pai  khurst,  Peiree,  Phillips  (White,  Ab- 
bott, Jewett,  Spooner,  Tillinghast,  Quincy,  appendices  to  Phillips),  Saltonstall,  Sanderson,  Sanger, 
Sherman,  Smith,  Spring,  Stearns  (Stone,  Talbot,  Bellows,  Johnson,  Redington,  Sparhawk.  New- 
comb,  Pratt),  Stone,  Stratton,  Tat.bell,  Tiiornton,  Uphum,  Warren,  Wellington,  White,  Whitmore, 
Whitney,  Whittemore,  Woodward  and  Wyman. 

Some  of  these  are  fuller  than  most  of  the  genealogies  published  separately  in  book  form  and 
many  of  them  are  brought  down  to  the  present  time.  Members  and  others,  who  teel  that  the 
Bociety  is  accomplishing  a  praiseworthy  work,  can  aid  It  by  helping  the  sale  of  this  book.  The 
pricois$l,  which  is  probably  loss  than  its  cost  to  the  author.  It  can  be  obtained  of  the  trustees 
(see  list  above),  the  librarian  and  S.  G.  Drake,  Boston  ;  and  of  Joel  Munsell,  Albany. 


1864.]  JY.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  215 

membership,  and  the  latter  enclosing  another  paper  of  the  series  which  he  has  fur- 
nished on  the  alphabets  of  tht  Eastern  nations. 

The  Recording  Secretary  read  a  letter  he  had  received  from  the  widow  of  Hon. 
Henry  W.  Cushman  of  Bernardston.  It  was  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  with 
full  powers  to  act  in  relation  to  the  donation  under  the  will  of  Mr.  Cushman.  Win. 
B.  Towne,  John  W.  Dean,  and  Frederic  Kidder  were  appointed  that  committee. 

The  Librarian  reported  the  following  donations:  number  of  volumes,  25  ;  of 
pamphlets,  40  ;  of  manuscripts,  100.  He  also  called  the  attention  of  the  society  to 
the  following  donations  of  William  Appleton  :  an  old  Hebrew  manuscript  of  the 
Book  of  Esther,  written  on  a  parchment  roll  and  enclosed  in  a  gilt  case;  it  contains 
20  pages  without  points,  chapter  or  verse,  and  is  executed  in  a  very  neat  hand,  the 
letters  like  those  in  Hahn's  Hebrew  Bible  ;  the  next  is  an  elegant  Arabic  Koran 
in  beautiful  handwriting,  with  an  introduction  in  illuminated  letters;  and  the  last 
is  a  handsome  copy  of  the  Preces  Nersetis,  the  Patriarch  of  the  Armenians,  ed.  1837, 
a  polyglot  volume  in  24  languages.  The  two  first  were  purchased  at  Damascus  in 
Syria,  the  last  at  the  Island  of  St.  Lazare,  by  Mr.  Appleton  in  his  travels  in  1854-5. 
On  motion  of  Frederic  Kidder,  it  was  voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  society  be  ten- 
dered to  Thomas  Waterman  and  William  Appleton,  both  members,  for  their  dona- 
tions, viz  :  about  fifty  volumes  of  the  Boston  Transcript  and  Daily  Advertiser  from 
the  former,  and  from  the  latter  the  treasures  already  described. 

The  Historiographer  read  an  interesting  account  of  Charles  Moses  Endicott,  a  cor- 
responding member  of  the  society,  who  died  at  Northampton,  Dec.  15, 1863,  aged  70 
years  and  9  days. 

A  new  By-Law  (article  25)  was  adopted  creating  a  standing  committee  on  Heraldry. 
William  Henry  Whitmore  of  Boston,  Abner  Cheney  Goodell,  jr.,  of  Salem  ;•  Rev. 
William  Stoodley  Bartlet  of  Chelsea,  and  Augustus  Thorndike  Perkins  and  William 
Sumner  Appleton  of  Boston,  were  appointed  as  the  committee. 

Rev.  Dr.  Hoppin  of  Cambridge,  read  a  carefully  prepared  paper  on  the  Court  of 
the  Star  Chamber,  touching  on  the  following  topics  :  1.  Its  name.  2.  The  persons 
who  composed  it.  3.  Its  functions.  4.  Its  high  antiquity.  5.  Lord  Bacon's  and 
Lord  Coke's  encomiums  upon  it.  6.  Its  late  abuses  and  abolishment.  7.  The 
modern  mythical  conceptions  of  the  Star  Chamber. 

Rev.  Martin  Moore,  of  Boston,  read  an  interesting  memoir  of  the  late  Rev.  William 
Cogswell,  D.D.,  who  was  born  at  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  June  5, 1787;  grad.  at  Dart.  Coll. 
1811;  ord.  over  the  South  Church,  Dedham,  Mass.,  April  26,  1815,  where  he  re- 
mained 14  years;  app.  General  Agent  of  the  American  Education  Society  in  1829; 
chosen  Secretary  of  that  society  1832,  which  office  he  left,  in  1841,  for  the  professor- 
ship of  History  and  National  Education,  in  Dartmouth  College,  and,  after  three 
years'  service  there,  was  elected  President  of  the  Gilmanton  Theological  Seminary. 
He  was  the  author  of  several  religious  works  that  were  well  received ;  was  co- 
editor  of  the  American  Quarterly  Register,  Vols,  x  to  xin,  1837-41;  was  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  New  Hampshire  Reposieory,  2  Vols  ,  1845-7,  and  editor  of  the  first 
volume  of  the  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register,  1847,  and  of  the  6th  volume  of  the 
Collections  of  the  N.  H.  Historical  Society,  1850.  He  died  at  Gilmanton,  N.  II.,  April 
18,  1850,  before  the  last  work  was  published.  Copies  of  both  papers  were  requested 
for  the  use  of  the  society. 

Boston,  March  2. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  the  president  in  the 
chair. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bradlee,  the  corresponding  secretary  reported  letters  accepting  member- 
ship from  the  following  persons: — Solomon  Piper,  E.  B.  Foster,  Ed.  S.  Rand,  Rev. 
Lucius  Eastman,  Wm.  Whitwell,  of  Boston, — Henry  B.  Humphrey,  of  Thomaston, 
Me.,  and  Geo.  H.  Brown,  of  Groton,  Mass.,  as  resident  members;  and  Alden  J. 
Spooner,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  as  a  corresponding  member. 

Mr.  Sheppard,  the  Librarian,  made  his  monthly  report  of  donations,  by  which  it 
appeared  that,  since  the  last  meeting,  101  volumes,  Gii  pamphlets,  a  portfolio  of 
manuscripts  from  the  estate  of  the  late  George  E.  Henshaw,  of  Cambridgeport  [ante 
xvi.  372),  and  an  invoice  of  a  Japan  merchant,  1790,  written  in  Dutch,  had  been  re- 
ceived. Of  the  the  above  volumes  75  were  presented  by  the  Librarian  from  his  own 
library. 

Mr.  Trask,  the  Historiographer,  read  a  memoir  of  the  late  Andrew  Henshaw 
Ward,  author  of  the  History  of  Shrewsbury  and  other  works,  a  resident  member, 
who  died  at  Newtonville  February  18th,  in  his  eightieth  year. 

John  H.  Sheppard,  the  Librarian,  who  was  a  classmate  of  Mr.  Ward  at  Harvard 
College,  offered  a  resolution  to  his  memory,  which  he  prefaced  by  some  remarks  on 


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the  character  of  his  deceased  friend.  He  esteemed  it  no  small  praise  to  be  be- 
stowed upon  any  one  to  say  that  he  had  been  a  useful  member  of  society.  Mr. 
Ward  he  considered  eminently  such  a  man.  The  resolution,  which  was  unanimous- 
ly adopted,  was  as  follows  : 

llcsolved,  That  in  the  recent  and  sudden  death  of  Andrew  II.  Ward,  Esq.,  of  West 
Newton;  we  deplore  the  loss  of  a  venerable  and  very  early  member  of  the  Society  ; 
and  as  a  benefactor,  genealogist,  and  courteous  gentleman,  we  shall  long  cherish  the 
memory  of  this  excellent  man. 

For  more  than  an  hour  Professor  Stowe  held  an  unusually  large  audience  in  pro- 
found attention,  while  he  described  the  life  and  doctrines  of  the  celebrated  Jonathan 
Edwards.     It  was  an  erudite,  eloquent  and  masterly  production — a  voice  excathedrd. 

He  began  with  a  fascinating  picture  of  the  angel -like  character  of  that  young 
Christian  of  17,  Miss  Pierpont  of  New  Haven,  whom  Edwards  married,  and  seldom 
have  we  heard  or  read  a  lovelier  description.  He  gave  a  brief  narrative  of  Mr. 
Edwards'  life,  and  the  extraordinary  influence  of  his  ministerial  labors;  perhaps  a 
purer  character  has  never  adorned  the  history  of  New  England.  Hb  then  under- 
took the  elaborate  task  of  expounding  his  great  work  on  the  Will.  After  giving 
some  account  of  his  very  numerous  writings,  some  of  which" have  never  been  pub- 
lished, he  gave  an  exposition  of  his  theology  and  its  over-shadowing  influence  in 
the  early  divinity  schools;  then  of  Samuel  Hopkins  his  successor,  whose  famous 
creed  for  a  time  darkened  the  religious  world ;  then  of  Joseph  Bellamy  the  successor 
of  Hopkins,  who  took  up  the  line  of  religious  metaphysics  and  went  on;  and  then  of 
Nathaniel  Emmons,  one  of  the  best  and  most  devout  of  men,  at  the  head  of  another 
system.  The  views  of  Dr.  Timothy  Dvvight,  of  whose  theology  he  spoke  in  exalted 
terms;  of  Dr.  Leonard  Woods,  Dr.  Lyman  Ueecher  atfd  Dr.  Nathaniel  W.  Taylor, 
all  eminent  divines  and  at  the  head  of  numerous  partisans,  were  all  ably  set  forth. 
Prof.  Stowe  concluded  after  all,  that  these  systems,  and  all  other  systems  of  Divinity 
were  mere  human  inventions,  and  in  their  nature  cannot  rest  on  any  immutable  law  ; 
because  they  have  been  and  always  will  be  changing, — leaving  man's  hope  of 
salvation  in  the  belief  and  practice  of  a  few  simple  truths.  This  elaborate  and 
valuable  production  of  the  learned  Professor  ought  not  to  sleep  in  his  portfolio. 

Rev.  William  S.  Bartlet,  of  Chelsea,  proposed  that  the  society  celebrate  the  Three 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Shakespeare,  which  falls  on  the  23d  of 
April.  In  England,  he  remarked,  appropriate  notice  will  be  taken  of  this  event, 
but  he  had  yet  to  learn  that  any  measures  had  been  inaugurated  in  this  country  for 
the  celebration  of  the  day.  Should  it  be  suffered  to  pass  by  without  notice  in  this 
western  world,  the  neglect,  he  thought,  could  not  fail  to  cause  us  disgrace  ;  for  Shake- 
speare belongs  to  us  as  much  as  to  the  land  of  his  nativity,  and  he  has  undoubtedly 
a  much  larger  number  of  readers  in  the  United  States  than  in  England.  He 
thought  it  proper  that  our  society,  devoted  to  history  and  genealogy,  both  olosely 
connected  with  English  antecedents,  should  do  something  towards  celebrating  the 
day.  Mr.  Bartlet  had  suggested  the  celebration  to  several  members  nearly  a  month 
ago,  and  it  being  favorably  received,  he  now  brought  the  subject  before  the  society. 
The  matter  was  referred  for  action  to  the  Board  of  Directors. 


BOOK  NOTICES. 

Proceedings  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  at  the  Annual  Meeting, 

held  at  Worcester,  October  21,  1863.    Boston:  Printed  by  John  Wilson 

and  Son.     1863.     8vo.  pp.  72. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Antiquarian  Society  this  year  was  one  of  unusual  in- 
terest. It  is  fifty-one  years  since  the  Society  was  organized,  and  of  its  early  mem- 
bers four  only  are  now  living.  Three  of  these  were  present  at  this  meeting,  namely  : 
lion.  Levi  Lincoln,  LL.  D.,  of  Worcester,  Tvev.  William  Jenks,  D.  D.,  LL.  D  ,  of 
Boston,  and  John  Green,  M.D.,  ot  Worcester;  while  the  other,  Hon.  Josiah  Qnincv, 
LL.  D.,  of  Boston,  sent  a  letter,  which  was  read,  expressing  a  continued  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  the  Society. 

At  the  meeting  Ex-Governor  Lincoln  made  some  remarks,  from  which  we  extract 
the  following  :  "  This  Society  was  cradled  in  war.     The  Association  was  formed  and 


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tho  act  of  incorporation  obtained,  during  the  hostilities  with  England  in  1812;  and 
it  is  indeed  among  the  most  remarkable  coincidences  not  only  that  th?  first  and  the 
last  Anniversary  Address,  with  an  interval  of  fifty  years,  should  be  delivered  by  the 
same  person,  *  *  "x"  *  but  that  the  orator,  at  each  period  amidst  the  conflict  of  arms , 
should  be  the  humble  disciple  and  follower  of  the  Prince  of  Peace."  The  orator  re* 
ferred  to  by  Mr.  Lincoln  was  Rev.  Dr.  Jenks, — his  present  associate  as  vice-president 
of  the  society  and  a  fellow  officer  at  its  organization  in  1812, — who,  in  October, 
1813,  had  delivered  the  first  annual  address  before  the  society,  and  who  now,  when 
a  half  century  had  passed  away,  had  given  them  a  discourse,  to  which  they  had 
just  listened,  filled  with  the  "  benediction  of  wise  counsels"  and  "the  fruit  of  varied 
learning."  This  discourse  which  is  here  printed  in  full,  proves  that  Dr.  Jenks  has 
lost  none  of  the  vigor  of  his  earlier  years.  In  it  he  points  out  the  various  fields  of 
research  that  are  open  to  the  American  antiquary  and  dwells  upon  some  of  the  later 
results  in  each. 

We  will  close  this  notice  with  a  few  items  relative  to  the  previous  publications  of 
the  society.  Four  octavo  volumes  of  valuable  matter  have  been  issued  under  tho 
title  of  "Archseologia  Americana  ;  Transactions  and  Collections  of  the  American 
Antiquarian  Society,"  viz  :  Vol.  I,  1820,  pp.  43G  ;  Vol.  II,  1836,  pp.  573;  Vol.  Ill, 
1857,  pp.  378  ;  Vol.  IV,  1800,  pp.  355.  The  first,  second  and  fourth  volumes  were 
issued  in  volumes  in  the  years  above  noted.  The  first  part  of  volume  third  was 
published  .separately,  in  1850,  containing  the  "Records  of  Company  of  Massachusetts 
Bay"  while  in  England,  with  a  preliminary  chapter  on  the  "Origin  of  the  Company." 
In  1857,  pp.  xiii  and  xiv,  lxxxvii  to  xcix,  1  to  8,  and  27  to  30,  extended  to  30/t, 
were  reprinted,  and  Hull's  Diaries  and  the  subsequent  matter  added,  the  whole  be- 
ing issued  in  a  volume. 

Of  the  other  publications  of  the  society,  our  friend,  Jeremiah  Colburn,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  who  has  succeeded  in  collecting  a  complete  series,  furnishes  us  with  the 
following  facts : 

"  Isaiah  Thomas,  Nathl.  Paine,  William  Paine,  Levi  Lincoln,  Aaron  Bancroft  and 
Edward  Bangs,  petitioned  the  legislature  of  Massachususetts,  at  their  session,  Oct. 
1812,  for  an  act  incorporating  themselves,  and  such  persons  as  might  thereafter  as- 
sociate with  them  into  a  society  by  the  name  of  the  American  Antiquaiuan  Socie- 
ty. An  act  was  passed  Oct.  24th,  1812,  and  approved  by  Gov.  Caleb  Strong,  con- 
stituting the  following  persons  members  of  the  corporation  :  Isaiah  Thomas,  Levi 
Lincoln,  H.  G.  Otis,  Timothy  Bigelow,  Nathaniel  Paine  and  Edward  Bangs,  Esqrs. 
John  T.  Kirkland,  D.D.,  Aaron  Bancroft,  D.D.,  William  Paine,  M.D.,  Jonathan  II. 
Lyman,  Elijah  II.  Mills,  Elijah  Hammond,  Timothy  Williams,  William  D.  Peek, 
John  Lowell,  Edmund  Dwight,  Eleazer  James,  Josiah  Quincy,  William  Shaw,  Francis 
Blake,  Levi  Lincoln,  jr.,  Samuel  M.  Burnside,  and  Benjamin  Russell,  Esqrs.  Rev. 
Thaddeus  M.  Harris,  Redford  Webster,  Thomas  Walcutt,  Ebenezer  T.  Andrews, 
William  Wells,  and  Isaiah  Thomas,  jr.,  and  such  persons  as  may  associate  with 
them,  "a  Society,  and  body,  politic  and  corporate,  by  the  name  of  The  Amehican 
Antiquarian  Society.  The  first  meeting  was  held  at  the  Exchange  Coffee-House, 
in  Boston,  on  the  19th  of  November,  1812,  when  the  Society  was  organized  and  the 
laws  of  the  Society,  consisting  of  ten  articles  providing  for  the  election  of  officers, 
and  the  meetings  of  the  Society  were  adopted.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Society,  October 
23d,  1S13.  held  at  the  Exchange  Coffee-House,  the  By-Laws  were  reported  by  a 
committee  appointed  at  a  meeting  held  Sep.  29,  1813,  and  accepted.  The  following 
is  the  list  of  officers  chosen  :  Isaiah  Thomas,  President ;  William  D.  Peck,  and 
William  Paine,  Vice  Presidents;  Timothy  Bigelow,  Rev.  Dr.  Aaron  Bancroft,  Edward 
Bangs,  George  Gibbs,  Rev.  William  Bentley,  Redford  Webster  and  Benjamin 
Russell,  Counsellors;  Rev.  Dr.  Thaddeus  M.  Harris  and  Rev.  William  Jenks, 
Corresponding  Secretaries,-  Levi  Lincoln,  jr.,  Treasurer;  Samuel  M.  Burnshle, 
Recording  Secretary;  Ebenezer  T.  Andrews,  Assistant  Recordirig  Secy.  By  a  vote 
of  the  Society  the  Library  was  to  remain  in  charge  of  the  President  until  a 
suitable  place  vvas  procured  for  it.  The  first  paper  read  to  the  Society  was  by  the 
President,  giving  a  detailed  statement  of  the  objects  of  the  Society.  The  number 
of  members  in  1813  were  eighty-seven. 

"An  address  by  the  Rev.  William  Jenks,  A.M.,  S.A.S.,  was  delivered  before  the 
members  on  their  first  anniversary,  Oct.  13,  lbl3,  at  the  Kings  Chapel,  Boston.  At 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  Oct.  24,  1814,  a  communication  on  the  progress 
and  objects  of  the  Society  was  made  by  the  President.  The  officers,  with  two  or  three 
exceptions,  were  the  same  as  the  previous  year.     The  first  donation  of  the  President, 


2 IS  Book  Notices.  [April, 

a  portion  of  his  valuable  library,  given  soon  after  the  organization,  was  then  valued 
at  Four  Thousand  Dollars;  a  valuation  made  at  the  present  time  would  probably 
exceed  twelve  thousand  dollars. 

"  Mrs.  Hannah  Mather  Crocker,  of  Boston,  gave  a  portion  of  the  ancient  library 
formerly  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Drs.  Increase,  Cotton,  and  Samuel  Mather,  valued, 
at  that  time,  at  $300.  The  President  presented  the  remainder  of  the  valuable 
library  of  the  Rev.  Drs.  Increase,  Cotton,  and  Samuel  Mather,  then  valued  at  $1312. 
The  two  preceding  donations  would  he  valued  at  least  ten  times  the  above 
amounts  at  the  present  time.  Five  Hundred  Dollars  has  been  offered  for  one  single 
volume  (an  early  and  raie  copy  of  the  Bible)  which  was  among  the  books  presented 
by  Mr.  Thomas. 

"The  address  delivered  at  their  second  anniversary,  at  the  Kings  Chapel,  in  Bos- 
ton, w-ts  by  the  Rev.  Abiel  Holmes,  D.D.  The  next  published  proceedings  of  the 
Society  was  an  "  address  to  the  members,  together  with  the  Laws  and  Regulations 
and  a  list  of  the  Donations,  among  which  was  the  remaining  portion  of  the  library 
of  the  President,  valued  at  $1300,  making  the  total  presented  by  him  $6,621.74. 
Among  the  very  many  valuable  donations  made  were  the  original  portraits  of  Rev. 
Richard  Mather,  of  Dorchester  ;  Revs.  Increase  and  Samuel -Mather,  of  Boston,  by  Mrs. 
Hannah  Mather  Crocker,  of  Boston. 

"The  address  on  the  third  anniversary  was  by  William  Paine,  M.  D.,  A.  A.  S.,M. 
M.  S.,  and  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  at  the  Kings  Chapel,  Oct.  23,  1815.  The 
escort  duty  on  this  occasion  was  performed  by  the  "Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company."  The  next  published  address  was  by  Isaac  Goodwin,  Esq.,  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  Antiquarian  Hall,  in  Worcester,  that  day  received  as  a  donation  from 
Isaiah  Thomas,  the  President  of  the  Society,  August  24,  1820. 

"  The  next  printed  document  issued  was  a  Report  of  Rejoice  Newton  and  Samuel 
Jennison,  and  a  circular,  October  23,  1821,  signed  by  Aaron  Bancroft,  S.M.  Bumside, 
Samuel  Jennison  and  Edward  D.  Bangs,  concluding  with  a  proposal  for  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Transactions  and  Collections  of  the  Society.  The  next  published  address 
was  by  William  Lincoln,  Esq.,  on  "  The  Character  and  Servicesof  their  late  Librarian, 
Christopher  C.  Baldwin,  Esq."  at  the  annual  meeting  Oct.  23,  1835. 

"  The  Fifty-Third  Somi-Annual  Report,  with  the  report  of  the  Librarian  and  the 
list  of  oilicers  from  its  organization,  and  the  Annual  Report  of  the  same  year,  Oct. 
1839,  was  printed. 

"No  1,  Vol.  1  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Semi-Annual  Meeting,  May  31,  1843,  held 
at  Boston,  and  "  No.  2,  Vol.  1,"  proceedings  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  at  Wor- 
cester, Oet.  23,  1843,  were  printed. 

"  Since  the  Annual  Meeting  of  Oct.  23,  1849,  the  proceedings  of  the  Annual  and 
Semi-Annual  Meetings  have  been  regularly  printed,  in  pamphlet  form,  in  addition 
to  the  Transactions  of  the  Society." 

An  Address  delivered  at  the  Celebration  by  the  New  York  Historical  Society, 
May  20,  1863,  of  the  Two  Hundreth  Birth  Day  of  Mr.  William  Brad- 
ford, who  introduced  the  Art  of  Printing  into  the  Middle  Colonies  of 
British  America.  By  John  William  Wallace,  of  Philadelphia. 
Published,  with  an  Introductory  Note,  in  Pursuance  of  a  Resolu- 
tion of  the  New  York  Historical  Society.  Parts  omitted  in  the 
delivery  being  now  inserted.  Albany,  N.  Y.:  J.  Munsell.  1803. 
8vo.,  pp.  114. 

lleport  of  the  Committee  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  of  their 
visit  to  New  York,  May  20,  1803,  at  the  Celebration  of  the  Two  Hun- 
dreth Birth  Day  of  William  Bradford,  who  introduced  the  Art  of 
Printing  into  the  Middle  Colonies  of  British  America.  Head  June  Slh, 
1803.  By  Horatio  Gates  Jones,  Chairman.  With  the  Resolutions 
then  adopted.  Philadelphia:  King-  &  Baird,  Printers.  18G3.  8vo. 
pp.  14. 

The  celebration,  last  spring,  by  our  sister  society,  of  the  bi-centennial  birth-day 
of  Bradford,  was  a  very  interesting  occasion  ;  and  the  honors  then  paid  to  the 
memory  of  the  pioneer  printer  of  the  Middle  States  rellects  credit  on  all  who  par- 
ticipated in  them.    Bradford  had  not  been  entirely  forgotten  by  our  antiquaries  ;  and 


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in  Now  York  city,  where  lie  spent  the  better  portion  of  his  life  and  where  the  present 
celebration  has  taken  place,  a  printing  club,  formed  a  few  years  ago,  had  been 
named  in  his  honor.  Most  of  its  publications  are  in  our  Society's  library,  and  havo 
been  noticed  in  (ho  Register. 

Mr.  Wallace,  the  orator  on  the  above  occasion,  is  a  descendant  of  Bradford,  and 
besides  is  a  citizen  of  Philadelphia,  where  his  ancestor  was  "the  first  to  practice  the 
Art  of  Arts"  in  the  middle  British  colonies.  The  address,  which  is  distinguished 
by  ability  and  research,  gives  a  graphic  recital  of  the  incidents  in  the  life  of  Brad- 
ford, and  shows  him  to  have  been  a  man  of  character  and  influence.  Born  May 
20,  1663,  in  Leicestershire,  England;  in  1685,  he  settled  himself,  as  a  printer,  in 
Philadelphia,  and,  after  about  eight  years'  residence  there,  removed,  in  1693,  to 
New  York,  where  he  died  May  23,  1752,  aged  89.  The  pamphlet  is  brought  out.  in 
the  elegant  style  for  which  Mr.  Munsell  is  celebrated,  and  forms  a  worthy  memorial 
of  an  interesting  event. 

Mr.  Jones's  report  is  a  model  for  such  documents.  It  furnishes  a  lively  picture  of 
what  his  committee  did  and  saw  during  their  visit  to  New  York  to  participate  in  the 
above  commemorative  services. 

1  Rhode  Island  in  the  Rebellion.  By  Edwin  W.  Stone,  of  the  first  Reg- 
iment, Rhode  Island  Light  Artillery.  Providence  :  George  H. 
Whitney.     1864.     12  mo.  pp.  xxxviii,  398. 

Rhode  Island,  the  smallest  state  in  the  Union,  has  labored  nobly  in  her  endea- 
vors toward  putting  down  the  Southern  rebellion.  With  unstinted  hearts  and 
hands  have  her  people  devoted  themselves  to  the  loyal  cause. 

The  author  of  the  work  under  notice  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Edwin  M.  Stone,  the  well- 
known  minister  at  large  in  Providence.  He  connected  himself  with  battery  C,  of 
t}ie  light  artillery,  which  was  mustered  into  service,  Aug.  25,  1861.  The  main 
body  of  the  book  consists  of  34  letters,  the  first  bearing  elate  Dec.  1,  1861,  and  the 
Jast  June  21,  1863.  Portions  of  these  were  contributed  by  Mr.  Stone,  to  the  Provi- 
dence Journal,  of  which  paper  he  was  the  army  correspondent.  The  author  did  well 
to  collect  these  communications  together,  and  have  them  preserved  in  a  permanent 
form.  In  the  introduction  to  the  book,  Mr.  S.  gives  a  sketch  of  what  lias  been 
done  by  his  State  in  the  present  war,  as  also,  an  account  of  operations  by  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  subsequent  to  the  close  of  his  letters,  thus  bringing  the  history 
down  to  the  end  of  November  last.  A  large  amount  of  matter  is  compressed  into 
the  volume,  small  type  being  used.  In  connection  with  his  own  experience  and 
observation,  he  has  introduced  valuable  matter  gathered  from  official  and  other 
reliable  sources.  The  118  closely  printed  pages  of  the  appendix  contains,  with 
other  articles  of  interest,  that  will  be  convenient  for  future  reference,  a  history  of 
all  the  military  forces  raised  in  Rhode  Island.  Works  of  this  description  recording 
facts  penned  while  fresh  in  the  memory,  will  be  invaluable  to  all  who  desire 
reliable  details  concerning  the  war.     The  style  is  animated  and  cheerful. 

1559—1620.  Track  of  the  Hidden  Church  ;  or  the  Springs  of  the  Pil- 
grim movement.  By  John  Waddington,  I).  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Church 
of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  Southwark,  Eng.  With  an  introduction 
by  Rev.  E.  N.  Kirk,  D.  D.  Boston  Congregational  Board  of  Publi- 
cation, 13  Cornhill.     12  mo.,  pp.  xxviii,  SOS. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  in  1859,  Rev.  Dr.  Waddington,  visited  this  country 
for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  funds  towards  erecting  a  building —  a  Memorial  Church 
in  commemoration  of  the  Pilgrims.  The  church  itself,  of  which  Dr.  W.  is  pastor, 
was  formed  by  Henry  Jacobs,  in  1616,  a  few  years  prior  to  the  embarkation  of  the 
Plymouth  Pilgrims.  This  church  has  met  with  discouragements  and  opposition, 
and  at  times  has  almost  been  in  danger  of  extinction.  Tin'  pastor  came  and  repre- 
sented their  cause  to  his  trans-atlantic  brethren.  He  met  with  a  degree  of  pecu- 
niary success  in  this  country,  but  not  sufficient  to  justify  them  in  carrying  out  their 
plans  to  a  full  completion.  There  is  ground,  however,  for  encouragement,  and 
their  efforts,  if  continued,  may  ultimately  prove  successful. 

Dr.  Waddington  traces  the  pathway  of  the  Pilgrims,  or  hidden  church,  from  the 
accession  of  Queen  Klizabeth  to  the  landing  at  Plymouth.  From  documents  of 
martyrs,  concealed  from  their  oppressors,  from  prison  letters,  from  hasty  scrib- 
blings  and  scraps  of  paper,   their  own  writings  and  those  of  their  cotemporaries, 


220  Book  Notices.  [April. 

are  gathered  those  memorials  whicli  make  out  the  history  of  this  "  hidden  church." 
Dr.  W.  is  well  qualified  for  his  position,  and  his  hook  is  one  of  interesi  to  the 

descendants  of  the  Pilgrims. 

Report  of  the  joint  special  Committee  on  the  Burial  of  Massachusetts  dead 
at  Gtttysburgh  ;  together  with  the  Oration  of  Edward  Everett,  at  the 
Consecration  of  the  National  Cemetery,  and  other  matters  in  relation 
thereto.  Boston:  J.  E.  Farwell  and  Company,  Printers  to  the  City,1 
18G3.    8vo.,  pp.  93. 

In  the  famous  hattle  at  Gettyshurgh,  Pennsylvania,  the  first  week  in  July,  18G3, 
there  were  several  regiments  that  belonged  particularly  to  Boston  and  vicinity. 
Some  of  these  brave  men  fell  while  engaged  in  the  contest.  Mayor  Lincoln  sug- 
gested, officially,  the  propriety  of  purchasing  a  lot  in  the  rural  cemetery,  which  was 
a  portion  of  the  battle  ground,  and  about  half  a  mile  from  the  city  of  Gettyshurgh, 
and  to  have  the  bodies  of  the  soldiers  from  Boston  and  its  neighborhood,  not  other- 
wise disposed  of  by  their  friends,  removed  to  it,  and  to  have  a  suitable  monument 
there  erected.  A  joint  special  committee  was  appointed  to  visit  Gettyshurgh  and 
attend  to  that  duty.  The  committee  afterward  learned  that  measures  had  been  taken 
toward  securing  a  portion  of  the  ground  for  a  National  Cemetery.  The  Committee 
therefore  relinquished  their  right  to  purchase  land  separately,  and  have  since  acted 
in  co-operation  with  the  Massachusetts  agent,  and  in  harmony  with  the  other  states.  , 
The  cemetery  was  consecrated  Nov.  19,  1803,  on  which  occasion,  Hon.  Edward 
Everett  delivered  an  interesting  oration,  giving  a  detailed  account  of  events.  A 
few  dedicatory  remarks  were  made  by  the  President  of  the  United  States.  A  li.-,t  of 
the  soldiers  from  Massachusetts,  buried  in  this  cemetery,  142  in  number,  is  given 
in  the  appendix.  There  is  an  accompanying  plan  of  Gettyshurgh  with  the  battle 
field  of  July  2d  and  3d,  18G3,  and  the  National  Cemetery,  showing  the  position  of 
the  allotments  for  the  several  states.  Tho  oration  of  Mr.  Everett  and  other  docu- 
ments are  also  appended  to  the  pamphlet  containing  the  Address  of  Gov.  Andrew 
to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  Jan.  8,  1804,  from  which  we  learn  that  the 
total  number  of  interments  in  the  National  Cemetery  up  to  Dec.  19,  1803,  was 
2,271,  of  which  number  154  were  from  Massachusetts. 

Vicissitudes  of  Families,  and  other  Essays.  By  Sir  Bernard  Burke, 
Ulster  King  of  Arms.  London:  Longman,  Green,  Longman  and 
Roberts.  12mo.  First  series,  fifth  edition,  1861,  pp.  437.  Second 
series,  second  edition,  1861,  pp.  43G.    Third  series,  18G3,  pp.  444. 

The  rise  and  fall  of  families  is  a  truth  manifested  to  the  careful  student  of  history 
as  also  to  the  fact-seeking  genealogist.  Curious  chapters  are  sometimes  unfolded  by 
those  who  investigate  the  particulars  in  these  family  vicissitudes.  Examples  of 
true  greatness  are  often  set  us  by  those  who  have  arisen  from  the  lower  to  tho 
higher  stations  in  life.  Their  lives  of  self-sacrifice,  are  ensamples  to  those  who 
appreciate  moral  principle.  On  the  other  hand  the  decadence  of  the  haughty  affords 
us  no  less  instructive  lessons  in  humility.  We  aro  warned  by  their  failures  and 
their  vices.  Rellections  like  these  are  suggested  by  the  perusal  of  the  volumes 
before  us.  Among  the  interesting  and  instructive  articles  are  the  "Landmarks  of 
Genealogy,"  "  Recollections  of  English  Counties,"  "  Heraldry,''  &.Q.  &c.  We  hope 
the  learned  author  may  ere  long,  devote  a  volume  to  the  subject  of  the  ancestry  of 
the  Founders  of  New  England.  The  following  are  some  of  the  titles  of  his  published, 
works: — "  Genealogical  and  Heraldic  Dictionary  of  the  Peerage  and  Baronetage  ;" 
"  The  Extinct  and  Dormant  Peerage  :"  "  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey  ;"  "  A  Genealogical 
and  Heraldic  History  of  the  Landed  Gentry  ;"  "  Romantic  Records  of  distinguished 
families  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland;  "  "  Anecdotes  of  the  Aristocracy,"  "Historic 
Lands  of  England  ;"  "  The  Royal  families  of  England,  Scotland  ami  Wales,  with 
their  descendants  ;"  "  A  visitation  of  the  seats  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  ;" 
«'  Royal  Descents  and  Pedigrees  of  founders'  kin  ;"  "  A  selection  of  Arms  authorized 
by  the  Laws  of  Heraldry." 

An  English  writer  says: — "  What  an  interesting  social  history  of  our  country  might 
be  composed  (call  it  the  Genealogical  History  of  England),  from  the  mere  details  of 
the  rise  and  fall  of  the  various  families  which  have  one  after  another  occupied 
prominent  places  as  lords  of  the  soil  in  merry  England.  If  the  task  could  be 
accomplished,  Sir  Bernard  Burke  is  unquestionably  the  man  to  do  it." 


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MEMOIR   OF   HON.   NA1IUM    MITCHELL,*   AUTHOR   OF   THE 
HISTORY  OF  BRIDGEWATER. 

[By  William  Allen,  Esq,,  of  East  bridgewater,  Mass.] 

Nahum  Mitchell,  whose  portrait  appears  on  the  opposite  page,  was 
born  in  the  East  Parish  of  Bridgewater,  February  12th,  1769,  the 
fourth  in  the  line  of  descent  from  Experience  Mitchell  of  Puritan 
memory,  who  landed  at  New  Plymouth  in  1G23  at  the  age  of  14 
years,  and  late  in  life  settled  in  that  part  of  ancient  Bridgewater, 
since  called  Joppa,f  where  he  died  in  1089  at  the  age  of  80  years. 

In  youth,  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  active  both  in  body  and 
mind,  enjoying  the  free  air  of  the  country,  fond  of  running  and 
leaping,  frequently  engaged  in  athletic  sports,  and  in  the  wrestling 
match  rarely  finding  a  superior.  A  diligent  student,  he  pursued  the 
studies  preparatory  for  Harvard  University,  under  the  instructions 
of  Hon.  Beza  Hayward  of  the  South  Parish  of  Bridgewater,  who 
held  at  different  periods  the  offices  of  representative,  senator  and 
councillor,  and  afterwards  was  register  of  probate  fur  Plymouth 
county  from   1810  till  his  decease  in  1830. 

Entering  the  university  in  1785,  Mr.  Mitchell  graduated  in  course 
in  1789,  and  having  read  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  Davis,  the. 
editor  of  Morton's  Memorial,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  November 
24,  1792,  and  soon  after  commenced  practice  in  his  native  town. 
Exercising  an  economy  worth}'  of  commendation  by  avoiding  all 
needless  expenses,  he  waited  for  business.  Though  of  unassuming 
manners,  his  real  merit  was  soon  ascertained;  business  ilowed  in, 
and  the  many  offices  of  trust  to  which  he  was  subsequently  called 
evince  the  high  estimation  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  community, 
lie  was  seven  times  elected  a  representative  to  the  General  Court 
from  Bridgewater,  and  twice  from  Boston;  was  a  representative  in 
Congress  from  1803  to  1805,  a  senator  from  Plymouth  county  in  1813 
and  1814,  and  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  six  years,  com- 
mencing in  1814.  In  1811  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Gerry  a 
Justice  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Common  Picas,  which  post  he  occupied 
for  eight  years,  at  the  close  of  which  he  was  appointed  Chief  Justice. 
Having  held  this  office  two  years  he  was  in  1822  chosen  Treasurer 
of  the  Commonwealth,  and  continued  in  this  office  five  years. 

In  1801  Mr.  Mitchell,  Edward  H.  Robbins  of  Milton,  and  Nicholas 
Tillinghast  of  Taunton,  were  appointed  to  settle  the  dividing  line 
between  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island;  and  in  1823  he,  with 
George  Bliss  of  Springfield  and  Mr.  Robbins,  was  appointed  to  settle 
the  boundary  line  between  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut.     In  1827 

*  A  biographical  sketch  of  Judge  Mitchell  in  the  Register,  Vol.  [.,  p.  00,  contains 
some  interesting  facts  that  have  not  been  repeated  hero.  His  ancestry  and  children 
will  be  found  there. 

f  So  named  from  a  tannery  (see  Acts  x,  5-G,)  supposed  to  have  been  owned  by  En- 
sign Edward  Mitchell,  who  died  in  1717,  a  sun  of  Experience  Mitchell,  and  great- 
grandfather of  Nahum  Mitchell. 

The  tanning  business  continued  at  this  establishment  till  1833. 

Vol.  XVIII.  17 


222  Memoirs  of  Hon.  Nahum  Mitchell.  [July, 

he  was  chairman  of  the  first  commissioners  for  exploring  and  sur- 
veying the  country  from  Albany  to  Boston  for  a  railroad  route.  The 
commission  consisted,  besides  himself,  of  James  P.  Baldwin  of  Bos- 
ton (ante  xvi  3G8,)  and  Samuel  Mackay  of  Pittsfield. 

"The  performance  of  the  various  duties  of  these  high  and  res- 
ponsible offices,"  says  one  who  had  been  a  student  i ri  his  office  and 
knew  him  intimately,  the  late  Judge  Aaron  ITobart  of  East  Bridge- 
water,  "  was  confided  to  competent  and  safe  hands.  Judge  Mitchell 
was  a  man  of  great  industry,  quickness  of  perception,  and  caution, 
and  united  to  a  discriminating  judgment,  the  attentiveness  and  pre- 
cision of  the  mathematician.  His  habits  of  inquiry  were  so  remark- 
able, that  he  was  never  satisfied  with  investigation,  nor  desisted 
from  it,  so  long  as  he  had  less  than  all  the  light  he  could  obtain  on 
the  subject,  lie  was  a  man  that  did,  and  did  well,  whatever  he 
undertook.  As  a  lawyer,  he  was  distinguished  for  sound  learning, 
and  fair  and  honorable  practice.  .  .  .  His  qualifications  as  a  lawyer 
made  him  a  good  judge;  and  such  he  was  generally  esteemed.  It 
was  indeed,  sometimes  said  of  him  that  he  lacked  promptness  and 
decision.  This,  however,  was  only  in  appearance:  the  opinion  prob- 
ably arose  from  a  desire  on  his  part  to  do  right,  which  led  him  to 
defer 'judgment  until  the  scales  of  justice  ceased  to  vibrate,  and  he 
could  see  a  clear  preponderance." 

The  late  Chief  Justice  Parsons,  who  knew  him  well,  is  said  to 
have  held  him  in  high  esteem.  He  seemed  not  so  much  to  seek  for 
office  as  the  office  to  seek  him.  Interested  in  the  moral  improvement 
of  the  community,  he  was  chosen  presidept  of  the  first  temperance 
society  ever  formed  in  East  Bridgewater,  and  for  several  years  held 
the  office  of  president  of  the  Plymouth  county  Bible  society. 

Interested  also  in  aiding  the  intellectual  advancement  of  the  peo- 
ple, he  assisted,  in  1827,  in  forming  the  first  Lyceum  ever  establish- 
ed in  his  native  parish;  and  was  its  first  president.  He  also  took  a 
warm  interest  in  the  founding  and  endowing,  in  1*199,  of  the  Plymouth 
County  Academy  located  in  Bridgewater;  and  in  the  act  approved  by 
Governor  Sumner,  February  26,  1799,  he  became  one  of  the  twenty- 
seven  trustees  of  that  institution  selected  by  the  Legislature  from 
every  town  in  the  county.  This  office  he  held  till  his  death,  a  period 
of  fifty-four  years.  In  an  "historical  sketch"  of  that  academy  now 
called  the  Bridgewater  Academy,  published  by  a  vote  of  the  trus- 
tees in  1858,  he  is  spoken  of  as  a  "man  of  universal  estimation." 
Agriculture  found  in  him  a  valuable  friend.  Many  of  his  leisure 
moments  were  employed  in  rearing  fruit  and  ornamental  trees;  and 
when  in  1819  the  Plymouth  county  agricultural  society  was  project- 
ed, he  united  in  the  inauguration  of  that  institution,  which  has  aided 
in  drawing  abundant  treasures  from  the  sandy  soil  of  the  old  colony, 
and  in  promoting  the  inventive  genius  of  the  people;  and  which 
each  autumn  gathers  thousands  to  its  annual  pentecost. 

He  was  fond  of  literary  efforts,  though  he  seemed  to  care  little  to 
have  his  writings  published.  The  reading  of  the  Diversions  of  Purley, 
the  perusal  of  classic  authors,  and  the  translation  of  the  works  of 
Horace  into  English  metre  were  a  part  of  the  amusements  of  his 
leisure  moments. 

He  was  ardently  devoted  to   the  science  of  music,  and  made  it  a 


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study  at  leisure  moments  while  in  college.  lie  wrote  a  treatise 
on  Harmony,  which  although  never  published  has  been  pronounced 
valuable  ;  and  the  files  of  the  Boston  Musical  Gazette  contain  a 
scries  of  articles  on  musical  history  from  his  pen.  About  the  year 
1810,  with  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Buckminstcr,  he  prepared  a  volume  of  mu- 
sic entitled  the  Brattle  St.  Collection.  The  tune  Brattle  St.,  so  well 
known,  was  harmonized  by  him.  In  1812,  in  company  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Bartholomew  Brown,  Esq,*  of  East  Bridgewater, 
he  published  the  Bridgewater  Collection  of  Sacred  Music,  which  was  a 
great  improvement  on  the  musical  works  previously  in  use.  This 
work,  since  called  Carmina  Teiwpli,  has  passed  through  more  than 
thirty  editions.  Its  appearance  in  the  choirs  of  the  churches  was 
a  signal  for  reform.  An  impulse  was  given  which  tended  greatly 
to  inspire  the  worshippers  as  they  gathered  in  the  churches  each 
Sabbath,  and  to  promote  the  harmonics  of  the  sanctuary.  That 
his  labors  in  the  improvement  of  music  were  appreciated,  at  an 
early  date,  by  the  people  in  his  native  town,  will  be  seen  by  re- 
ference to  a  diary  kept  by  a  venerable  man,  the  late  Capt.  David 
Kingman  of  East  Bridgewater,  who  makes  this  record  December  8, 
1794:  "The  people  met  and  opened  a  subscription  to  promote  sing- 
ing: agreed  with  Mr.  Nahum  Mitchell  to  keep  a  singing-school  at  his 
house  two  months  for  seven  pounds."  Again:  "Jannary25,  1795,  Mr. 
Mitchell's  school  first  sang  at  meeting.  Very  good  singing  this 
day." 

He  composed  an  anthem  entitled  Lord^s  Day,  and  a  piece  com- 
mencing with  "Jesus  shall  Reign."  He  was  also  author  of  Pilcsgrove, 
and  of  another  tune  entitled  Tlte  Pilgrims,  composed  for  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth. 

"The  old  town  of  Bridgewater,"  it  has  been  said  "has  furnished 
the  country  with  a  greater  number  of  singing  masters  than  any 
other  place  in  New  England."  Some  allowance  should  perhaps  be 
made  for  youthful  enthusiasm,  when  the  writer  of  this  states  that  he 
has  elsewhere  heard  no  such  strains  of  church  music  as  formerly 
emanated  from  the  choir  of  the  old  parish  church  in  East  Bridgewater, 
which  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  had  experienced  the  benefits  of  the 
soul  stirrin'g  labors  of  Nahum  Mitchell  and  Bartholomew  Brown. 

Amid  his  labors,  public  and  private,  Mr.  Mitchell  found  time  for 
much  antiquarian  research.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Mass- 
achusetts Historical  Society,  August  25,  1818,  was  its  librarian  one 
year  from  1835  to  1830,  and  its  treasurer  from  1839  to  1845. 

On  the  7th  of  May  1845,  soon  after  the  formation  of  the  New 
England  Historic-Genealogical   Society,  he   became  a  member,   and 

*  Bartholomew  Brown  was  the  son  of  John  and  Ginger  (Hutchinson)  Brown,  and 
was  bom  in  Danvers,  Mass., — not  Sterling  as  is  sometimes  stated — September  8, 
1772,  grad.  II.  C,  1799,  mar.  November  26,  1801,  Betsey  dan.  of  (Jen.  Sylvanus 
La/ell,  and  died  at  Boston,  April  14,  18.04,  aged  81.  He  studied  law  with  Judge 
Thomas  of  Plymouth  and  practiced  his  profession  in  Sterling  and  Boston.  In  18o8 
he  became  editor  of  the  Boston  Musical  (laztltc.  It  may  interest  our  readers  to  know 
that  he  was  the  author  of  the  Farmers  Calendar  \\\  Kob'rtB.  Thomas's  Old  Fanners' 
Almanac  for  lifty-two  years,  from  18b4  to  1856,  the  matter  for  two  years  being  left 
in  MS.  at  Ids  decease.  A  memoir  of  him,  prepared  ehielly  fr.nn  materials  furnished 
by  his  family,  was  read  before  the  N.  K.  Hist.  Gren.  Society,  February  5,  18C2,  by 
Bbeiiezer  Alden,  M.  1).,  of  Randolph,  and  was  printed  the  same  year,  at  Randolph, 
by  Samuel  1'.  Brown  hi  an  octavo  pamphlet  of  8  pages. 


224  Memoir  of  Hon.  Nahum  Mitchell.  [July, 

manifested  much  interest  in  its  success,  its  objects  being  particularly 
congenial  to  his  tastes.  His  history  of  Bridgewater,  published  in 
1840,  is  a  memorial  of  his  unwearied  zeal  in  searching  for  and  bring- 
ing to  light  a  multitude  of  facts  relative  to  the  early  settlement  of  the 
town.  Its  long  lists  of  genealogies  of  the  original  proprietors,  early 
settlers,  and  residents  of  the  territory,  must  have  cost  him  great  labor. 
Probably  no  man  now  living  could  begin  at  the  foundation,  and  bring 
out  an  equal  amount  of  facts  relative  to  the  early  history  of  Bridge- 
water.  This  certainly  is  said  without  intending  to  disparage  any 
who  are  engaged  in  similar  investigations;  but  when  we  consider 
that  the  subject  of  this  brief  memoir  was  probably  engaged  in  this 
work  at  least  forty  years;  that  he  had  conversed  in  his  youthful  days 
with  men  who  had  well  known  some  of  the  first  dwellers  in  the 
town;  and  that  he  was  in  the  constant  practice  of  treasuring  up  facts 
that  had  never  before  been  recorded  except  in  tenacious  memories, 
the  statement  will  readily  be  believed. 

Although  so  fond  of  devoting  a  portion  of  his  time  to  research 
among  the  relics  of  the  past  he  seemed  not  in  the  least  indifferent  to 
the  present,  but  to  hail  all  real  improvements  with  pleasure.  Call- 
ing upon  him  a  few  days  before  his  decease  I  found  him  busily  en- 
gaged in  perusing  one  of  the  recent  periodicals  of  the  day. 

On  the  first  of  August,  1853,  Judge  Mitchell  left  home  apparently 
in  good  health,  to  attend  the  celebration  in  Plymouth  of  the  two 
hundred  and  thirty-third  anniversary  of  the  embarkation  of  the  Pil- 
grims at  Delft  Haven.  Arriving  at  the  railroad  station  in  Plymouth 
he  was  met  with  the  congratulations  of  his  mauy  friends,  and 
had  the  prospect  of  enjoying  a  cheerful  day  in  the  commemoration 
of  those  good  men  to  whom  principle  was  dearer  than  life,  and  whose 
memory  he  had  materially  assisted  to  embalm.  He  passed  from  the 
depot  towards  the  place  of  meeting,  when  putting  his  hand  to  his 
pocket  he  found  that  his  pocket-book  containing  $150  and  several 
valuable  private  papers  had  been  stolen.  The  sudden  shock  to  his 
feelings  was  too  great  at  his  advanced  age  for  nature  to  sustain. 
He  fainted,  fell,  and  was  carried  into  the  house  of  the  late  William 
Davie,  Esq.,  his  grandson,  but  human  aid  was  of  no  avail,  and  in  a 
few  moments  his  spirit  passed  away.  His  funeral  services  were  per- 
formed in  the  First  Parish  meeting  house  in  East  Bridgewater,  where 
through  the  greater  part  of  his  life  lie  had  been  a  constant  worship- 
per, by  the  pastor,  Rev.  Joseph  11.  Phipps,  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
company  of  neighbors  and  friends  who  had  assembled  to  pay  their 
tribute  to  departed  worth. 

The  natal  year  and  town  of  Judge  Mitchell  also  gave  birth  to  sev- 
eral others,  his  intimate  friends,  who  though  in  a  less  extended 
sphere,  were  estimable,  useful  men.  It  is  well  known  that  within 
the  same  twelvemonth  across  the  sea,  Napoleon  Bonaparte,  Welling- 
ton and  Mehemet  Ali  were  born  warriors,  destined,  by  their  energies, 
to  move  the  world.  The  honored  subject  of  this  sketch,  never  figuring 
in  camp  or  court,  we  are  pleased  to  remember  as  pre-eminently  a 
man  of  peace.  The  memory  of  his  valued  counsels,  his  genial  coun- 
tenance, his  active  career,  and  his  lively  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
society,  induce  us  to  say  in  the  words  of  the  Musical  Review: 
"The  name  of  Nahum  Mitchell  will  long  be  remembered  and  associ- 
ated with  the  good  and  the  talented." 


1864.]  Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  225 


RECORDS  OF  WETHERSFIELD,  CONN. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  Royal  R.  Hinman,  A.  M.,  of  New  York.] 
Continued  from  Page  181. 

Hooker,  Doct.  Daniel.  Is.  of,  by  Sarah,  his  wife, — Susanna,  b.  Apl 
14,  1708  ;  Daniel,  Feb.  22,  '10  ;  Sarah,  Sept.  10,  1713. 

Hanmer,  Francis.  Is.  of,  by  Hannah,  his  wife, — Mary,  b.  in  Bos- 
ton, July,  *  *  1706  ;  Francis,  June  15,  1709  ;  Mrs.  H.  d.  Dec.  18, 
1745. 

Hanmer,  Francis  and  Elizabeth  Curtiss,  were  m.  May  4,  1731.  Is. 
John,  b.  Aug.  2,  '31  ;  Elizabeth,  Aug.  16, '33  ;  Abigail,  July  13, 
'35  ;  Francis,  Mar.  23,  '39  ;  Samuel,  Apl.  16,  '41  ;  Anne,  Aug.  9,  43  ; 
Lucy,  Nov.  4,  '45  ;  James,  Dec.  10.  '47  ;  Hannah,  Apl.  21,  '50  ;  Mar- 
tha, Jan.  6,  1753. 

Hanmer,  James  and  Elizabeth  Ayrault,  were  m.  May  5,  1767.  Is. 
James,  b.  Aug.  18,  '67  ;  Elizabeth,  Jan.  4,  '69  ;  Polly,  Oct.  5,  '70  ; 
Lydia,  July,  10,  ;72  ;  John,  July  30,  '74,  and  d.  Oct.  10,  75  ;  Patty, 
Feb.  25,  '76  ;  John  Feb.  25,  '78  ;  Clara,  Feb.  5,  '80  ;  Abigail,  Dec. 
27, '81;  Lydia,  Jan.  3, '84;  Morgan,  Feb.  18, '86;  Lucy,  July,  25, 
1788.     Mr.  H.  d.  Dec.  2,  1789. 

Hamond,  Thomas.  Is.  of,  by  Jane,  his  wife, — Thomas,  Aug.  14, 
'37;  Samuel,  Apl.  2,  1745. 

Hogens,  James.  Is.  of,  by  Mary,  his  wife, — James,  b.  Mar.  14,  1735. 

Hatch,  Zephaniah  and  Esther  Dickinson,  were  in.  Dec.  5,  1751. 
Luce,  b.  May  6,  '52;  Jerusha,  June  11,  755;  James,  Oct.  26,  '57; 
Moses,  Mar.  15,  '60;  Mary,  Apl.  13,  '62;  John.  Aug.  22,  64;  Simeon, 
Nov.  26,  '66;  Samuel,  July  19,  '68;  Levi,  Oct.  13,  '70;  Father,  Sept. 
10,  '72;  Elias,  Mar.  19,  '74;  Daniel,  Aug.  26,  1778. 

Hatch,  Levi  and  Mury  Crane,  were  m.  Dec.  7,  1794.  Is.  Samuel, 
b.  July,  15,  '95,  and  d.  July  18,  1798. 

Hatch,  James  and  Mehitabel  Adams,  were  m.  Mar.  16,  1780.  Is. 
Jerusha, -b.  May  23, '81;  Mehitabel,  Aug.  3,  '83;  George,  July  15, 
'85;  Sarah  Kilburn,  John,  Sept.  21,  1791. 

Horner,  Thomas  and  Phebe  Clark,  were  m.  Jan.  4,  1739.  Is. 
Thomas,  b.  Sept.  29. '43;  William,  Sept.  23,  '45;  Mary,  Sept.  24, 
'47;  George,  Oct.  12,  '49;  Phebe,  June  10,  51;  Margaret,  Dec.  16 
'54;  Judith,  Apl.  28,  1757. 

Hinsdel,  Joseph.  Is.  of,  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife, — Abel,  b.  June  20 
'50;  William,  Feb.  16,  1752. 

Horsford,  Aaron.  Is.  of,  by  Esther,  his  wife. — Aaron,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1772;  Clarissa,  July  19,  '77;  'Esther,  April  6,  '79;  Othniel,  June  25, 
'87;  Harley,  Jan.  2,  1791. 

Hart,  Josiah  and  Abigail  Sluman,  were  m.  *  *  *     Is. — Abigail,    b. 
Feb.  3,  1766;  Josiah,  Dec.  10,  '68,  and  d.  15  Jan.  '69;   Hannah,  24  ** 
'69;  Emily,  Feb.  3,  '71;  Josiah  Sluman,  Jan.  10, '73;  William,  Mar.  4 
'75;  Thomas,  Dec.  14,  '76.     M".  A.  H.  d.  June  10,  '77.     J.  H.  and  wid. 
Abigail  Harris,  were  m.  *  *  *.     Is. — Betsey,  b.  Dec.  22,  1778. 

Hascall,  Squire  and  Esther  Humphry,  were  m.  *  *.  Is. — Mary  b 
Oct.  29,  1789;  Joseph,  Feb.  1,  1792. 


Boston  Items,  1709.— "  A  few  days  ago,  died  at  her  son's  in  this 
Town,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Austin,  widow,  aged  94  Years.  She  retained  an 
unusual  Sprightliness  of  Mind  and  Body  till  upwards  of  Ninety — 
was  Daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel  Sprague  of  Maiden,  and  Grand-daughter 
of  Mr.  Richard  Sprague,  one  of  the  three  Brothers,  whom  Governor 
Hutchinson  mentions  in  his  History  of  the  Massachusetts,  as  sent 
by  Mr.  Endicott,  to  explore  the  Country  Westward  of  Charles  River 
in  1628. 

Thursday  Evening  [Nov.  10]  Mr.  John  Singleton  Copley,  was 
married  to  Miss  Sukey  Clarke,  Daughter  of  Richard  Clarke,  Esq.; 

Same  Evening,  was  married,  Mr.  Joshua  Henshaw,  Jim.,  to  Miss 
Katherine  Hill,  Daughter  of  John  Hill,  Esq."— Massachusetts  Gazdie, 
Boston  Monday  Nov.  20,  1709. 


226  Records  of  Wethersfield,   Conn.  [July> 

i 

Ingraham,  James  and  Martha  Brewer,  were  m.  June  0,  1738.  Is. — 
Martha,  b.  Mar.  24,  '40;  James,  Feb.  9,  1741. 

Janes,  Benjamin.  Is.  of,  by  Hannah,  his  wife. — Hannah  and  IIcp- 
zcba,  b.  June  10,  1710. 

Jennings,  Simeon  and  Elizabeth  Kilbey,  were  m.  Dec.  13,  1764. 
Is.— Mehetabel,  b.  April  26,  '65;  Simeon,  Oct.  17,  1700. 

Kirby,  John.  Is.  of,  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife. — Hannah,  b.  Mar.  2, 
1649;  John  and  Eunice,  Dec.  18,  Nov.  51. 

Kirbee,  Joseph  and  Sarah  Mackcoon,  were  m.  Dec.  10,  1081. 

Kilborne,  John.  Is.  of,  by  Naomy,  his  wife. — John,  b.  Jan.  15, 
1051;  Serg.  J.  K.  d.  April  9,  1703,  about  80  years  of  age. 

Kilborne,  John  aud  Susanah,  his  wife,  were  in.  Mar.  4,  1073.  Is. — 
Susanah,  b.  Feb.  4,  '74,  and  d.  May  7,  85;  John,  Oct.  30,  '70;  Ebene- 
zer,  Mar.  11,  '79;  Jonathan,  Sept.  7, '81;  Benj".  Mar. -30,  1684. 

Kilburne,  Ebenezer  and  Grace,  dan.  of  Peter  Bulkley,  were  m.  Sept. 
20,  1092.  Is.— Grace,  b.  June  25,  '93;  Ebenezer,  Mar.  27,  '90;  Elea- 
zer,  July  20,  '98;  Josiah,  June  8,  1702;  Daniel,  May  5,  '05;  Marga- 
rett,  Oct.  4, '07;  Sarah,  April  13,  '10;  George,  April  24,  1712.  Capt. 
E.  K.  d.  Dec.  1G,  1711. 

Kilburne,  Joseph  and  Dorothy,  dau.  of  deac.  Sam1.  Butler,  were  m. 
June  4,  1090.  Is.— Dorothy,  b.  April  17,  '97;  Joseph,  July  9,  1700. 
Jonathan,  Mar.  17,  '04;  James,  April  13,  '07.  M™.  D.  K.  d.  July  19, 
'09.  J.  K.  and  Hester,  dau.  of  Jacob  Gibbs  of  Winsor,  were  m.  June 
29,  '10.  Is.— Benjamin,  b.  July  27,  '11,  aud  d.  Jan.  14,  '12;  Hester, 
Aug.  4,  '13;   Elizabeth,  Oct.  19,  '10;  Mary,  Feb.  9,  1720. 

Kilburn,  George  and  Abigail,  dau.  of  Capt.  Th°.  Attwood,  were  m. 
May  10,  1689.  Is.— George,  b.  Sept.  14,  '90,  aud  d.  Jan.  5,  1712; 
Israel,  May  5,  '92,  and  lived  7  weeks;  Abigail,  Sept.  5,  '96;  Hezekiah, 
June  24,  1700;  Peletiah,  Feb.  7,  '04;  M'.  G.  K.  d.  Feb.  11,  1741. 

Kilburn,  Abraham  and  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  Goodrich,  were  m.  Oct. 
20,  1099.  Is.— Samuel,  b.  Jan.  25,  1701;  Sarah,  May  0,  '02;  Abra- 
ham, April  12,  08.     Mr.  A.  K.  d.  Mar.  9,  1713. 

Kilborn,  Hezekiah  and  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Capt.  Joseph  Allen,  were 
m.  Dec.  19,  1722.     Is.— Keturah,  b.  Jan.  10,  '24;  Hezekiah,  Feb.  11 
1725. 

Kilborn,  Josiah  and  Ruth,  dau.  of  John  Warner,  were  in.  Nov  27 
1720.     Is.  David,  b.  Dec.  21,  1727. 


1864.]  Origin  of  Woodstock,  Conn.  227 


ORIGIN    OF   WOODSTOCK,   CONN.,    AND   NAMES    OF   FIRST 

PLANTERS. 
[Communicated  by  Rkv.  Adnkr  Morse,  A.  M.,  of  Boston.] 

By  the  generous    aid  of  Hon.  Joseph  McClellan,  of  Woodstock,  I 
am    enabled  to  furnish  the  following  items  for  the  Register : 

Oct.  17,  1683,  Win.  Parke,  John  Boulds,  Joseph  Grigs,  John  Rug- 
gles  and  Edward  Morris,  selectmen  of  Roxbury,  in  behalf  of  the 
town,  petitioned  the  General  Court  of  Mass.,  for  a  grant  of  laud 
"  to  be  laid  out  about  Quialtessett  to  the  quantity  of  seven  miles 
square,"  and  the  Court,  Nov.  7,  1683,  granted  their  request,  provid- 
ed that  the  grant  to  Maj.  Thompson,  Mr.  Stoughton,  Mr.  Dudley  and 
Co.,  should  be  first  chosen  before  June  10,  1084:  that  thirty  families 
be  settled  upon  the  tract,  within  three  years  from  the  date  of  the 
grant,  and  that  "  they  maintained  an  able,  orthodox  godly  minister." 
Oct.  1684,  Roxbury  "  impowered  Lieut.  Samuel  Ruggles,  Johu 
Ruggles,  sen.,  John  Curtice,  and  Isaac  Morris,  to  view  the  wilder- 
ness, and  find  a  convenient  place  where  they  might  take  up  the 
above  said  grant.  They  reported  such  a  place  in  the  Wassaquasett 
country,  westward  of  Moyanekesett  river.  Other  customary  proceed- 
ings, such  as  the  survey  and  confirmation  of  the  grant  doubtless, 
followed.  It  included  until  1713,  what  is  now  Woodstock,  first  call- 
ed New  Roxbury,  and  Pomfret  originally  Mashamugget.  The  abori- 
ginal name  of  Woodstock  was  Wossaquasett. 

April  5,  1686.  Several  planters  and  settlers  took  actual  possession; 
and  lots  were  first  assigned  as  follows  : 
No.  1.  To  Thos  and  Joseph  Bacon,  No  20,  To  Nath'l  Johnson, 
in  company,  "  21,   "  John  Ilubbards, 

11    2,  ''  James  Corbin, 

"    3,   "  Reserved  for  a  Minister, 

"     4,  M  Benj.   Sabin, 

11    5,  "  Henry  Bowing, 

"    6,   "  Thos.  Lyon, 

"    7,  "  Ebenezer  Morris, 

"    8,   "  Mathew  Davis, 

"     9,   "  Win.  Lyon,  sen.,  and 
Ebenezer  Cass,  in  Co., 

"  10,   "  John  Chandler,  sen., 

"  11,  "  Peter  Aspinwall, 

"  12,   "  John  Frizell, 

"  13,   "  Joseph  Frizell, 

"  14,   "  Jona.  Meathus, 

"  15,  "  John  Butcher, 

"  16,   "  Jona.  Davis, 

"  17,   "  Jona.  Peak, 

"  18,   "  Nathan'l  Gasey,  [Gansey] 

"  19,   "  John  Bowing, 

The  above  forty  persons  were  all  from   Roxbury,   except  James 


It 

22, 

"  George  Grigs, 

tt 

23, 

"  Benj.  Grigs, 

tt 

24, 

"  Win,  Lyou,  jun., 

" 

25, 

*'  John  Levans, 

11 

26, 

"  Nathan'l  Sanger, 

" 

27, 

"  Samuel  Scarbrough, 

(1 

28, 

"  Samuel  Craft, 

" 

29, 

11  Samuel  May, 

It 

30, 

"  Joseph  Bugbes, 

it 

31, 

"  Samuel  Peacocke, 

a 

32, 

"  Arthur  Humphrey, 

<  i 

33, 

"  John  Bugbe, 

" 

34, 

"  John  Ruggles, 

" 

35, 

"  Andrew  Watkins, 

(( 

36, 

"  John  Mercy, 

tt 

37, 

"  Edward  Morris, 

(i 

38, 

"  Joseph  Peake, 

(( 

39, 

"  Joliu  Holmes, 

228  Reminiscences.  [July, 

Corbin,  Potcr  Aspinwall,  John  Butcher,  and  John  Holmes.  They  were 
afterwards  joined  by  many  others  from  Roxbury.  Woodstock  belong- 
ed to  Massachusetts,  until  1749;  and  was  included  in  Suffolk  county 
until  1131,  and  in  Worcester  County,  1731-49. 


REMINISCENCES. 

[Communicated  by  Thomas  C.  Amory,  Jim.,  A.  M.,  of  Boston.] 

The  following  articles  were  found  among  the  papers  of  an  elderly 
lady,  formerly  residing  in  Salem,  Mass.,  now  deceased. 

fi  In  my  young  days,  I  met  at  the  house  of  a  relative,  the  French 
General  Rochambeau,  who  held  the  office  of  Engineer  in  chief,  un- 
der President  Washington,  as  a  reward  for  his  signal  services,  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

He  was  on  a  tour  of  duty,  to  inspect  the  Harbours,  Forts,  and 
defences  of  the  Union  ;  and  was  introduced  to  my  kinsman  Captain 
John  Gibaut,  who  was  a  skillful  mathematician,  and  a  gentleman  of 
education.  He  was  at  this  time  commander  of  an  Indiaman  belong- 
ing to  his  uncle  Elias  Hasket  Derby,  Esq.,  and  was  the  first  Ameri- 
can Navigator,  who  introduced  the  practice  of  Lunar  observations,  into 
tins  country.  The  General  came  to  request  the  services  of  Captain 
Gibaut,  in  the  survey  and  inspection  of  the  Forts,  Harbour  and 
capabilities  of  defence  of  the  town  of  Salem  and  its  vicinity,  and 
lie  wished  to  have  a  chart  drawn,  of  the  same  ;  which  Mr.  Gibaut, 
with  the  aid  of  the  late  Dr.  Bowditch,  than  a  young  man,  engaged 
to  complete,  should  his  short  stay  at  home  enable  him  to  perfect  the 
work.  I  well  recollect,  their  survey  of  the  town,  and  their  plans 
being  drawn  at  the  house  of  my  aunt.  Mr.  Gibaut's  departure  for 
India  left  the  work  incomplete.  But  this,  as  you  will  find  in  the 
life  of  the  late  Dr.  Bowditch,  was  the  original  of  the  chart  of  this 
vicinity,  afterwards  finished  by  him,  from  more  accurate  surveys. 

Capt.  Henry  Prince,  another  of  our  India  ship  masters,  had  the 
good  fortune  to  obtain  the  young  Mr.  Bowditch  as  his  clerk  and  as- 
sistant; he  was  lying  in  the  roads  of  Manilla,  where  an  English  frigate 
was  stationed  near  his  ship.  The  officers  of  which,  in  an  exchange  of 
civilities,  visited  the  Americans  ;  and  discoursing  on  the  recent 
improvements  in  navigation,  mentioned  the  Lunar  observation  as 
being  the  most  important,  and  "supposed  the  Americans  had  never 
heard  of  it."  Capt.  Prince  in  reply,  called  to  "  Jack,"  his  black 
cook,  to  come  foward,  and  bid  him  take  his  slate  and  pencil,  and 
work  a  Lunar  observation  which  he  did,  in  presence  of  these  officers 
to   their  complete  astonishment. 

Capt.  Prince  then  told  them  that  he  had  not  a  single  sailor  on 
board  his  ship,  who  could  not  do  the  same,  such  had  been  the  exam- 
ple and  industry  of  Mr.  Bowditch,  in  bestowing  instruction  to  the 
whole  ships  company.  This  relation  I  think  you  will  find  in  the  life 
of  this  great  man;  if  not,  it  is  well  authenticated  in  this  City." 

(Signed)  Sarah   Dunlap. 


1864.]  Reminiscences.  229 

Recollections  of  a  Southern  Tour  in  1830. — When  I  found  myself 
seated  on  the  sofa  in  the  family  parlour  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  and  he  was  seated  by  my  side,  in  his  arm  chair,  like  an  old 
man,  with  his  large  cup  of  tea  in  his  hand,  and  entertaining  me,  with 
the  familiar  circumstances  of  his  life,  I  cannot  say  that  I  was  less  at 
my  ease,  than  I  should  have  been  in  the  same  domestic  sort  of  con- 
versation with  my  uncle or  any  other  aged  gentleman. 

He  told  me,  that  he  was  obliged  to  return  to  his  own  estate  in 
Tennessee,  (after  Congress  had  risen  in  the  first  session  of  his  ad- 
ministration,) for  that  the  sufferings  of  the  inhabitants  and  domestic 
animals,  for  want  of  water,  were  beyond  description  and  required 
every  assistance,  which  could  be  given  them.  And  the  feeling  of 
commiseration,  with  which  this  was  told,  sufficiently  attested  his 
sympathy,  and 'his  exertions  for  their  relief.  The  kindly  affections 
of  the  master  and  landholder  were  here  apparent.  He  wore  spec- 
tacles, and  remarked  on  the  extreme  defect  of  his  sight,  and  stated 
that  it  arose  from  his  having  written  more  in  the  dark,  in  a  cer- 
tain year  — I  think  of  the  Seminole  war,  —  than  he  had  previously 
written  in  his  whole  life.  That  he  was  obliged  to  write,  and  that  no 
light  in  the  night  time,  could  be  procured.  This  unbending  of  the 
mind  in  the  familiarities  of  domestic  life,  was  very  attractive.  He 
kindly  inquired,  When  we  arrived  ?  where  we  had  been  ?  what  wo 
had  seen  ?  and  suggested,  that  we  ought  partieularly  to  examine 
the  library  of  the  Capitol  ;  that  the  next  was  the  public  day-of-the- 
week  of  its  exhibition,  which  was  well  worth  our  remaining  to  visit. 
Of  the  dome  of  the  Capitol,  he  expressed  his  dislike,  said  he  was 
told  it  was  not  true  to  architectural  rules  ;  that  it  reminded  him  of 
a  vast  punch  bowl,  turned  upside  down.  "But,"  said  he  "you  must 
see  the  East  Room." 

Two  servants  led  the  van,  bearing  brandies  of  lights  before  us. 
After  giving  a  general  view  to  all  the  splendors  collected  in  that 
vast  saloon,  which  will  entertain  fifteen  hundred  persons,  General 
Green  observed  to  him  —  while  we  were  standing  grouped  towards 
the  head  of  this  grand  apartment,  surveying  its  length,  its  breadth, 
its  decorations,  and  its  elegancies,  and  I  was  resting  my  hand  on 
the  President's  arm,  which  he  had  courteously  offered  me,  in  conduct- 
ing me  into  these  State  apartments  —  that  "  The  first  bal  I  Mrs. 

ever  attended,  was  one  given  to,  President  Washington  on  his  visit 
to  Salem,  when  on  his  northern  tour."  "Yes  sir,"  I  observed  in 
reply,  "and  I  remember  the  same  as  perfectly,  as  if  it  were  now  pre- 
sent before  me.  I  was  very  young,  and  on  this  occasion  was  permitted 
to  go  to  behold  the  President.  I  was  seated  on  the  upper  seat,  which 
overlooked  the  whole  assembly.  The  Hall  appeared  to  me  about 
two-thirds  the  size  of  this.  It  was  a  long  room,  brilliantly  lighted, 
with  three  ranges  of  seats,  one  above  the  other.  There  were  three 
hundred  ladies  present,  richly  dressed,  and  decorated  to  do  honour  to 
the  occasion.  At  the  head  of  the  hall,  was  plaeed  an  arm  chair  for  the 
President,  on  each  side  of  which  were  two  of  the  most  prominent 
ladies  of  the  place,  Madam  P.  and  Madam  D.  in  waiting  to  receive  him. 

"  A  short  time  before  the  entrance  of  the  President,  one  of  the 
gentlemen  ushers  requested  that,  when  Genl.  Washington  should 
enter  the  Hall,  every  Lady  should  arise  and  make  him  an  obeisance; 

18 


230  Prolixity  in  Historical  Addresses.  [July, 

and  when  he  did  enter,  dressed  in  a  suit  of  black  velvet,  with  his 
hair  powdered — which  was  the  fashion  of  that  day;  with  his  dignified 
and  noble  figure,  his  fine  expression  and  venerable  countenance  ; 
bowing  on  every  side,  followed  by  a  train  of  gentlemen,  who  accom- 
panied him,  with  all  the  authorities  and  citizens  of  the  place,  all  the 
Ladies  arose,  and  evey  head  and  heart  present  bowed  to  him  as  tho 
savior  of  his  country.  It  was  a  most  imposing  scene.  No  one  present 
will  ever  forget  it.  We  thought  and  felt,  as  if  he  was  something 
above  mortalily.  I  have  never  seen  a  painting,  print  or  stamp  of 
Washington,  however  course  or  rough,  that  did  nut  bear  a  striking 
resemblance  of  him.  The  scene  is  as  present  with  me  as  if  it  were 
now  passing."  What  could  have  tempted  me  to  portray  this  scene 
to  the  President  of  this  great  nation  I  cannot  tell.  It  was  with- 
out intention  or  premeditation.  I  was  borne  on  by  an  association,  I 
neither  analyzed  or  resisted  ;  and  when  I  ceased  speaking,  and  was 
brought  back  to  the  presence  in  which  I  stood,  and  found  myself  still 
leaning  on  President  Jackson's  arm,  with  his  and  General  Green's 
sparkling  eyes  fixed  intently  on  my  countenance,  and  found  that 
they  had  been  borne  along  with  me  in  this  reminiscence  of  youth — 
not  a  remark  was  made,  not  a  word  was  spoken;  we  resumed 
our  promenade,  and  it  was  the  first  moment  that  I  felt  disconcerted. 
From  this  apartment,  we  were  conducted  into  the  audience  room  for 
foreign  ministers,  furnished  in  a  more  gorgeous  manner,  with  hang- 
ings of  crimson,  satin  damask  and  Gobelin  tapestry  carpet,  the  first 
gloss  of  which  had  been  worn  off,  as  it  was  furnished  by  President 
Munroe,  sold  to  yjr.  Adams,  and  repurchased  by  General  Jackson. 
He  told  me  that  the  chairs  and  sofas  of  this  apartment,  cost  more 
than  the  whole  furnishing  of  the  East  Room,  of  which  every  article 
was  procured  in  Philadelphia,  and  cost  short  of  nine  thousand  dollars. 
We  left  Washington  the  next  morning  and  on  the  Sunday  after,  Oct. 
17th,  1830,  arrived  home. 


Prolixity  in  Historical  Addresses. — The  following  is  one  of  the 
most  pleasing  satires  we  have  ever  met  with, — though  perhaps  not 
intended  as  such, — on  those  verbose  orators  who  make  long  pream- 
bles to  their  historical  discourses,  wearying  their  hearers  before 
reaching  the  legitimate  subject  matter  of  the  occasion.  It  is  from 
the  Rev.  Edmund  B.  Willson's  Centennial  Address  at  Petersham, 
Mass.,  July  4,  1854.  "  I  desire  to  waste  no  moments  of  these  pre- 
cious hours — of  which  there  will  not  be  enough — in  superfluous  sen- 
tences of  introduction.  We  are  introduced  already.  The  occasion 
has  introduced  us  to  each  other  and  to  our  subject.**** 

I  am  here,  not  to  choose  what  I  will  say,  but  to  say  that  which  tho 
time  puts  into  my  mouth  ;  that  which  I  have  come  on  purpose  to  say, 
and  you  as  expressly  to  hear.  We  set  apart  this  day  to  one  special 
use  ;  to  commemorate  the  beginning  and  the  history  of  this  town.  For  this 
time,  then,  we  will  assume,  if  you  please,  the  creation  of  the  world  ; 
take  the  flood  for  granted  ;  pass  by  the  discovery  of  America  as  a 
conceded  fact;  and  limit  ourselves  to  a  study  of  the  Chronicles  of 
Petersham"  He  then  proceeds  in  giving  to  his  auditors  one  of  the 
most  interesting  and  instructive  historical  discourses  extant.  It  is 
a  model  production. 


1864.] 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


231 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  DOOP-BOEK,  OR  BAPTISMAL  REGIS- 
TER OF  THE  REFORMED  PROTESTANT  DUTCH  CHURCH 
OF  SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 

[Commuiiicated  by  Prof.  Jonathan  Pearson,  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.] 
Continued  from  Page  150. 

1695.     Juny  xxvi. 
Jacob,  Isak  Swits, 

Susanna  Groot. 
Abraham,     Jan  Pieterse  Mebi, 

Annetje  Bosboom. 
Oct.  ix. 
Engeltje, 


Arent  Vedder, 

Sara  Grout. 

Gerrit  Symonse  [Veeder] 

Autje  Sanders. 


Barent  Wimp, 

folkje  Symonse  [Veeder" 
Catelyntje,  Dirk  Bratt, 

Marietje  Van  Eps. 
1696  Iann  :  viii. 

Syn  dcse  naevolgendc  kinderen  gedoopt. 
Ariaantje,    Gerrit  Symonse  [Veeder]    Pieter  Symonse  [Veeder] 

tryntje  llelmerso  [Otten]  Jannetje  Reyerse  [Schermerh'n] 


Jacobus  Peek, 

Diwer  Glenn. 

Johan  Babtist  Van  Eps, 

Ariaantje  Schermerhoorn. 


Elisabeth, 

David, 

Willem, 

Sara, 

April  xv. 
Jacobus, 


Teunis  Vile, 
Elisabeth  Van  Eps. 

David  Marius  [Marinus] 

Rachel  Hanse  [Toll] 

Willem  haal, 

tryntje  Claase. 

Claas  Graven  [De  Graafj 

Elisabeth  Brouvver. 


Grietje  Van  Slyk, 

Harmanus  Vedder. 
July  I. 
Margrietje,  Johannes  Glenn, 

Diwer  Wendell. 
Harmen,      Arent  Vedder, 

Sara  Groot. 
Sept.  xxix. 
Robbert,      Jonathan  Deyer, 

Maria  Dirks. 


Claas    Laurentse    [Purmerent 

alias  Van  der  Volgcn] 
Elisabeth  Kreigier. 

feitje  Borsboom. 
Harmannus  Vedder, 
Elisabeth  Peek. 
Hendrik  Biouwer, 
Marietje  Borsboom. 

Albert  Vedder, 
Susanna  Van  Slyk. 

Adam  Vrooman, 
Rebecca  Trucks. 
Philip  Groot, 
Aguietje  Vedder. 

Jacobus  Van  Dyk, 
Jacomyntje  Van  Dyk. 


Dec.  xxx. 
Maria, 

Elisabeth, 
Cornelia, 

Jan  Vroman, 

geesie  Simonse  [Veeder] 

Esaias  Swart, 

Eva  Teunise. 

Samuel  Bratt. 
Susanna  Van  Slyk. 

Jannetje  Vroman, 

Jacobus  Peek. 

Maria  Teunise, 

Claas  Laurentse  [Van  der  Vol- 

gen] 
Jannetje  Schermerhoorn. 
Adam  Vroman. 

232 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


[July, 


1697,  April  vi. 


Jacob, 

Iuny  xxx. 
Elisabeth, 


Nov.  x. 
Engeltje, 

Ilenricus, 

Pieter, 

Pieter, 

Nicolaas, 

Grietje, 


Philip  Philipse  [de  More 
Elisabeth  Gansevoort. 

Jacobus  Van  Dyk, 
Jacomine  Glenn. 


Jan  Mebi, 
Annetje  Bosboom. 
Jonatan  Stephens, 
Lea. 

Hendri  Brouwer, 
Marritje  Bosboom. 
Marten  V[an]  Benthuysen, 
feytje    Bosboom. 
Isak  S^wits, 
Susanna  Groot. 
Barent  Wimp, 
Volkje  Simonse  [Veeder] 


Esias  Swart, 
Maria  Glenn. 

Johannes  Glenn, 
Ilendrik  Van  Dyk, 
Diwer  Glen. 

Jacobus  Peek.  [hoorn] 

Jannetje  Reyerse  [Schermer- 
Harmen  V.  Slyk, 
Grietje  Vroman. 

Jan  Babtist  Van  Eps, 
AnuetjeVikele. 


Barent  Wimp, 
Anna  Wimp. 


1698,  April  27. 


Mary, 

I iily  xx. 
Debora, 


Willem  hall, 
Tryntje  Claase. 


Jan  Vroman, 
Aagje  Janse. 


Johannes  Symonse  [Veeder]  Johannes  Glenn, 
Susanna  Wimp.  Divver  Glenn. 

Oct.  xix. 

Elisabeth,  Jeremi  fikston  [Thickstone]  Thomas  Smith, 


Rachel  Hause  [Toll] 
Hendricus,  Gerrit  Simonse  [Veeder] 

CatrinaHelmertse  [Otten" 
Jaques,       Cornelis  Van  Slyk, 

Clara  Janse. 
Anna,  Jonathan  Dayer, 

Maria  Hesling.    « 
Maria,  Dirk  Bratt, 

Maria  Van  Eps. 

Is  gedoopt  een  kint  van  Jan  onoda  en  Susanna,  beyde  proselyten 
[Indians]  en  genoemt  Christine  —  getuygen  syn  geweest  Gideon  en 
Rebecca. 

Dec.  xxviii. 

Simon,         Volkert  Simonse  [Veeder] 

Jannetje  Schcrmerhoorn. 
Jacobus,     Jacobus  Peek, 

Elisabeth  Teunise. 


Antje  Vile. 

Johannes  Simonse  [Veeder] 

Jacomine  Glenn. 

Harmen  Van  Slyk, 

Susanna  Van  Slyk. 

Jan  Lucasse  [Wyngaard] 

Catrina  Vroman. 

gerrit.  Simonse  [Veeder] 

Elisabeth  Van  Eps. 


Gerrit  Simonse  [Veeder] 
folkje  Simonse  [Veeder] 
Esias  Swart, 
Maria  Glenn. 


Van  de  Proselyten  [Indians]  syn  gedoopt  bet  kint  van  Sander  en 
Christine,  en  genoemt  losine,  ook  het  kint  van  Johannes  en  Rebecca, 
en  nu  is  het  genoemt  Marta. 


1864.] 


Extracts  from  the  Doop  Boek. 


233 


By  Dominie  Nucdla  of  Albany. 

Anno  1G99. 

den  1  Septembr  syn  in  Skegtedc  door  Joannes  Petrus  Nucella 
Be  navolgende  kinderen  gedoopt. 


Maria, 

Arent  Vedder, 

Daniel  Janssen  [Van  Antwerpen] 

Sara  Groot. 

Mi 

aria  Groot. 

Joannes, 

Samuel  Brat, 
Susanna  Van  Slyk. 

Maria, 

Adam  Vroomman, 

Joannes  Glen, 

Grietje  Heemstraat. 

Diewer  Wendels. 

Jacobus, 

Adam  Vroomman, 

Tryntje  Borsboom. 

Anna  Borsboom. 

Anno  1700. 

den  9  Jan.  syn  in  Schanegtede  door  J.  P.  Nucella  de  navolgende 
kinderen  gedoopt. 


Susanna, 

Mary, 

Pieter, 

Joannes, 

Engeltje, 

Jacob, 

Maria, 

Joseph, 


Claes  Janssen, 

Ryer  Scbermerhoorn, 

Ariaantje  Scbermerhoorn. 

Claes  Janssen, 

Jamietje  Volckers. 

Phlip  Phlipscn, 

Lysbet  Phlipsen. 

Edwart  Ryrns, 

Betti  Smith. 

Gerrit  Gysbertse  [Van  Brakelj 

Marritje  Pieterssen. 

Albert  Vedder, 

Marytje  Glen. 

Johannes  Peeck. 

Neeltje  Claassen. 


Manasse  Sixberry, 

Pieterje  Janss. 

Cornell's  Slingerland, 

Aeche  Mebi, 

Hendrik  Brouwer, 

Marritje  Borsboom, 

Esaias  Swart, 

Eva  teunissen. 

Onigohcriago, 

Lohwisa. 
Bartholomeg,  Bartholomeg  Pickert, 

Aeche  Claassen.  , 
Johannes,    Cornelis  Van  Slyck, 

Claartje  Brat. 
Adam,  Barent  Vroman, 

tryntje  Heemstraat. 
A°  1100. 

Syn  door  Nucella  de  navolgende  kinderen  alhier  gedoopt. 
den  5  May. 
Johannes,   Jan  Baptist  Van  Eps, 

Helena  Glen. 


Joseph. 

Johannes  Vedder, 

Agnietje  Vedder. 

Gerrit  Symonscn  [Veeder] 

Hillctje  Van  d'Linde. 

Adam  Vroman, 

Grietje  Vroman. 


Rebecca,      Abraam  Groot, 

Hestertje  Visschers. 
Helena,")  ,      r        Hermanus Vedder, 
feytje.    j  twelin^  Grietje  Van  Slyck. 


Johannis  Sanderssen  Glen, 
Gysbert  Van  Braackel, 
Elisabet  Janss. 
Philip  Groot, 
Rebecca  truex. 
Arent  Vedder,  Sara  Groot, 
Cornelis  Van  Slyck,  Hilletje 
Cornelis. 


234 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


[July, 


Catalyntje 

,  Martin  Van  Benthuyseu, 

Claes  fransen  [Van  de  Bogart] 

i'eytjc  Borsboom. 

Barbara  Heemstraat. 

Jacobus, 

Jellis  Van  Vorst, 

Dirrick  Brat, 

Elisabet  Van  Eps. 

Maria  Van  Eps. 

Maria, 

Jan  Mebi, 

Jacobus  Van  Dyck. 

Anna  Borsboom. 

Sara  Peeck. 

Dina, 

Jonathan  Steevens, 

Adam  Vrooman, 

Lea  [Claese] 

Grietje  Van  Slyck, 

Claes, 

Philip  Philipscn, 

Cornelis  file  [Viele] 

Elisabet  Gansevoort. 

Volkje  Symonse  [Veeder] 

Lowisa, 

Onigogriage, 

Lowisa. 

Maset. 

Mary, 

Casseron, 

Cauastatsie. 

Mary  Groot.    ' 

Hendrick, 

Annigagtahouwe, 

Anna. 

Cathryn. 

Dese  dr 

y  laaste  syn  kinderen  (van 

proselyten)  [Indiansj 

By  Dominie  Barnhardus  Freer-man,  the  second  settled  Minister  of  the  Church. 
A°  1700.     Syn  gedoopt  door  B.  freerman. 


28  Julius. 

Abraham, 

Carel  h  an  sen, 

Arent  Vedder. 

Lysabet  Rinkhouts, 

Sara  Groot. 

Anna, 

Albert  Vedder, 

harm  an  Vedder, 

Maria  Glen; 

Dieuer  Wendell. 

Anna, 

Thomas  Smit, 

Cornelis  Viele, 

Maria  Kobus. 

Dieuer  van  Petten. 

Suster, 

Cornelis  Viele, 

Douwe  Oukes, 

Dieuer  van  Petten. 

Suster  Bous. 

AugtLs  ii. 

Johannes, 

Jan  lench, 

Janncs  frooman, 

Ellyaen  Jans. 

Geese  Simons  [Vedder] 

Dito  18. 

Aryacntje,  Volkert  Simonscn  [Veeder]  Rcyer  Schermerhorn, 
Jannetje  Schermerhorn.       Aryantje  Brat. 

Primo  Sept. 

Maria,         Pieter  Mangelse, 

Jannetje  du  Scheen. 
klaas,  William  haen  [Hall] 

tryntje  klaas. 
Douw,  Jelles  vonda, 

Rachel  VVinne. 
kind  der  proseliten  [Indians] 
Christina,    esseron. 
Dauid,  Adam, 

Unisse. 
Abraham,    Brant, 

Margrita. 
Nota.     dit  sjn  wilde  namen. 


Jacobus  Van  Dyk, 
Maria  bocke. 
kornelius  Slingerlant, 
Grytje  takel  [Heemstraat] 
Douwe  vonda, 
Rebecka  Jansen. 

kanderagtaharre. 

Senooqqura, 

Anna. 

Saquainwaragton, 

Zara. 


1864.] 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


235 


29  Sept. 
Anna. 


Gysbert  Verbraak, 
helena  Sanders  glen. 
Dirk  Groot, 
Dieuer  Wendell. 


Dirk  Arentse  brat, 
Maria  Brat. 
Simon,         Simon  Groot, 

Geertruy  Rinkhout. 

Proseljten  [Indians] 

Den  5  oktober  zyn  4  personen  indianen  tot  het  christen  Geloof  an- 
genomen  na  dat  sy  den  duuel  en  afgoden  zyn  afgegaen  en  de  12  arti- 
klen  u jt  gods  wort  geleert  beleden  en  beloft  godsalig  to  leuen  en 
haer  kinders  daer  bi  op  te  voden  en  mede  gedoopt  en  de  getuigen 
hebben  belooft  het  oog  daerop  to  hebben  so  ueel  haer  vermogen  was 
en  syn  haer  namen  als  volgt. 

Proseliten. 
Ouders.  Getuigen. 

Hendrik. 
Maria.  Josephus. 

hindrik. 
Zara,  Josephus. 

Zara. 
Maria,  Canastade. 

Arie,  Rachel. 

Catrina.  Marta. 


Namen. 

Arie, 

Zara, 

Maria, 

Catrina, 

Jannes, 

Rachel, 

kornelus, 

hendrik, 

oktob  27. 
Engeltje, 


Johannes  Simonsen[Volker]  Barent  Wemp, 

Susanne  Wemp.  Veedertje  Simonse  [Veeder] 


Nouemb  3 
Pieter, 


Lowys  Viele,  Lourens  klaessen  [van  der 

Maria  freer.  Jackameintje  Glen.   [Volgen] 

Nouemb  10 

Anna,    klaes  fransen  (van  der  bogart)  tierk  fransen  [Vander  Bogart] 


Barber  heemstraet. 


Decemb  21. 

hindrik,        tosistaron, 

Aaron,  tagowasce, 

Rachel,        

Margrieta,  horide, 
Catrina,       Naetzioni, 
Jackementje,  Ryaendc, 
Maria,  Cristina, 

Decembr  25. 
Elisabet,      0  (sic) 
Christina,    Elisabet, 

Laurens. 
Jackameintje,  Elisabet, 

Lourens. 
Margrieta,  Elisabet, 

Lourens. 


tryutje  fransen  [  do  ] 


Proseliten. 


hindrik. 

Joseph. 

Martha. 

Jakkemeintje, 

Catrina. 

Jackemeintje. 

Maria. 

Rachel. 
Jakkemeintje. 


Margrita. 


236 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


[July, 


Jan  Lenksen, 
Barber  beemstraet. 

Johannes  Glen, 
Dieuertje  Wendel. 

Gerrit  Simonsen  [Veeder] 
Maria  Swart. 


Decembr  22. 

Bartholomeus,  Adam  Vroman, 

Margrita  Hoemstraet. 
Decembr  25. 
Maria,        .  Johannes  teller, 

Susanna  Wendel. 
Decembr  29. 
Anna,  Jelles  De  lagransi, 

Jannetji  Molenaer. 

A°  1701,  Janw:  1. 

Simon,         Gerit  Symonsen  [Veeder]     Volkert  Simonsen  [Veeder] 

trjntje  helmers  [Otten]         Catalein  Schermerhorn. 
Dito  5. 
Ilindrik,      BarentWemp,  Peiter  Symonsen  [Veeder] 

Volkye  Symonsen  [Veeder]  Jannetye  Schermerhorn. 
fbr  9. 
Adriaen,      kornelis  V  Slyk,  manus  Vedder, 

klaertje  Brat.  JaDnetje  Vroman. 

Dito  23. 
Nickolaes,  Bartholomeus  Pikkerft]       Evaklaese  [the  mother  of  the 

Johannes  Wemp  [sponsor]  Geertru  [Van]  Slyk.      [child. 


2  Maert. 
Maria, 


April  7. 
Hester, 


Jan  Danielse  [Van  Antwerpen]  Daniel  Jansen  [Van  Ant- 


angenita  Vedders. 


werpen] 
Maria  Groot. 


Abraham  Groot, 
Hester  Vischers. 

Mey  29. 

kornelia,      Steven  Bedie, 
Maria  Pootman. 

Juni  1. 

katarina,      Jan  Vroman, 

Gesa  Simons  [Veeder] 

Dito  8. 

Arent,  Beniamin  linne  [Lienyn] 

i'eitje  Jonkers. 

Den  13  Juli. 

Susanna,      Arent  Veeder, 

Zara  Groot. 
Wilhelmus.Manassa  Sixberge, 

kornelis  V  Slyk  [sponsor]    Jaunetje  Vroman. 
Sept.  28. 
Zara,  Jonathan  Deyer, 

Maria  Dirksen. 
Nouemb. 
Johannes,    Jelles  Van  Vorst, 

Lysebit  Uan  Neps. 
Meindert,     Johannes  Wemp, 

Catalcjn  Schermerhorn. 


Symon  Groot, 
Maria  Groot. 

Arent  Pootman, 
Tryntje  Helmers  [Otten] 

Pieter  Simons  [Veeder] 
Susanna  Meiuderts  Wemp. 

Daniel  Mesgreve, 
Eva  Meby. 

Isaak  Swits, 

Susanna  Groot. 

Pietertje  Jonkers  [mother] 


Jan  Vroman, 
Eitye  Dirkse. 

Jan  Van  Neps. 
Zara  Van  Neps. 
Johans  sanders  glen, 
Diuhrtje  Wendel. 


1S64.J  New  Brick  Churchy  Boston.  237 

okto  30. 

Debora,        Jermias  dikston  [Thickstone]  kornelis  Switz, 
Rachel  Van  tol.  Anna  Meinders. 

Decemb.  21. 

Cataleintje,Samnel  Brat,  kornelis  V  Slyk, 

Susanna  V  Slyk.  Diver  V  Petten. 

Decemb  28. 

Reyer,         Volkert  Simonse  [Vcedcr]  Barcnt  Wemp, 

Jannetjc  Sehermerhorn.  Anna  Meinders. 


NEW  BRICK  CHURCH,  BOSTON. 

List  of  Persons  connected  therewith  from  1722  to   1775.     Compiled 

from  the  Records. 

[Communicated  by  Thomas  15.  Wyman,  Jr.,  Esq.,  of  Charlestowii.] 

Explanation. — The  names  are  arranged  alphabetically,  but  their 
original  order  in  the  three  different  lists,  viz  :  admissions  as  mem- 
bers, owners  of  the  covenant,  and  baptisms,  is  indicated  by  the  num- 
bers prefixed  within  parentheses.  The  items  under  each  surname 
are  arranged  chronologically.  Different  spelling  of  the  surnames  are 
indicated  by  superior  letters,  a,  '',  &c. 

In  1179.  the  New  Brick  Church  which  had  lost  its  Minister,  was 
united  to  the  Old  North  or  Second  Church,  the  meeting  house  of 
which  had  been  destroyed  by  the  British. 

Aish. — (69)  Mary,  widow,  owned  cov.  Jan.  19,  1752.  (842)  Cas- 
tor, bap.  Feb.  23,  1752. 

Alexander.— (227)  Giles,  adm.  Nov.  17,  1771. 

Allen. — (1)  Ebenezer,  bap.  June  3,  1722;  (71)  Elisabeth,  owned 
cov.  Dec.  10,  1752;  (859)  James,  bap.  Dec.  17,  1752;  (905)  Nath- 
aniel, son  of  Mr.  A.  bap.  April  3,  1759;  (925)  Elizabeth,  bap.  Nov. 
16,  1700. 

Archbald" — Archibald.1' — (G2)  Fravcis,u  owned  cov.  May  7,  1749; 
(770)  Mary",  bap.  May  14,  H49;   (811)  Francis,-  bap.  Oct.  21,  1750. 

Arno.— (734)  Dorothy,  bap.  Mar.  13,  1747-8. 

Arnold.— (48)  Mary,  adm.  Nov.  9,  1729. 

Aether.— (885)  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Capt.  A.  bap.     *     *     1755. 

Askk.—  (,222)  Mary,  adm.  June  29,    1766. 

Atkins.— (27)  Henry,  bap.  Nov.  3,  1723;  (83)  Deliverance,  bap. 
Oct.  31,  1725;  (135)  Rebeccah,  by  Mr.  Prime,  bap.  Oct.^29,  1727 - 
(30)  Sarah,  adm.  May  5,  1728;  (148)  Thomas,  bap.  May  5,  1728- 
(149)  Mary,  bap.  May  5,  1728;  (150)  Sarah,  bap.  May  5,  1728;  (181) 
Deliverance,  bap.  July  20,  1729;  (187)  Elizabeth,  Nov.  9,  1729;  (252) 
Eleanor,  bap.  Dec  5,  1731;  (254)  Richard,  bap.  Dec.  19,  1731;  (312) 
Sarah,  bap.  Dec.  9,  1733;  (344)  Timothy,  bap.  Nov.  17,  1734;  (371) 
Mary,  bap.  Sept  21,  1735;  (429)  Ruth,  bap.  Sept.  11,  1737;  (441) 
Alexander,  bap.  Feb.  19,  1737-8;  (489)  Mary,  bap.  Sept.  23,  1739- 
(493)  Gibbs,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Nov.  4,  1739;  (542)  Ann,  bap.  Juno 
28,1741;  (553)  Joseph,  bap.  Nov.  29,  1741;  (588)  Hannah,  bap. 
19  r 


238  Nevi  Brick  Church,  Boston.  [July> 

Nov.  14,  1742;  (608)  Mary,  bap.  Sept.  4,  1743;  (140)  Henry,  and 
(141)  Deliverance,  his  wife,  adm.  Oct.  9,  1743;  (609)  Henry,  Adult, 
bap.  Oct.  9,  1743;  (622)  Nathaniel,  bap.  Jan.  22,  1743-4;  (671) 
Katherine,  (672)  Hannah,  twins,  bap.  Sep.  1,  1745;  (713)  Samuel, 
bap.  Mar.  29,  1747;  (750)  Henry,  bap.  Sept,  11,  1748;  (755)  Kath- 
erine, bap.  Oct.  16,  1748;  (839)  Eleanor,  bap.  Jan.  26,  '52;  (914)  Han- 
nah, dan.  of  Mr.  A.  bap.  Mar.  30,  1760;  (962)  Henry,  (963)  Eliza- 
beth, bap.  Feb.  6,1763;  (986)  Hepsibah,  Oct.  21,  1764;  (1055) 
Alexander,  Jan.  29,  1769, 

Atwood.—  (673)  Experience,  adult,  bap.  Sept.  22,  1745;  (674) 
Phebe,  (675)  Lucy,  (676)  Experience,  children  of  Experience,  bap. 
Sept,  22,  1745;  (679)  Mary,  bap.  Oct.  6,  1745;  (852)  Bethiah,  adult, 
bap.  July  26,  1752. 

Aubin.— (92)  *  *  *  bap.  Jan.  9,  1725-6;  (142)  Philip,  by  Mr. 
Checkley,  bap.  Jan.  28,  1727-8;  (214)  Thomas,  bap.  Oct.  25,  1730; 
(281)  Hannah,  bap.  Nov.  19,  1732. 

Baily.— (27)  Hannah,  owned  cov.  Feb,  25,  1738-9. 

Baird.— (1071)  Jane,  bap.  June  24,  1770;  (1099)  James,  bap.  May 
10,1772. 

Baker. — (7)  Josiah,  original  member,  May  23,  1722;  (22)  Jesiah, 
sen.  adm.  Mar.  22,  1723;  (13)  Mary,  bap.  Dec.  2,  1722;  (67)  Eliza, 
bap.  Mar.  28,  1725;  (10)  Mary,  owned  cov.  Aug.  29,  1731;  (185) 
Samuel,  (186)  Elisha,  bap.  Oct.  19,  1729;  (246)  Ephraim,  bap.  Oct. 
17,  1731;  (304)  John,  bap.  Sept.  2,  1733;  (359)  Mary,  bap.  June  8, 
1735;  (411)  Mary,  bap.  Mar.  13,  1736-7;  (470)  Jerusha,  p.  Mr. 
Gray,  bap.  Mar.  4,  1738-9;  (133)  Mary,  adm.  Feb.  7,  1741-2;  (610) 
Ebenezer,  bap.  Oct.  30,  1743;  (665)  Ebenezer,  bap.  June  30,  1745; 
(718)  Sarah,  bap.  June  7,  1747. 

Ballard.— (30)  Ebenezer,  owned  cov.  Aug.  12,  1739;  (515)  John, 
p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap,  Sept.  7,  1740;  (591)  Joseph,  bap.  Jan.  16,  1742-3; 
(656)  Mary,  bap.  Jan.  Jan.  27,  1744-5;  (711)  Ebeneser,  bap.  Mar.  8, 
1747;   (797)  John,  bap.  July.  15,  1750. 

Barker.— (19)  Elisabeth,  owned  cov.  Oct.  2,  1737;  (456)  Hannah, 
bap.  Sept.  3,  1738;  (527)  Elisabeth,  bap.  Feb.  15.  1740-1;  (605) 
Mary,  bap   July  24,  1743. 

Barnard.— (145)  Lydia,  by  Mr.  Cooper,  bap.  Mar.  3,  1727-8. 

Barrington. — (22)  RichanJ,  bap.  Aug.  4,  1723. 

Bartlett.— (170)  Abigail,  adm.  Mar.  24,  1750-1. 

Bathan. — (59)  Mary,  owned  cov.  Sept.  11,  1748;  (751)  Alary,  bap. 
Oct.  2,  1748. 

Baxter.— (206)  Sarah,  adm.   Nov.  30,  1760. 

Beer"(s.'>—  (190)  William,*  bap.  Dec.  7,  1729;  (221)  Ann,*  bap, 
Jan.  24,  1730-1;  (314)  Mary,*  bap.  Jan.  27,  1733-4;  (415)  William, 
bap.  May  1,  1737;  (512)  Sarah,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  July  13,  1740; 
(632)  Elizabeth,  bap.  April  8,  1744;  (184)  William*  adm.  Feb.  1, 
1756. 

Bel(k)nap.— (21)  Baily,  bap.  Aug.  4,  1723;  (79)  Rebeckah,  bap. 
July  18,  1725;  (203)  Abigail,  bap.  May  3,  1730;  (270)  Nathaniel, 
bap.  May  14,  1732;  (332)   Beulah,  bap.  July  28,  1734. 

Bennet.— (128)  Sarah,  adm.  Jan.  10,  1741-2. 

Bickford.— (167)  Mary,  bap.  Jan.  12,  1728-9;  ^363)  Thomas, 
(364)  Bethiah,  (365)  Margaret,  bap.  July  20,  1735. 


1864.]  New  Brick  Church,  Boston.  239 

Bickner.— (85)  Eliza,  bap.  Nov.  14,  1725;  (137)  Benjamin,  by  Mr- 
Gee,  bap.  Nov.  12,  1727;  (329)  Elisabeth,  bap.  May  26,  1734. 

Blair.— (27)  Jane,  adra.  Mar.  31,   1728. 

Blake.— (26)  Joseph,  owned  cov.  Jan.  28,  1738-9;  (61)  Susannah, 
owned  cov.  Oct.  30,  1748;  (467)  Joseph,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Feb.  11, 
1738-9;  (514)  John,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Aug.  31,  1740;  (573)  Elisa- 
beth, bap.  May  30,  1742;  (623)  Solomon,  bap.  Jan.  22,  1743-4; 
(652)  George,  bap.  Dec.  30,  1744;  (758)  William,  bap.  Oct.  30, 
1748. 

Blanchard.— (334)  Elizabeth,  bap.  Aug.  18,  1734;  (335)  John, 
bap.  Aug.  18,  1734. 

Blany.— (631)  Abigail,  bap.  April  8,  1744' 

Boite"— Boit>—  (991)  Hannah,1'  bap.  Feb.  24,  1765;  (1024)  John,k 
bap.  Mar.  8,  1767;  (1072)  Sally,"  bap.  June  24,  1770;  (1098)  Sarah," 
bap.  April  26,  1772;  (1118)  John,"  bap.  Oct.  17,  1774. 

Boyd.— (970)  Henry,  bap.  July  3,  1763. 

Boyes. — (114)  Abigail,  jun.,  adm.  Nov.  13,  1740. 

Boylstone. — (140)  Rebeccah,  by  Mr.  Coleman,  bap.  Dec.  10,  1727. 

Bradbury. — (78)  Maria,  adm.  Aug.  11,  1734. 

Bradly.— (91)  Martha,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1725-6. 

Breck.— (132)  Isabella,  adm.  Feb.  7,  1741-2. 

Rrewer.— (82)  Jacob,  bap.  Sept.  26,  1725. 

Brewster.— (115)  Abigail,  adm.  Nov.  30,  1740. 

Bridge — (96)  Ebenezer,  jun.,  adm.  Feb.  25,  1738-9;  (20)  John, 
bap.  July  21,  1723;  (109)  Samuel,  bap.  Aug.  14,  1726;  (231)  Abi- 
gail, bap.  May  9,  1731;  (262)  Eliza,  bap.  April  9,  1732;  (297)  Per- 
sia, bap.  Mar.  18,1732-3;  (330)  Samuel,  bap.  June  23,  1734;  (376) 
William,  bap.  Jan.  18,  1735-6;  (427)  Benjamin,  bap.  Sept.  11,  1737; 
(590)  Jerusha,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1742-3. 

Bright. — (74)  Eunice,  (last  on  the  list,)  owned  cov.  Mar.  21,  1757; 
(901)  George,  son  of  Mr.  B.  bap.  Mar.  11,  1759;  (917)  Peter,  bap. 
April  27,  1760;  (935)  Elizabeth,  bap.  June  14,  1761;  (951)  William, 
bap.  June  20,  1762;  (1001)  Jonathan,  bap.  Oct.  6,1765;  (1017) 
,  bap.  Sept.  21,  1766;   (1053)   Josep,  bap.  Jan.  1,  1767. 

Brooks.— (86)  Thomas,  adm.  Aug.  29,  1736;  (87)  Elisa,  wife  of 
Thos,  adm.  Aug.  29,  1736,  (both)  dismissed  from  ye  O.  North.  (373) 
William,  bap.  Nov.  16,  1735;  (405)  William,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1736-7; 
(538)  Castor,  bap.  May  17,  1741;  (120)  Sarah,  adm.  May  31,  1741; 
(120)  Thomas,  Jan.,  adm.   Aug.  23,  1741. 

Browne." — Brown. b — (55)  Alice,  woman,  bap.  Nov.  22,  1724;  (58) 
Mary,  bap.  Dec.  27,  1724;  (98)  John,  bap.  May  8,  1726;  (147)  Alice, 
bap.  April  21,  1728;  (153)  Benj",  bap.  Aug.  4,  1728;  (286)  Nathan- 
iel, bap.  Jan.  14,  1732-3;  (311)  Mary,  bap.  Nov.  25,  1733;  (374) 
William,  bap.  Dec.  28, 1735;  (482)  Isabella,  bap.  May  27, 1739;  (578) 
William,  bap.  July  18,  1742;  (635)  Timothy,  bap.  June  3,  1744; 
(189)  Alie^adm.  Mar.  28,  1756;  (909)  Barth^a  bap.  July  22,  1759; 
(974)  William,  bap  Oct,  30,1763;  (994)  Mary,  bap.  May  12,  1765; 
(1030)  Mary,  bap.  May  3,  1767;  (1038)  Susannah,  Sept.  20, 1767; 
(1109)  Rachal,  bap.  Mar.  14,  1773. 

Bullock.— (91)  Rejoice,  adm.  Jan.  29,  1737-8. 

Burbeck.— (35)  Abigail,  owned  cov.  Oct.  12,  1740;  (517)  Edward, 
bap.  Oct,  12,  1740;  (518)   Abigail,  bap.  Oct    12,  1740. 


240  Early  Marriages  in  Newport,  R.  L  [July, 

BuucnsTED. — (102)  Frederick,  bap.  Aug,  3,  1746. 

Burnell. — (32)  Susannah,  adm.  June  23,  1728;  (4)  David,  bap. 
Aug.  5,  1722;  (521)  Mary,  adult,  bap.  Nov.  30,  1740;  (523)  Eunice, 
16  yrs.  old,  bap.  Dec.  21,  1740;  (579)  Lydia,  12  yrs.  old  bap.  July 
25,  1742.  J 

Burnton.— (2)  Rebecca,  bap.  June  10,  1722;  (35)  Jobn,  bap.  Mar. 
23,  1723-4;   (99)  Isabella,  bap.  May  29,  1726. 

Burrell.— (1039)  Mary,  bap.  Sept,  27,  17G7. 

Burt.— (52)  Hannah,  owned  cov.  Sept.  10?,  1744  ?  ;  (53)  James,  ye 
husband  of  Hannah,  owned  cov.  Sept.  30,  1744;  (646)  Edward,  (64*7) 
Hannah,  bap.  Oct.  7,  1744;  (687)  Sarah,  bap.  Jan.  12,  1745-6;'  (724) 
Hannah,  bap.  Aug.  23,  1747;  (157)  *  *  *  adm.  May  14,  1747; 
(778)  Martha,  bap.  Sept.  3,  1749;  (824)  James,  bap.  June  16,  1751; 
(870)  Mary,  of  James  and  Hannah,  bap.  by  Mr.  Abbet,  of  Chads11 , 
May  20,  1753. 

Butler.— (34)  James,  owned  cov.  Jan.  20,1739-40;  (503)  James,  p. 
Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Feb.  17, 1739-40;  (677)  John,  bap.  Sept.  22,  1745; 
(716)  John,  bap.  May  24,  1747;  (772)  Sarah,  bap.  June  18,  1749; 


EARLY  MARRIAGES  IN  NEWPORT,  R.  I.,  FROM  FRIENDS' 

RECORD. 
[Communicated  by  P.  GK  Seabdrt,  Esq.] 

In  connection  with  the  list  of  ancient  marriages,  which  I  have 
copied  by  permission  from  the  records  of  the  Friends'  Society,  at 
Newport,  for  insertion  in  the  Register,  permit  me  to  remark  that  these 
records  possess  increased  value,  from  the  fact  that  the  old  records  of 
the  Town  of  Newport,  have  been  completely  destroyed.  On  the  27th 
of  October,  1779,  the  British  troops  evacuated  Newport,  taking  with 
them  a  vast  amount  of  property,  a  great  number  of  Tories,  and 
what  was  very  provoking,  through  their  influence  probably,  the  re- 
cords of  the  towns  of  Newport,  Middletown,  and  those  of  Ports- 
mouth, containing  the  original  laying  out  of  the  towns,  into 
farms,  which  happened  to  be  in  Newport  at  the  time  of  the  landing  of 
the  British  upon  the  Island.  This  act  was  done  at  the  urgent  so- 
licitation of  the  Tories  "who  had  been  advised  that  by  holding  on  to 
the  records  of  Land  Evidence,  some  compromise  could  be  made  rela- 
tive to  their  estates,  which  of  course  had  all  been  confiscated  and 
ordered  for  sale  by  the  Council  of  War. 

The  Governor  wrote  to  Gen.  Washington,  requesting  him  to  use 
his  utmost  influence  with  Gen.  Clinton  to  have  the  records  returned 
as  soon  as  possible.  The  records  or  rather  the  fragmentary  remains 
of  them  were  returned,  about  the  time  the  British  evacuated  New 
York,  but  in  such  a  condition,  that  as  records,  they  were  entirely 
worthless.  The  vessel  that  conveyed  them  from  Newport,  struck  a 
rock  near  Hurl  Gate,  filled  and  sunk  to  the  bottom,  How  long  the 
records  were  submerged  is  unknown,  but,  when  received  by  the 
town,  they   were  completely  broken  up  and  defaced,  and  have  never 


1864.]  Early  Marriages  in  Newport,  R.  I.  24 1 

been  replaced,  nor  can  they  be.  The  present  records  of  Newport, 
reach  no  further  back  than  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war;  and  all 
that  is  connected  with  the  affairs  of  the  town,  and  the  genealogy  of 
families  that  have  originated  there  must  be  sought  for  in  some  other 
direction.  The  Friends'  had  quite  a  copious  record  for  a  time, 
but  even  they  seem  to  have  become  weary  in  well  doing,  and  failed 
to  keep  them  up  as  they  had  began. 

John  Borden,  of  Richard,  and  Mary  Ewil,  d.  of  William,  of  Ports- 
mouth, m.  Dec.  25,  1670. 

Mathew  Borden,  of  Richard,  and  Sarah  Clayton,  of  Portsmouth, 
m.  Mar.  4,  1673. 

John  Lapham  and  Mary  Man,  both  of  Providence,  m.  April  6,  1673. 

Robert  Malins  and  Patience  Easton,  d.  of  Peter,  m.  Jan.  1,   1674. 

Walter  Newberry  and  Anne  Collins,  of  London,  Eng.  m.  April  13, 
1675. 

William  Allen  and  widow  Patience  Beers,  m.  May  16,  1677. 

Joshua  Coggshall  and  Rebecca  Russell,  m.  June  22,  1677. 

Samuel  Stapleton  and  Mary  White,  both  of  London,  Eng.  m.  Mar. 
T,  1678. 

William  Richardson  and  Amie  Borden,  d.  of  Richard,  m.  Mar.  27, 
1678. 

Richard  Evans  and  Patience  Allen,  m.  June  10,  1680. 

Richard  Kirby,  jun.,  and  Abigail  Rowland,  both  of  Dartmouth,  m. 
Dec.  2,  1678. 

Thomas  Rodman  and  Patience  Malins,  m.  June  7,  1682. 

Samuel  Perry,  of  Sandwich,  and  Mary  Tucker,  of  Dartmouth,  m. 
May  9,  1690. 

Thomas  Philips,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mary  Jefferson,  m.  Feb.  26, 
1685. 

Edward  Shippen,  of  Boston,  and  Rebecca  Richardson,  widow  of 
Francis,  of  New  York,  m.  Sept.  4,  1689. 

Thomas  Coddington,  of  R.  I.,  and  Mary  Howard,  of  New  York,  m. 
Feb.  22,  1689. 

Joseph  Wanton,  of  Scituate,  R.  I.,  and  Sarah  Freeborn,  of  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.  m.  Jan.  29,  1689. 

Weston  Clarck  and  Rebecca  Easton,  of  Newport,  m.  Nov.  25, 1691. 

Thomas  Rodmand  and  Hannah  Clarck,  m.  Nov.  6,  1691. 

Joseph  Bryer  and  Mary  Palmer,  m.  Feb.  1,  1692. 

Anthony  Morris  and  Mary  Coddington,  widow  of  Thomas,  m.  Jan. 
18,1694. 

George  Cornwell  and  Philadelphia  Estes,  of  Salem,  m.  March  19, 
1696. 

William  Freeborn  and  Mary  Hall,  of  Portsmouth,  m.  Sept.  13,  1698. 

Thomas  Richardson,  of  Flushing,  L.  I.  and  Ann  Newberry,  d.  of 
Benj.  of  Newport,  m.  Dec.  22.  1704. 

Joseph  Borden,  of  Mathew,  and  Elizabeth  Bryer,  of  Newport,  m. 
May  8,  1708, 

Abraham  Borden,  of  Mathews,  and  Elizabeth  Wanton,  d.  of  Joseph, 
of  Tiverton,  m.  Dec.  1,  1713. 

William  Borden,  of  John  of  Portsmouth,  and  Alice  Hull,  of  Wm. 
of  Jamestown,  July  7,  1715. 


242 


A  List  of  American  Genealogies. 


[July, 


A  LIST  OF  AMERICAN  GENEALOGIES. 

Continued  from  the  Register,  Vol.  XI.  354,  and  XIII,  G. 
[By  W.  H.  Whitmore,  Esq.,  of  Boston.] 


NO.     FAMILY. 

AUTHOR. 

PUBLISHER. 

PLACE. 

DATE.  PAC1ES 

150    Adams, 

Geo.  Adams, 

D.  Clapp, 

Boston, 

1861 

64 

151     At  water, 

E.  E.  Atwater, 

J.  H.  Benham, 

New  Haven, 

1851 

30 

15-2    Babeook, 

S.  Babcock, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1801 

4 

153    Uncoil, 

N.  A.  Bacou, 

Hitchcock  &  Stafford, 

New  Haven, 

1845 

4 

151    Bird, 

Isaac  Bird, 

Elihu  Geer, 

Hartford, 

1S55 

4 

155  fBissell, 

H.  R.  Stiles, 

J.Munsell, 

Albany, 

1859 

10 

15(5    Bowles, 

S.  Bowles, 

Springfield, 

1851 

8 

157    Brainord, 

D.  D.  Field, 

J.  F.  Trow, 

Now  York,' 

1X57 

303 

158    Brackott, 

J.  Richardson,  Jr., 

A.  Mudge  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1800 

66 

159    Brewster, 

A.  Brewster, 

J.  Lippincott, 

Philadelphia, 

1857 

410 

1GC    Brighaui, 

Abner  Morso, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1859 

DO 

161    Bright, 

J.  B.  Bright, 

J.  Wilson  &  Son, 

do 

1S58 

315 

IG-j    Bruen, 

W.  Hinde, 

E.  O.  Jenkins, 

New  York, 

1857 

116 

163  *Butler, 

Caleb  Butler, 

Boston, 

1849 

15 

104    Capron, 

F.  A.  Holden, 

Rand  &  Avery, 

do 

]s.VJ 

263 

165    Chapin, 

O.  Chapin, 

Metcalf  &  Co., 

Northampton, 

1802 

368 

166  *Chipman, 

R.'M.  Chipman, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1801 

4 

1G7    Cobb, 

W.  B.  Trask, 

Joel  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1803 

108    Coo, 

(Reprint  of  No.  15), 

Wheeler  &  Lyndo, 

Bangor, 

10 

1G0    Cope, 

G.  Cope, 

Kintr  &  Baird, 

Philadelphia, 

1861 

251 

170    Crundftll, 

Friend  J.  Ott, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1859 

4 

171    Cragin, 

C.  H.  Cragin, 

W.  H.  Moore, 

Wash.,  D.  C, 

1H.U 

38 

172     Dexter, 

S.  C   Newman, 

A.  C.  Greene, 

Providence, 

18;V.) 

108 

173    Du  Bois, 

R.  P.  bi  W.  E.  Dubois 

,  J.  C.  Clark  &  Son, 

Philadelphia, 

1800 

70 

174  *Dumareflq, 

A.  T.  Perkins, 

J.Munsell, 

Albany, 

18(53 

23 

175    Dunnel, 

H.  G.  Dunnell, 

C.  B.  Richardson, 

New  York, 

1802 

.  81 

170    Dudley, 

Geo.  Adlurd, 

J.  R.  Smith, 

London, 

1802 

100 

177  *Everctt, 

E.  F.  Everett, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1800 

7 

178    Ewing, 

W.  E.  Dubois, 

J.  H.  Bryson, 

Philadelphia, 

1858 

38 

179    Faxon, 

W.  Faxon, 

Hartford, 

1843 

24 

180  *Field, 

Osgood  Field, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1864 

12 

181    Field, 

H.  M.  Field, 

1600 

105 

182    Field, 

do 

(Supplement.) 

1804 

10 

183    Flint, 

J.  Flint  &  J.  H.Stone 

,  W.  F.  Draper, 

Andovor, 

1860 

150 

184  *Fullor, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1859 

16 

185    Gibbs, 

Wm,  Gibbs, 

Now  Haven, 

1845 

8 

180    Gibbs, 

Columbus  Smith, 

Justus  Cobb, 

Middlebury.Vt. 

,     1848 

'28 

187     Oilman, 

A.  Gilmun, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1803 

51 

188    Gould, 

Wm.  Gould, 

do 

do 

1841 

1 

ISO    Green, 

S.  A.  Green, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1801 

5 

100    Grout  &  Gould- 

ing, 

Abner  MorBG, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston 

1858 

NO 

191    Harris, 

L.  M.  Harris, 

do 

do 

lsOl 

56 

192  fHayden, 

H.  R.  Stiles, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1859 

15 

193  *Hinck)ey, 

G.  W.  Mcssinger, 

"C.  Wendell, 

Wash.,  D.  CM 

18.7J 

7 

194    Holbrook, 

C.  W.  Holbrook, 

H.  J.  Howland, 

Worcestor, 

1851 

8 

195    Hosraer, 

J.  B.  Hosmer, 

Hartford, 

1861 

10 

190    Hubbard, 

E.  Tuttle, 

F.  E.  Hinman, 

E.  Meriden, 

lSf.'.l 

27 

197    Hunt, 

T.B.  Wynian, 

J.  Wilson  it  Son,  * 

Boston, 

1803 

411 

198    Huntington. 

E.  B.  Huntington, 

Stamford, 

1803 

428 

199    Hurlbut, 

H.  H.  Hurlbut, 

Racine,  Wis*, 

1861 

22 

200    Ingraham, 

G.  It.  Gladding, 

H.  L.  Tillinghast, 

Providence, 

1859 

79 

201    Jewell, 

Pliny  Jewell, 

Case,  Lock  wood  &  Co. 

Hartford, 

1800 

101 

48    Jones, 

W.  A.  Jones, 

Stanford  &  Swords, 

N.  York, 

1849 

99 

202  *Kellogg, 

D.  O.LKellogg, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston, 

1860 

88 

203    Kidder, 

Fred.  Kidder, 

Thomas  Prince, 

do 

1852 

21 

204  *Kingsbury, 

J.W  Dean, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

do 

1859 

4 

205    Leek, 

M.  A.  Richardson, 

Newcastle,  Eng. 

,     1855 

14 

200  *Litohfield, 

Abner  Morso, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

Boston 

1855 

18 

207     Makepeace, 

W.  Makepeace, 

D.  Clapp, 

do 

1858 

107 

208    Merrick, 

J.  L.  Merrick, 

S.  Amherst, 

1860 

9 

209    Mitchell, 

Henderson  &  StothofF, 

Now  York, 

1859 

28 

210    Montgomery, 

T.  H.  Montgomery, 

Philadelphia, 

1803 

158 

211     Morgan, 

Case,  Tiffany  &  Co., 

Hartford, 

1851 

10 

212  |Muii.40ll, 

H.  R.  Stiles, 

J.  Munsell, 

Albany, 

1859 

8 

213    Nash, 

8.  Nash, 

Case,  Tiffany  &Co., 

Hartford, 

i  m 

304 

21 1     Nason, 

J.  Caldwell, 

J.  Caldwell, 

Boston, 

1850 

8 

215  *Nortou, 

W.  11.  Whitmore, 

H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 

do 

1  159 

in 

1864.] 


Rogers,  Sparhawk  and  Crane. 


243 


216  Noyes, 

217  North, 

218  Ott, 

219  Patterson, 

220  *Perkhi8, 

221  Phelps, 


22' 

223 

224 

225 

226 

227 

228 

229 

230 

231 

232 

233 


Pope, 

Pratt, 

Redflold, 

lied  Held, 

Peed, 

Richards, 

RobiriHou, 

Rose], 

Saucer, 

Sill, 

Stebblns, 

Steele, 

234  fStilea, 

235  Stiles, 
Tainter, 
Taylor, 
Thompson, 
Toppan, 

210    Trowbridge, 

241  Walker, 

242  Washington, 

243  Wot  more, 

244  White, 

245  Whitney, 

246  *Winthrop, 
*  Reprinted  from 
f  From  Stilen'B  H 


251'. 
237 
238 

239 


J.  Noyes, 

See  Crandull, 
W.  E.  Dubois, 

F.  B.  Perkins, 
Oliver  S.  Phelps, 
Wm.  Pope, 

S.  Pratt, 

J.  H.  Redflold, 
J.  W.  Reed, 
Abner  Morse, 
E.  Robinson, 

C.  S.  Sims, 
Abner  Morse, 

G.  A.  Sill, 

D.S.  Dnrrio, 
H.  K.  Stiles, 
do 

D.  W.  Tainter, 

E.  W.  Hooker, 
J.  Coflin, 

O.  Trowbridge, 
J.  B.  R.Walker, 
J.  N.  Simpkinson, 
J.  C.  Wet  more, 
A.S.  Kellogg, 
H.  A.  Whitney, 
W.  H.  Whitmore, 
the  New  England 
itstory  of  Windsor, 


C.  G.  Eaeterbrook, 
Case,  Lock  wood  &  Co. 


H.  W.  Dutton  &Son, 

David  Clapp, 

L.  H.  Redfleld, 
Mnnsell  &  Rowland, 
,T.  Wilson  &.  Son, 
H.  W.  Dutton  &  Son, 
J.  F.  Trow, 
W.  F.  Geddes, 
Geo.  Coolidge, 
Mnnsell  &  Rowland, 


Abington, 
Hartford, 

Philadelphia, 
Boston, 
St.  Catharine' 
Boston, 
Middleboro' 
Onondaga, 
Albany, 
Boston, 
do 
Now  York, 
Philadelphia, 
Boston, 
Albany, 


Munsell  &  Rowland,  Albany, 
J.  Munsell,  do 

do  do 

D.  Clapp,  Boston, 

Wm.  Everdill's  Sons,  New  York, 

Case,  Tiftany  &  Co.,  Hartford, 

H.  Huhc  &.  Co.,  Newburyport, 

Wright  &  Hasty,  Boston, 

Metcalf  &  Co.,  Northampton, 

Longmans,  London, 

Munsell  &  Rowland,  Albany, 

Case,  Lockwood  &  Co.,  Hartford, 

Houghton,  Cambridge, 

J.  Munsell,  Albany, 

Historical  and  Genealogical  Register. 

Connecticut. 


1801 
1800 


1817 

103 

1860 

8 

1S62 

44 

1862 

68 

1800 

8 

1819 

1 

1S60 

137 

1801 

5S3 

1861 

243 

1859 

214 

1859 

8 

1851 

12 

1859 

106 

1771 

24 

1859 

115 

1-5'.) 

31 

1S63 

48 

1859 

100 

1801 

9 

1854 

106 

1802 

30 

1854 

32 

1861 

451 

1800 

105 

1861 

070 

]sr,() 

322 

1800 

142 

1804 

10 

ROGERS,  SPARHAWK  AND  CRANE. 

[Communicated  by  William  S.  Appleton,  A.  B.,  of  Boston.] 

The  memoir  of  the  Rogers  Family  in  vol.  V.  of  the  Register,  states 
that  Margaret  wife  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  was  dau.  of  Robert 
Crane  of  Coggeshall  by  his  first  wife  Mary  dau.  of  Samuel  Sparhawk 
of" Dedham.  The  MS.  of  Candler,  as  quoted  on  p.  180  of  vol.  IV, 
would  seem  to  authorize  this  ;  but  there  can  be  small  doubt  that  it 
is  a  mistake.  Mary  Sparhawk  was  baptized  at  Dedhani  Feb.  1,  1000, 
and  it  is  hardly  in  the  bounds  of  possibility,  that  she  could  have  a 
grandson  born  in  1G31,  the  year  of  the  birth  of  Rev.  John  Rogers. 
It  is  more  likely  that  Mary  Sparhawk  was  the  second  wife  of  Robert 
Crane,  and  not  mother  of  Margaret  Rogers. 

A  Mr.  Robert  Crane  was  member  of  the  New  England  Company 
in  1629.  In  vol.  III.  of  the  Archceologia  Americana,  page  XCI,  it  is 
suggested  that  this  may  be  Sir.  R.  Crane  of  Chilton,  who  represented 
Sudbury  in  Parliament.  But  he  was  created  a  Baronet  in  1G2G, 
and  as  the  title,  Sir,  is  given  to  those  who  could  claim  it.  Mr.  Crane 
of  Coggeshall  is  beyond  doubt  the  gentleman  who  encouraged  emi- 
gration. 


244  One  Branch  of  a  Family  of  Adams.  [July, 


ONE  BRANCH  OF  A  FAMILY  OF  ADAMS. 

[Communicated  by  William  S.  Appleton,  A.  13.,  of  Boston.] 

Adams,  "William,  Cambridge,  1G35,  or  earlier,  frecm.  22  May,  1G39. 
rem.  prob.  bcf.  1G42,  to  Ipswich,  but  at  C.  bad  William,  Nathaniel, 
and  Samuel,  prob.  b.  in  Eug.  and  he  d.  1GG1."  So  much  may  be  read 
in  the  Gen.  Diet,  of  N.  E.;  but  except  that  one  line  of  the  descendants 
of  William,  jun.,  is  traced  by  Miss  Caulkins,  in  Vol.  XXXI,  of  the 
Coll.  of  Mass.  Ilist.  Soc.  and  in  Vol.  VIII,  p.  41  of  the  Register, 
nothing  more  is  known  concerning  this  family;  and  the  author  of  the 
latter  article,  Dr.  Ashbel  Woodward  says,  "  The  descendants  of  Wm. 
in  the  male  line  have  long  since  become  extinct;"  while  the  Histor- 
ian of  New  Ipswich  conjectures,  that  Ephraim  of  that  place,  was  gr. 
gr.  grandson  of  William,  jun.  I  have  lately  made  investigations 
which  show  that  the  statement  of  Dr.  W.,  and  this  supposition,  are 
"both  wrong.  First,  however,  I  will  state  that  John,  son  of  William, 
jun.,  had  one  son,  John,  whose  only  son,  left  daughters  alone;  Sam- 
uel, son  of  Wm.  sen.,  appears  to  have  had  no  family. 

Nathaniel'2,  son  of  William,  freeman  27  May,  1674,  m.  30  June, 
16G8,  Mercy,  d.  of  Thos.  Dickinson,  of  Rowley,  and  was  living  in 
1693.     His  children  were    Nathaniel3,   who  died   in   1736,  leaving    a 

family,  and  Thomas3,    b.  14  June,    1672;  Thomas3,   m.   Bethiah , 

and  had  Thomas1,  Joseph1,  Benjamin1,  Charles4,  Sarah1,  who  m. 
Bishop,  Lydia4,  who  m.  Woodbury,  and  Elizabeth4;  Thomas3,  d.  in 
1729,  and  his  will  was  proved  23  Nov.  of  that  year. 

Thomas4,  m.  Deborah ,  and  had  four  sons,  Thomas5,  Ephraim5, 

Benjamin5,  and  Ezekiel5.  He  d.  in  the  beginning  of  17G5,  and  his 
will  written  in  1750,  mentions  his  brother  Joseph,  and  refers  to 
deeds  of  land  in  New  Ipswich,  to  his  sons  Ephraim  and  Benjamin. 
Joseph4,  was  born  12  Nov.  1702,  and  in  1729,  was  called  a  "cooper," 
as  which  also  he  bought  of  Daniel  Raymond,  27  Nov.  1730,  eighty 
acres  of  land  in  Concord,  on  the  way  to  Chelmsford.  He  moved  to 
Concord,  where  he  m.  Dorothy  Merriam,  and  d.  10  May,  1790.  His 
wife,  was  born,  5  April,  17D6,  and  d.  25  July,  1791;  she  was  d.  of 
Joseph  Merriam,  who  m.  24  March,  1705,  Dorothy,  d.  of  Noah  Brooks. 
Joseph4  Adams  had  six  daus.  Priscilla5  who  m.  Benjamin  Adams, 
probably  her  cousin,  of  New  Ipswich,  (see  Hist,  of  N.  I.  p.  291), 
Dorothy5,  b.  2G  Aug.  1737,  d.  unm,  Ruth5  b.  15  Jan.  1739,  m.  Peter 
Fletcher,  probably  of  New  Ipswich,  (see  Hist,  of  N.  I.  pp.  374-5,) 
Mary5,  b.  14  March,  1742,  m.  Isaac  Appleton,  of  New  Ipswich,  Be- 
thia5,  b.  3  June  1744.  d.  unm..  Mercy5,  b.  25  Jan.  1747,  m.  Benjamin 
Pollard,  and  secondly  Jonas  Whiting,  and  Lydia5,  b.  22  Aug.  1750, 
m.  Joseph  Chandler. 

I  am  very  desirous  to  learn  the  family  name  of  Bethiah  wife  of 
Thomas3  Adams,  and  also  to  have  some  explanation  of  the  following, 
which  is  on  a  leaf  of  an  old  diary  and  account  book  in  my  posses- 
sion : — "  mothere  Adams  wente  to  live  at  brother  John  Kimbuls  the 
fifteno  day  of  decembere,  1680." 


1864.]  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  245 


SAMPSON  MASON,  THE  BAPTIST  AND  DRAGOON  IN  OLIVER 

CROMWELL'S  ARMY. 

[Communicated  by  Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton,  A.  M.,  of  Woroester,  Mass.] 

In  1855,  the  Rev.  Abner  Morse,  A.  M.,  published  an  interesting 
volume  of  genealogies, embracing'  the  families  of  Adams,  Billiard,  IIol- 
brook,  Phipps,  Rockwood,  Sanger  and  Wood.  As  a  supplement,  never 
published,  materials  were  collected  with  considerable  labor  and  ex- 
pense for  an  account  of  the  maternal  ancestry  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Billiard,  wid- 
ow of  Dr.  Artemas  Bullard,  late  of  Sutton,  now  eighty-six  years  of  age. 

Mrs.  Bullard  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Jesse  White;  of  North- 
bridge,  by  Anna  Mason,  his  wife,  the  eldest  child  of  Melatiah  Mason, 
of  Thompson,  Connecticut,  who  died  in  1831,  aged  more  than  one  hun- 
dred years.  The  early  history  of  this  family  proved  to  be  of  some 
public  as  well  as  private  interest.  A  clue  to  it  was  first  obtained 
from  the  histories  of  the  Baptists  by  Backus  and  Benedict,  and  Bay- 
lies's  Memorial  of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  where  this  family  of  Masons 
had  its  principal  seat.  The  few  facts  gathered  from  those  works 
have  been  much  amplified  by  a  reference  to  more  local  histories  ;  to 
the  records  of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  and  to  the  church  and  municipal 
records  of  Rehoboth,  Swansey,  Taunton,  and  other  towns.  It  is  not 
supposed  that  the  early  history,  or,  much  less,  the  genealogy  of  this 
family  is  complete  ;  such  subjects  are  never  exhausted.  It  is  hoped 
that  the  facts  here  collected  may  provoke  genealogical  research  in 
the  later  generations  of  this  numerous  and  widely  extended   family. 

Sampson  Mason  was  the  American  root  of  this  family.  Of  this 
fact  we  have  not  only  the  testimony  of  Backus,  in  his  Church  Histo- 
ry, whose  wife,  Susannah  Mason,  was  a  descendant  of  Sampson,  in 
the  line  of  his  son,  Samuel  Mason,  but  the  ancient  records  of  the 
towjis  of  Rehoboth  and  Swansey. 

By  the  concurrent  authority  of  tradition,  and  the  history  above  re- 
ferred to,  Sampson  Mason  was  a  soldier,  or  as  Baylies  has  it  in  his 
historical  memoir  of  Plymouth,  "a  dragoon,"  in  the  republican  army 
of  Oliver  Cromwell.  Backus  says  that  he  came  over  to  this  country 
upon  the  turn  of  times  in  England.  If  by  this  he  means  the  resto- 
ration of  Charles  II,  in  1GG0,  Mr.  Backus  was  certainly  mistaken,  for 
Sampson  Mason  came  over,  at  least,  ten  years  before  that  time. 
This  fact,  however,  does  not  at  nil  countervail  the  evidence  that  he 
belonged  to  the  army  of  Cromwell,  who  raised  his  celebrated  "Iron- 
sides "  troop  of  horse,  at  Cambridge,  in  1642.  At  the  battle  of  Mars- 
ton-moor,  in  1644,  he  had  become  Lieut.  General  of  the  army  of  Par- 
liament. And  if  Sampson  Mason  was  a  dragoon,  as  Baylies  asserts, 
it  is  not  improbable  that  he  belonged  to  this  "  troop,"  which  per- 
formed such  prodigies  of  valor  at  the  battle  referred  to. 

The  earliest  notice  of  Sampson  Mason  yet  discovered  in  this  country 
is  found  in  the  Suffolk  record  of  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  Edward 
Bullock,  of  Dorchester.  His  will  is  dated  25-5-1649,  (July  25th, 
1649)  ;  and  a  debt  is  specified  as  "due  to  Sampson  Mason  for  wife's 
shoes."  [6.  N.  E.  His.  &  Gen.  Register,  356.]  The  Registry  of  Deeds 
20 


246  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [July> 

for  Suffolk  shows  that  in  16.51,  Sampson  Mason  purchased  a  houso 
and  land  in  Dorchester,  of  William  Betts  ;  that  he  afterwards  sold 
the  same  to  Jacob  Hewii/s,  and  removed  to  Rehoboth.  For  this  ref- 
erence to  the  Registry  of  Deeds,  I  am  indebted  to  Ebenezer  Clapp, 
Esq.,  of  Boston. 

The  following  extract  from  the  Records  of  Rehoboth,  fixes  the  pe- 
riod of  his  removal  to  that  place. 

"  December  9th,  1057.  It  was  voted  that  Sampson  Mason  should 
have  free  liberty  to  sojourn  with  us,  and  to  buy  house,  lands  or  mea- 
dow, if  he  see  cause  for  his  settlement,  provided  that  he  lives  peace- 
ably and  quietly." — History  of  Rehoboth,  by  Leonard  Bliss,  Jr. 

Anabaptist  as  he  certainly  was,  this  permission  to  sojourn  was  all 
that  Sampson  Mason  could  expect  from  his  puritanical  friends  at 
Rehoboth.  Their  records  show  that  Samuel  Luther  and  other  Bap- 
tists, who  afterwards  became  prominent  men  in  the  Old  Colony,  instead 
of  being  admitted  as  freemen,  had  accorded  to  them  only  the  privile- 
ges of  sojourners.  At  an  early  period,  however,  grants  of  lands 
south  of  Rehoboth  were  obtained  from  the  Indians,  and  in  1GGT,  Capt. 
Thomas  Willett,  Rev.  John  Mylcs,  "and  others,  their  neighbors  at 
Wannamoiset  and  parts  adjacent,"  were  confirmed  in  their  title  to 
those  lands,  and  erected  into  the  township  of  Swansey,  by  the  Gene- 
ral Court  at  Plymouth.  In  that  town  the  religious  profession  of  a 
Baptist  never  worked  any  forfeiture  of  civil  rights.  The  name  of  Samp- 
son Mason  appears  as  one  of  the  original  associates,  and  Baylies  says 
that  he  became  one  of  the  founders  of  that  town.  Those  associates  were 
many  of  them  distinguished  men.  Capt.  Thos. Willett  was  the  first  Eng- 
lish Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York;  the  Rev.  John  Myles  was  a  Baptist 
clergyman  from  Swansea,  Wales.  There  were  also  amongst  the  asso- 
ciates, James  Brown,  Nathaniel  Paine,  Hugh  Cole,  Samuel  Luther,  and 
others,  names  well  known  and  much  respected  in  that  part  of  the 
country.  James  Brown  was  a  magistrate  and  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  first  Baptist  Church  in  Swansey.  His  father,  John 
Brown,  was  long  one  of  the  Assistants  at  Plymouth  ;  a  Commissioner 
of  the  United  Colonies;  and  a  large  proprietor  of  Wannamoiset,  an 
Indian  Country  bordering  on  the  Southwesterly  part  of  ancient  Reho- 
both, and  now  constituting  the  Northwesterly  part  of  Barrington 
and  Swansey.  Before  the'incorporation  of  Swansey,  Wannamoiset 
was  regarded  as  a  part  of  Rehoboth,  and  John  Brown,  with  his  son-in- 
law,  Thomas  Willett,  resided  there.  April  7,  1062,  Mr.  Brown  made 
his  will,  and  died  the  same  year.  Sampson  Mason  was  one  of  the 
witnesses  to  the  will,  a  circumstance  that  renders  it  probable  that  he 
was  a  neighbor,' and  resided  in  the  same  part  of  Rehoboth.  [0,  N. 
E.  His.  and  Gen.  Register,  94.] 

That  Sampson  Mason  became  a  man  of  substance,  is  inferable,  not 
only  from  the  part  he  took  in  the  settlement  of  Swansey,  but  also  from 
the  fact  that  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  "North  purchase," 
since  Attleboro'.  And  amongst  those  in  Rehoboth  who  made  advances 
in  King  Philip's  war,  his  widow  is  credited  J613-5-10  ;  it  being 
among  the  larger  contributions  made  on  that  terrific  emergency. 
The  credit  is  given  to  the  widow,  as  Sampson  Mason  died  just  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  and  she  settled  whatever  estate  lie  had  left  after 
the  ravages  made  by  the  Indians.     [Bliss's  History  of  Rehoboth.] 


1S64.]  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist  247 

The  above  facts  induce  the  belief,  that  although  Sampson  Mason 
was  associated  as  one  of  the  founders  of  Svvuusey,  and  worshipped 
there  with  his  Baptist  brethren,  whose  meeting'  house  was  first  erected 
at  Wannamoiset,  yet,  it  is  probable  that  he  never  actually  moved 
from  Rehoboth.  His  estate  was  there  ;  the  births  of  nine  of  his  chil- 
dren, were  recorded  there  ;  and  we  shall  find  that  Rehoboth  has  faith- 
fully preserved  the  record  of  his  death,  and  that  of  Mary,  his  wife. 
Though  there  is  the  usual  tradition  about  the  "  three  brothers  emi- 
grating to  America,"  there  is  no  evidence  of  any  connection  between 
the  family  of  Sampson  Mason,  and  the  other  New  England  families 
of  that  name,  noticed  by  Farmer  in  his  Register.  And  I  am  informed 
by  the  Hon.  James  M.  Mason,  of  Winchester,  Va.,  that  none  of  Ins 
family  ever  emigrated  to  the  North  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line.  His 
ancestor  was  Col.  George  Mason,  a  member  of  Parliament  from  Staf- 
fordshire, in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.,  and  a  Colonel  of  Cavalry  at  the 
battle  of  Worcester,  in  the  army  of  Charles  Stuart,  afterwards  Charles 
II.  Immediately  after  this  battle,  that  ruined  the  fortunes  of  Charles, 
Col.  Mason  left  England  and  landed  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  before  the  end 
of  the  same  year,  1651.  This  fact,  with  the  tradition  that  Sampson 
Mason  had  belonged  to  the  victorious  army  of  Cromwell,  renders  it 
probable  that  those  families  were  as  far  separated  in  the  old  world 
as  they  are  in  the  new. 

The  period  of    the  birth  of  Sampson  Mason  and  his  wife  must  be 
inferred  from  their  history  and  from  the  following  account   of  their 
children.     But  the  period  of  their  deaths  appears  from   the  well-pre- 
served records  of  the  ancient  town  of  Rehoboth,  as  follows  : 
Sampson  Mason,  buried,  Sept.  15,  1676. 

Widow  Mary  Mason,  wife  of  Sampson  Mason,  Senr.,  died  August 
20,  1714. 

It  appears  from  the  will  of  Sampson  Mason,  and  an  order  of  Court 
in  relation  thereto,  a  copy  whereof  is  subjoined,  that  her  maiden  name 
was  Butter  worth.  The  Colony  records  show  that  the  Butterworths 
were  a  prominent  family,  and  they  probably  removed  to  Rehoboth 
with  their  brother  Mason.  The  place  of  burial  of  Sampson  Mason  and 
his  wife  is  not  known.  It  is  not  improbable  that  they  were  buried  in 
the  ground  of  their  friends  antl  neighbors,  the  Browns,  on  Bullock's 
Cove.  The  authority  of  the  State  has  recently  been  invoked  to  pre- 
vent the  desecration  of  that  public  burial  ground.  (See  Commonwealth 
vs.  Viall,  2d  vol.  of  Allen's  Reports,  p.  512.) 

By  a  collation  of  facts  from  the  history  of  Backus,  the  records  of 
Rehoboth  and  Swansey,  the  Colony  records,  and  a  transcript  from 
the  genealogical  registry  of  the  Blackstone  Monument  Association, 
kindly  furnished  me  by  Ezra  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  I  am 
able  to  give  the  following  corrected  tables  of  the  three  first  genera- 
tions of  the  family  of  Sampson  Mason. 

1.  Sami'son1  Mason,  b.  in  England,  m.  Mary  Butterworth  ;  buried  Sept 
15,  1676  ;   w.  d.  Aug.  29,  1714  ;   had  13  children. 

(15)  2.  Noah*  b.  pr.  at  Dorchester  ;  d.  Mar.  2,  1699  or  1700. 

3.  Sampson,  jr.,'2  b.  pr.  at  Dorchester.  He  was  a  soldier  from 
Rehoboth  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  belonged  to  the  expedition 
sent  to  chastise  the  Narragansetts  in  the  winter  of  1675-6.  lie 
was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  2d  Baptist  Church  in  Swansey, 


248  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [July? 

whom  Wright,  in  his  history  of  the  six  principle  Baptists,  mis- 
takes for  Sampson  Mason,  senr. 
(24)  4.   Samuel*  b.  pr.  at  Dorchester,  ab.  1656,  d.  Jan.  21,  1143-4. 

5.  John,*b,  pr.  at  Dorchester,  ab.  1657,  d.  Mar.  18,  1683,  a.  26'. 
He  did  not  remove  to  Rehoboth  with  the  rest  of  his  father's  family, 
but  was  left  at  Dorchester,  with  Mr.  John  Guriiell,  and  was  there 
brought  up  at  the  tanner's  business.  Mr.  Glapp  gave  me  these 
facts,  and  also  the  following  copy  of  an  extract  from  the  Church  re- 
cords of  Dorchester. 

"  John,  son  of  Sampson  Mason,  23  (7)  1660,  being  about  4  years 
old  when  he  was  baptized,  because  his  father  was  and  is,  in  his  judg- 
ment, against  the  baptizing  of  infants  ;  yet  he  being  at  Seconck 
(Rehoboth),  do  permit  that  brother  Gurnell,  with  whom  the 
child  doth  dwell,  may  bring  it  forth  to  be  baptized."  Taken  into 
the  watch  care  of  the  church,  under  circumstances  of  some  pe- 
culiarity, their  subsequent  records  show  that  John's  walk  was 
not  always  orderly.  However,  he  so  far  secured  the  confidence 
of  the  widow  of  Mr.  Gurnell,  that,  by  her  will  she  entailed  her 
real  estate  upon  him,  to  go  to  the  poor  of  Dorchester  upon  his 
decease  without  issue.  (5  His.  and  Gen.  Register,  400.  See, 
also,  ancient  epitaphs  of  Dorchester,  4  His.  and  Gen.  Reg.  167.) 

6.  Sarah*  b.  at  Rehoboth,  Feb.  15}  1658. 

(29)  7.  Mary,-  b.  Feb.  7,  1660  ;    m.  Rev.  Ephraim  Wheaton,  Jan.  7, 
1684. 

8.  James,2  b.  Oct.  30,  1661.     No  further  account  of  him  is  found, 
except  the  statement  of  Mr.  Backus,  that  he  went  to  Boston. 

(30)  9.  Joseph*  b.  Mar.  6,  1663  ;  d.  May  19,  1748. 

10.  Bethia*  b.  Oct.  15,  1665  ;  m.  John  Wood,  May  23,  1688. 
(35)  11.  Isaac?b.  July  15,  1667  ;  d.  Jan.  25,  1742. 
(46)  12.  Pelatiah*  b.  April  1,  1669  ;  d.  Mar.  29,  1763. 
(58)  13.  Benjamin*  b.  Oct.  20,  1670  ;  d.  in  1740. 

14.    Thankful*  b.  Oct.  27,  1672  ;    m.  Thomas   Bowen,  June  17, 

1689. 

(  2)  15.  Noah2  Mason,   m.  1st.,  Martha,   d.  Feb.  6,  1675  ;  m.  2d,  Sa- 
rah Fitch,  Dec.  6,  1677,  d.  Mar.  16,  1718,  had, 

16.  Noah?  b.  at  Relroboth,  Dec.  17,  1678,  d.  Aug.  29,  1744. 

17.  John?  b.  Nov.  28,  1680,  d.  Aug.  27,  1716. 

18.  Mary?  b.  Dec.  12,  1682. 

19.  Daniel?  b.  July  8,  1685. 

20.  Timothy?  b.  Mar.  17,  1687,  d.  Dec.  9,  1742. 

21.  Sarah?  b.  Feb.  7,  1689. 

22.  Hannah?  b.  Dec.  2,  1690,  d.  July  14,  1716. 

23.  Martha?  b.  June  16,  1693,  m.  Geo.  Bristow,  Sept.  29,  1715. 
Noah2  Mason  also  went  into  the  service  from  Rehoboth,  in  King 

Philip's  war.  He  belonged  to  the  forces  of  the  Plymouth  col- 
ony, under  Major  Bradford,  and  in  addition  to  his  personal  ser- 
vices, he  contributed  15s  towards  the  expenses  of  the  war. 
(Bliss's  History  of  Rehoboth.) 

(4  )  24.  Samuel2  Mason  m.  Elizabeth  Miller,  Mar.  2,  1681-2,  d.  Mar. 
3,  1717-18.     They  had 


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25.  Samuel?  b.  at  Rehoboth,  June  9,  1G83,  d.  June  3,  1112. 

26.  James?  b.  Mar.  18,  1684-5. 

27.  Elizabeth?  b.  May  5,  1089,  m.  Edward  Luther,  Feb.  12,  1712. 

28.  Amos?  b.  Feb.  18,  1700,  d.  April  25,  1700. 

It  appears  from  the  will  of  Sampson1  Mason  that  Samuel*2  was 
the  son  designated  with  whom  his  wife  was  to  have  a  home. 
Uis  posterity  became  numerous  and  respectable.  His  son  Sam- 
uel3 had  14  children  ;  amongst  them  Susannah,1  b.  at  Rehoboth, 
Jan.  24,  1725,  m.  Rev.  Isaac  Backus,  of  Middleboro',  the  author 
of  Church  History,  Nov.  29,  1749,  d.  Nov.  24,  1800.  (His.  and 
Gen.  Reg.,  vii,  243.)  Mr.  Backus  d.  in  1806.  He  used  to  say 
of  his  wife,  that  "she  was  the  greatest  earthly  blessing  which 
God  ever  gave  him."  (2d  vol.  Benedict's  History  of  the  Bap- 
tists, 268.) 

(7)  29.  Mary2  Mason,  m.  the  Rev.  Ephraim  Wheaton,  Jan.  7,  1684. 
The  records  of  Rehoboth  show,  that  they  had  nine  children,  born 
between  1685  and  1703.  Mr.  Wheaton  was  first  settled  as  the 
colleague  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Luther,  pastor  of  the  first  Baptist 
Church  in  Swansey.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Luther,  in  1716, 
Mr.  Wbeaton  succeeded  him  as  sole  pastor  of  that  Church.  His 
ministry  was  long  and  eminently  successful.  He  wrote  an  account 
of  his  success  to  Thomas  Hollis,  of  London,  from  whom  he  received 
a  congratulatory  letter,  and  a  present  of  Books.  Though  he  min- 
istered in  Swansey,  his  residence  was  in  a  contiguous  part  of 
Rehoboth,  where  he  died,  April  26,  1734,  aged  75.  His  four  sons 
settled  upon  their  paternal  estate,  and  amongst  his  lineal  descend- 
ants are  the  families  of  Judge  Wheaton,  of  Norton  ;  Dr.  Levi 
Wheaton,  of  Providence  ;  Hon.  Henry  Wheaton,  late  U.  S.  Min- 
ister at  Berlin  ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Jackson,  of  Newport,  Rev. 
Josephus  Wheaton,  formerly  of  Holliston,  &c.  [See  Discourse  of 
the  Rev.  Josiah  P.  Tustin,  at  the  dedication  of  the  Baptist  Church 
in  Warren,  May  8,  1845.J 

(9)   30.  Joseph-  Mason,  in.  Lydia Sept.  4,  1686,  had 

31.  Joseph?  b.  at  Swansey,  April  30,  1087. 

32.  Anne?  b.  Aug.  28,  1688,.  m.  Richard  Hail,  Jan.  2,  1705-6. 

33.  Freelove?  b.  June  5,  1695,  m.  Samuel  Gorton  June  1.  1715. 

34.  Lydia?,  b.  Nov.  7,  1704,  m  John  Brown,  Nov.  5,  1724. 

Joseph2  Mason  succeeded  Elder  Thomas  Barnes  as  minister  of  the 
Second  Baptist  Church  in  Swansey,  July,  1709.  In  1737  or  8  he  re- 
signed the  pastorate,  on  account  of  infirmity  of  body,  and  not  of 
mind,  as  the  Church  record  states,  and  his  nephew,  elder  Job  Mason, 
was  chosen  in  his  place. 

This  Church  was  constituted  in  1693,  upon  the  six  principle  plan,  as 
stated  in  the  6th  chapter  of  Hebrews,  1,  2.  They  were  connected 
with  the  yearly  meeting  of  Six  Principle  Baptists  in  Rhode  Island; 
did  not  allow  singing  in  their  public  religious  services  ;  and  in  many 
of  their  notions  they  appear  to  have  sympathised  with  the  Friends. 
But  since  the  American  Revolution,  they  have  conformed  to  the  usa- 


250  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [Jubr> 

ges  of  other  sects  in  the  matter  of  Church  Psalmody.  Their  meeting- 
house was  located  three  or  four  miles  easterly  of  Myles's  bridge,  near 
which  was  located  the  meeting  house  of  the  first  Church.  A  section 
of  the  second  church  still  exists,  that  retain  their  original  platform, 
and  their  connection  with  the  R.  I.  yearly  meeting.  But  they  have 
left  the  meeting  house,  for  some  years  past,  to  the  brethren  known 
as  Christians,  or  Free  Will  Baptists.  The  ancient  records  of  this 
church  are  in  the  hands  of  Deac.  Martin  Burlington,  near  the  meeting- 
house, at  Luther's  corner.  They  afford  ample  proof  that  the  Masons 
were  among  the  principal  founders  of  this  religious  society.  Joseph 
Mason  was  the  first  minister  of  that  name,  but  several  others  of  the 
name  of  Mason  succeeded  him. 

(11)  35.  Isaac2  Mason  m.  Hannah and  they  had 

36.  Hannah*  b.  at  Rehoboth,  Jan.  9,  1694,  d.  Feb.  26,  1697. 

37.  Mary*  b.  Jan.  26,  1696  ;  d.  Mar.  4,  1697. 

38.  Isaac*  b.  Dec.  26,  1698. 

39.  Sampson*  b.  Feb.  24,  1700. 

(62)  40.  Tlezeldah*  b.  June  6,  1704  ;  d.  April  4,  1738. 

41.  Nathan*  b.  May  10,  1705  ;  d.  May,  1758. 

42.  Olive*  b.  at  Swansey  Aug.  20,  1706. 

43.  Hannah*  b.  Mar.,  1710  ;  rn.  James  Brown,  Feb.  19,  1740. 

44.  Benjamin*  b.  April  10,  1711, 

45.  Mary*  b.  May  21,  1713. 

Isaac-  Mason  was  the  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Bullard.  He  was  the  first 
Deacon  of  the  second  Baptist  Church  in  Swansey.  Elder  Thomas 
Barnes  was  ordained  as  their  first  pastor,  in  1693,  and  the  record  finds, 
that  "  our  beloved  brother,  Isaac  Mason,  was  chosen  and  ordained 
Deacon." 

This  office  he  held  during  his  lifetime  ;  ^and  the  records  of  both, 
the  church  and  the  town  show,  that  he  died  Jany.  25,  1742.  He 
thus  held  the  oflice  of  Deacon  of  this  Church,  for  fifty  years,  and 
during  the  whole  of  the  pastorates  of  his  brother  Joseph  and  Mr. 
Barnes.  It  nppears  that  he  had  much  to  do  with  both  the  Spiritual 
and  the  secular  affairs  of  the  Church.  June  17,  1731,  he,  with  others, 
"  was  chosen  a  Committee  to  treat  with  the  other  Society  concerning 
the  ministerial  lands  in  Swansey."  His  very  numerous  descendants 
are  found  in  Mass.,  N.  York,  Ohio  and  other  States.  In  Ohio,  they 
are  represented  by  the  Hon.  Sampson  Mason  of  Springfield,  formerly 
M.  C.  from  that  District. 

(12)  46.  Pelatiah-  Mason,  m.  Hepzibah  Brooks  May  22,  1694  ;  b. 
1673  ;  d.  Aug.  24,  1727  ;  by  whom  he  had  his  children,  but  m. 
a  2d,  3d,  and  4th  wife. 

47.  Job*  b.  at  Swansey  Feb.  28,  1695  ;  d.  July  17,  1775. 

48.  Elihu*  b.  Jan.  1,  1696  ;  d.  April  11,  1719. 

49.  Elisha*  b.  Jan.  11,  1699  ;  d.  July  25,  1760. 

50.  Samuel*  b.  Jan.  30,  1701  ;  d.  1709. 

51.  Aaron*  b.  Mar.  8,  1703  ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1731. 

52.  Anne*  b.  June  9,  1705  ;  d.  May  26,  1776. 

53.  Elizabeth*  b.  June  18,  1707  ;  m.  John  Hail,  Oct.  18,  1723  ;  d. 
1795. 


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54.  ITepzibah*  b.  Dec.  10,  1109;  d.  Dec.  19,  1731. 

55.  Pelatiah*  b.  Dec.  16,  1711. 

56.  Russell**.  April  21,  1714  ;  d.  Jan.  11,  1799. 

57.  John*  b.  Oct*.  3,  1716. 

Pelatiah,2  was  the  head  of  the  clerical  branch  of  the  family  of 
Sampson  Mason,  and  its  history  is  well  preserved  by  the  public  re- 
cords of  Swansey  and  a  private  record  furnished  me  by  Owen  Mason, 
A.  M.,  of  Providence.  It  results  satisfactorily  from  the  records  of  the 
town  of  Woburn,  that  llepsibah,  the  first  wife  of  Pelatiah  Mason,  was 
the  daughter  of  Timothy  Brooks,  by  his  w.  Mary  Russell,  daughter  of 
Elder  John  Russell  Sen.,  and  not  of  Rev.  John  Russell  Jr.  of  Boston, 
as  supposed  by  Mr.  Benedict.  Three  of  the  sons  of  Pelatiah  Mason, 
Job,  Russell  and  John,  were  successively  ministers  of  the  2d  Baptist 
Church  in  Swansey,  said    by  Backus   and  Benedict  to  be  "eminent." 

The  Rev.  Job  Mason,  was,  no  doubt,  a  man  of  mark  with  his  con- 
temporaries. He  was  ordained  May  26,  1738.  The  following- docu- 
ment given  by  him  to  his  Church,  and  entered  upon  their  records,  is 
interesting,  not  only  as  indicating  his  own  views,  but  the  views  of  his 
Baptist  brethren  of  that  day,  in  relation  to  ministerial  support. 

"Having  perused  the  declaration  of  my  predecessors,  in  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  recorded  in  the  town  Book,  and  finding  them  ground- 
ed in  the  word  of  God,  in  respect  to  their  support,  I  am  willing  to 
comply  with  the  same,  judging  it  to  be  most  agreeable  to  the  mind 
of  God  contained  in  the  Scriptures;  I  declare  myself  to  be  fully  satisfi- 
ed with  what  maybe  freely  and  willingly  bestowed  on  me  for  my  labor 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  from  them  that  participate  of  my  labor  in 
dispensing  the  word  of  God,  and  no  others.  Also  denying  any  support, 
by  way  of  a  tax,  as  witness  my  hand  this  eleventh  day  of  August, 
Anno  Domini  1748." 

"Job  Mason." 

Upon  his  death,  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  caused  the  following 
entry  to  be  made  on  their  records. 

"July  17,  1775.  On  Monday  night  last,  died  of  an  apoplexy  and 
malignant  fever,  and  on  Wendesday  were  interred  the  remains  of  that 
truly  venerable  man,  Elder  Job  Mason,  in  the  81st  year  of  his  age. 
lie  had  faithfully  labored  in  the  gospel  ministry  47  years,  more  than 
37  of  which  he  was  an  ordained  Elder  of  the  second  Baptist  Church 
in  Swansey.  It  may,  with  truth,  be  said,  that  he  magnified  his  of- 
fice, in  that  he  dispensed  the  gospel  to  others,  he  exhibited  in  his  own 
life  and  conversation  the  most  striking  proof  of  its  tendency  to  make 
men  truly,  wise,  useful  and  good.  The  dear  bereaved  Church  may  justly 
sorrow  because  they  shall  see  his  face  no  more  ;  for  he  was  indeed, 
a  pastor,  guide  and  example  to  the  flock,  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost 
had  made  him  an  overseer.  His  family  have  lost  in  him  all  that  is 
included  in  the  idea  of  a  father;  and  human  society,  one  of  the  most 
amiable,  benevolent  and  useful  members.  He  retained  until  his  last 
sickness,  a  most  uncommon  activity  and  vigor,  in  both  the  powers  of 
his  body  and  mind.  It  was  thought,  though  for  sometime  before  his 
death  he  was  deprived  of  his  speech,  that  he  retained  the  exercise 
of   his  reason  to  the  last      In  broken  accents,  however,  before  his  lips 


252  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [July, 

were  sealed,  he  said:  "I  know  whom  I  have  believed,  and  am  per- 
suaded that  he  is  able  to  keep  that  which  I  have  committed  unto  him, 
against  that  day."  I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven  saying  unto  me, 
write,  blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth: 
Yea  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their  labours  ;  and 
their  works  do  follow  them." 

Elder  Nathan  Muson,  a  son  of  Sampson  and  grandson  of  Deacon 
Isaac  Mason,  was  a  contemporary  of  the  three  clerical  sons  of 
Pelatiah  Mason.  He  gathered  a  Church  in  Swansey,  and  emigrated 
with  them  to  Sackville,  New  Brunswick,  in  1763.  After  residing  at 
that  place  about  eight  years,  he  returned  to  Mass.,  and  settled  in 
what  is  now  Cheshire,  Berkshire,  Co.  Upon  the  return  of  the  cele- 
brated Elder  John  Leland,  from  Virginia  to  that  place,  he  and  this 
Elder  Mason,  became  colleagues  in  the  ministry.  '  Elder  Leland  was 
a  native  of  Grafton,  in  the  county  of  Worcester;  and  Mrs.  Billiard, 
recollects  that  her  father  and  mother  used  to  be  much  gratified  at  the 
o -oasioual  visits  of  this  distinguished  colleague  of  their  kinsman. 
Whether  Elder  Mason  co-operated  with  Mr.  Leland,  in  forwarding  the 
mammoth  cheese  to  Mr.  Jefferson,  history  does  not  inform  us;  he  enjoy- 
ed the  utmost  confidence  and  respect  of  Mr.  Leland,  who  said  of  him, 
that  "  he  was  a  man  of  peace  and  godliness  ;  preaching  seven  days  in 
the  week,  by  his  life  and  conversation." 

The  name  of  Elder  Russell  Mason,  is  suggestive,  if  not  proof,  of 
the  relation  between  the  Mason  and  Russell  families.  Among  the 
descendants  of  Elder  Russell  Mason,  is  the  Rev.  Alanson  P.  Mason, 
the  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Chelsea,  who  is  quite  compe- 
tent to  speak  for  his  branch  of  the  Mason  family. 

Elder  John  Mason,  the  last  of  the  clerical  sons  of  Pelatiah  Mason, 
was  the  ancestor  of  the  highly  respectable  branch  of  the  family  in 
Providence,  R.  I. 

The  record  of  the  death  of  Pelatiah  Mason,  copied  from  the  town 
Books  of  Swansey,  is  as  follows  : 

"  Pelatiah  Mason  of  Swansey,  deceased  this  life  March  ye  29  1763, 
ao-ed  94  years,  and  the  last  survivor  of  six  bretheren  :  the  youngest 
was  70  years  of  age  when  he  deceased." 

For  access  to  this  interesting  record,  I  am  indebted  to  the  Hon. 
John  Mason,  a  lineal  descendant  of  this  patriarch.  He  has  been  clerk 
of  the  town  of  Swansey  for  about  50  years. 

The  facts  recited  in  this  record,  are  important  in  the  history  of  the 
whole  family  of  Sampson  Mason.  They  settle  not  onl}r  the  longevity  of 
th^race,  but  show  who  the  longest  livers  of  his  children  were. 

The  youngest  son,  referred  to  in  the  record,  was  Benjamin;  and  as 
he  was  born  in  1070,  his  death  must  have  occurred  in  1740.  And  as 
John  died  in  1683,  and  Noah  in  1099  or  1700,  and  James,  if  living, 
was  in  Boston  or  vicinity,  the  six  sons  of  Sampson  Mason,  referred  to 
must  have  been  Sampson,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Isaac,  Pelatiah  and  Ben- 
jamin. The  private  record  furnished  me  by  Mr.  Owen  Mason,  states 
that  "six  brothers  settled  in  Swansey  and  Rehoboth,  and  lived  until 
the  youngest  was  seventy  years  of  age  ;  when  being  taken  sick,  his 
elder  brothers — the  oldest  being  93  years  of  age — all  assembled  at 
the  same  time,  to  take  a  final  leave  of  him."  The  imagination  could 
not  depict  a  scene  more  truly  patriarchal  ;  and  should  the  family  ever 
produce  a  painter,  his  first  duty  would  be  to  do  justice  to  the  subject. 


1864.]  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  253 

(13)  58.  Benjamin2  Mason,  m.  Ruth ,  had  : 

59.  Hannah*  b.  at  Swansey,  May  11,  1G98  ;  m.  Wm.  Slade,  Jr., 

June  23,  1715. 
00.  Christopher*  b.  July  6,  1702. 
61.  Charles  »b.  Aug.  16,  1713. 

In  1855  I  was  informed  by  Wm.  Mason,  Esq.,  of  Fall  River,  then  78 
years  of  age,  and  the  nearest  living  descendant  of  Sampson  Mason, 
that  his  grandfather,  Christopher,''*  m.  a  daughter  of  Gov.  Jenks  of 
R.  I.  They  lived  at  Swansey,  with  eight  other  children,  his  father, 
Christopher,'  b.Oct.  12,  1737. 

(40)  62.  HezekiarS  Mason,  ra.  Rebeckah  Martin,  July  23,  1730,  had 
(67)  63.  Melatiah,*  b.  April  19,  1731  ;  m.  Rebeckah  Miller,  Nov.  14, 
1754  ;  d.  Dec.  17,  1831. 

64.  Hezekiah*  b.  Aug.  11,  1732. 

65.  Jeremiah*  b.  Aug.  11,  1732. 

66.  Phebe*  b.  Dec.  17,  1736. 

Hezekiah,3  the  son  of  Deacon  Isaac  Mason,  was  the  great  grandfa- 
ther of  Mrs.  Bullard.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  record  of  his  mar- 
riage, taken  from  the  records  of  Rehoboth.  Hezekiah  Mason  and 
Rebeckah  Martin  were  married  23  July,  1730,  by  Mr.  Ephraim  Whea- 
ton,  minister  of  Swansey."  She  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Melatiah 
Martin,  born  Feby.  19,  1708-9.  Her  father  was  ordained  deacon 
of  the  second  Baptist  Church  in  Swansey,  Oct.  19,  1715,  and  died 
Jan.  30,  1761,  aged  88.  Hence  it  appears  that  Isaac  Mason  and 
Melatiah  Martin  were  simultaneously  deacons  of  the  same  church  for 
many  years.  Deacon  Martin  had  seven  children,  whose  births  are 
recorded  in  Rehoboth,  but  his  death  is  recorded  in  Swansey. 

(63)  67.  Melatiah1   Mason,   m.  Rebeckah    Miller,  Nov.    14,   1754  ;    d. 

Jan.   17,  1823,  they  had: 
(80)  68.  Anna,5  b.  at  Rehoboth,  Nov.  4,  1755  ;  m.  Deac.  Jesse  White 

at  Uxbridge  April  17,  1777  ;  d.  Aug.  20,  1839. 

69.  Noah,5  b.  at  Dighton,  Nov.  29,  1757  ;  d.  Feb.  27,  1841. 

70.  Bebeckah,5  b.  Feb.  5.  1760  ;  d.  Mar.  7,  1809. 

71.  Melatiah,5  b.  Oct.  16,  1761  ;  d.  June  30,  1790. 

72.  Abraham,5  b.   July  10,4763  ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1852. 

73.  Lydia5  b.  Aug.  1,  1765  ;  d.  Nov.  1,  1765. 

74.  Betsey,5  b.  Aug.  10,  1766  ;  d.  Jan.  15,  1812.  * 

75.  Mary,5  b.  Aug.  16,  1768  ;  m.  Enos  Tucker;  d.  July  20,  1851. 

76.  Isaac5  b.  at  Uxbridge,  Nov.  15,  1772  ;  d.  Sept.  22,  1826. 

77.  Rhoda,5  b.  Dec.  11,  1774  ;  m. Cutler;  d.  April  2,  1834. 

78.  Lydia5  b.  Sept.  9,  1776  ;  m.  Otis  Pratt;  d.  Sept.  25,  1860. 

79.  Olive,5  b.  Feb.  20,  1780  at  Killingly,  Conn.;  setoff  to  Thomp- 

son in  1785  ;  m. Wesson  ;  d.  Jan.  1820. 

Melatiah1  Mason,  was,  by  trade,  a  master  mason.  The  record  of 
his  marriage,  shows  that  at  that  time,  he  was  a  resident  of  Providence, 
where  he  was  probably  at  work.  In  1770,  the  year  in  which  John 
Brown  laid  the  corner  stone  of  the  University  Hall,  Melatiah  Mason 
assisted  in  the  work.  After  his  removal  to  Uxbridge,  he  was  em- 
ployed, witli  a  company  of  hands,  to  go  to  Hanover,  and  erect  some 
of  the  buildings  of  Dartmouth  College. 
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254  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [July, 

(68)80.  Anna5  Mason,  m.  Deac.  Josse  White  April   17,  1777  ;  d.  at 
Northbridge,  Mar.  2,  1830;  they  bad   11  children: 

81.  Lucy,6   b.  May  5,    1778;    m.   Dr.  Artemas    Bullard  at  North- 

bridge,  Dec.  6,  1798;  removed  to  Sutton  in  1805  ;  d.  there 
May  6,  1842.  Since  his  death,  Mrs.  B.  has  resided  with 
her  sons  Ebenezer  W.  and  Oliver  C,  and  her  sons-in-law, 
Henry  Ward  Beecher  and  your  correspondent. 

82.  Noah,6  b.  Feb.  21,  1780  ;  d.  Sept.  23,  1830. 

83.  Amos,6  b.  Sept.  19,  1781  ;  d.  Mar.  12,  1853. 

84.  Jesse6  b.  June  30,  1783. 

85.  Alden6  b.  Mar.  21,  1785  ;  d.  Aug.  16,  1830. 

86.  Anna,6  b.  Jan.  11,  1787  ;  d.  Feb.  14,  1795. 

87.  Joel,6  b.  Jan.  5,  1789  ;  d.' July  8,  1814. 

88.  Eunice,6    b.   Mar.   4,1791;    m.    James    Fletcher,  son  of  Col. 

James  F.  of  Northbridge,  Jan.  1,  1817. 

89.  Sally,6  b.  May  6,  1793  ;  d.  May  17,  1793. 

90.  Mason,6  b.  May  4,  1794  ;  d.  April  15,  1839. 

91.  Washington,6  b.  May  19,  1796;  representative  of  Northbridge 

in  the  G.  C.  of  1855. 

Perhaps  I  cannot  better  close  this  communication  than  by  hand- 
ing you  for  republication,  a  notice  of  the  celebration  of  the  hundredth 
birthday  of  Melatiah  Mason,  the  venerable  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Bul- 
lard.  It  was  first  published  in  the  National  JEgis,  at  Worcester,  May 
5,  1830.  An  amusing  error,  however,  occurred,  in  celebrating  it  one 
year  too  early.  The  mistake,  no  doubt,  happened  by  a  reference  to 
the  record  of  his  marriage  in  the  family  Bible,  Nov.  14,  1754. 

This  record  recites  that  he  was  then  24,  and  his  wife  19  years  of 
age.  The  Bible  contained  no  other  record  of  the  time  of  his  birth, 
and  it  appears  to  have  been  assumed  that  he  was  24  the  April  before 
his  marriage  ;  but,  in  fact,  he  was  not,  till  the  April  after.  Of  course 
he  did  not  become  a  hundred  years  old  till  April  30,  1831;  while  the 
event  was  celebrated  April  30,  1830.  At  first  it  was  thought  that 
there  might  be  a  mistake  of  a  year  in  my  copy  of  the  records  of 
Swansey.  But  upon  reference  to  the  original,  it  is  found  very 
plain  and  full,  in  the  words  and  figures  following: 

"Melatiah  Mason,  the 'son  of  Hezekiah  Mason  and  Rebeckah  his 
wife,  was  born  April  19,  on  the  second  day  of  the  week,  1731." 

By  correcting  the  style,  which  should  always  be^done  in  the  case 
of  records  previous  to  the  year  1752,  we  have,  as  the  true  date  of  his 
birth,  new  style,  April  30,  1731  ;  and  his  hundredth  birth  day,  there- 
fore, occurred  April  30,  1831,  a  year  after  it  was  celebrated.  How- 
ever he  lived  till  Dec.  27,  1831,  and  thus  became  fully  entitled  to 
the  distinction  of  being  a  centenarian. 

WILL  OF  SAMPSON  MASON. 
The  22cond  day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  according  to  the  English  ac- 
compt  one  thousand  six  hundred  seaventy  and  two,  Know  all  men  by  these 
presents  that  I  Sampson  Mit.son  of  Rehoboth  in  the  Collonie  of  New  Plymouth  in 
New  England  Cordwinder  being  sicke  in  body,  hut  through  the  Grace  of  my  God  of 
Good  and  p'fect  memory  Doe  make  and  declare  my  last  will  and  Testament,  in  manor 
And  form  following;  That  is  to  say  first  I  give  and  bequeath  my  whole  estate  as  well 
Reall  as  p'sonall ;  to  Mary  my  beloved  wife  ;  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  and  every  pte 


1864.]  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  255 

therof  To  the  use  of  her  the  said  Mary  during  her  widdowhood  ;  only  excepting  such 
Gifts  and  Legacies;  as  are  heerin  and  heerafter  bequeathed  ;  Item  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  eldest  son  Noah ;  either  my  house  which  is  shortly  to  be  built  in  Swansey ; 
or  that  house  wherin  I  doe  now  dwell ;  that  is  to  say  that  house  which  his  mother  my 
.said  wife  shall  order  him  to  take  ;  and  an  equal  1  proportion  with  his  other  bretherin 
in  all  my  lands  within  the  severail  Townships  of  Rehoboth  and  Swansey  ;  and  on 
the  north  syde  of  the  Town  Reho[bo]th,  when  hee  shall  attaine  to  one  and  twenty 
years  of  age  ;  to  the  use  of  him  and  his  heeres  and  assignes  for  ever. 

Item  I  bequeath  unto  my  second  son  Sampson  fifty  acrees  of  land  which  is  shortly 
to  be  laved  out  as  my  Lott  on  the  north  syde  of  the  Town  of  Rehoboth  ;  To  have  and 
to  hold  the  said  fifty  acrees  ;  from  the  time  that  bee  shall  attaine  to  one  and  twenty 
yours  of  age  ;  To  him  and  his  Indies  and  assignes  for  ever  ;  Item  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  son  Samuel  that  house  which  my  said  wife  shall  choose  for  her  owne  par- 
ticular use  ;  with  five  and  twenty  acrees  of  Land  where  my  said  wifnand  the  overseers 
of  this  my  will  heor after  named  shall  see  convenient;  To  have  and  to  hold  the  said 
bouse  and  land  .  from  and  after  my  suid  wifes  decease.  To  him  and  his  heires  and 
assigns  for  ever  ;  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  other  six  sonnes  au  equall 
right,  to  and  -proportion  of,  all  my  lands  not  alreddy  bequeathed  within  the  severail 
Townshipps  of  Rehoboth  and  Swansey ;  and  on  the  north  syde  of  the  Towne  of 
Rehpbotli  ;  whether  the  same  or  any  p'te  thereof  be  dovided  or  undevided  ;  as  it  is 
or  shall  be  layed  out  to  the  use  of  mee  mine  heires  or  assignes  att  any  time  heer- 
after  ;  to  have  and  to  hold  To  them  my  said  six  sonnes,  and  every  of  them  respect- 
ively, when  they  shall  attaine  to  one  and  twenty  yeers  of  age  ;  and  after  the  second 
marriage  of  my  said  wife  or  her  decease ;  to  theire  severail  and  Respective  uses  of  them 
and  to  the  severail  and  respective  uses  of  theire  heires  and  assignes  for  ever,  provided 
nevertheless  that  whensoever  every  of  my  last  mensioned  six  sons  shall  prossesse  and 
injoy  an  equall  proportionall  of  lands  with  my  said  sonnes  Noah  and  Samuell  ;  that  the 
remaining  lands  shall  be  att  my  wifes  dispose  and  of  my  said  overseers  heerafter  men- 
sioned, Item  I  do  heerby  declare  that  it  is  my  last  will  and  Testament,  that  every  of  my 
four  daughters,  shall  have  such  a  portion  of  my  estate  both  Reall  and  p'sonall  as  my 
said  wife  and  the  said  overseers  shall  see  meet  and  to  be  payed  to  every  of  them  accord- 
ing to  the  order  of  my  said  Wife  and  overseers  ;  Item  I  doe  heerby  nominate  my  said 
dear  wife  Mary  to  be  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament ;  and  my  beloved 
Frinds  Mr.  John  Myles,  Mr.  James  Brown  and  my  brother  John  Butterworth  to  be 
overseers  therof  ;  desiring  that  they  Doe  see  the  same  accomplished  and  p'formed 
in-cording  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  therof  ;  In  witness  wherof  I  have  heer- 
unto  putt  my  hand  and  Scale  the  day  and  yeer  first  above  written. 

Signed  &  Sealed  in  the  presence  of 

Jonatuan  Poller,  SAMPSON  MASON,  &  a  (seale), 

Jonathan  Willmoth, 

Jonathan  Fuller  &  Jonathan  Wilmoth  took  theire  oath  to  the  truth  of  this  will 
and  Testament  the  17th  of  November  1(376  before  mee. 

James  Brown,  Assistant, 

.Plymouth  ss.  May  3d,  1862.  The  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  from  the  Plymouth 
Colony  Records  Book  of  wills,  vol.  2d,  Part  2d,  Page  49.  * 

Attest,         Wm.  S.  RUSSELL, 

Keeper  of  said  Records. 

Extract  from   the  printed  Records  of  Plymouth  Colony,  vol.  5,  pp.  213 

and  221. 

1676,  Nov.  1,  Mr.  Brown  is  appointed  by  the  Court  to  give  oath 
unto  the  witnesses  of  the  will  of  Sampson  Mason,  and  to  administer 
an  oath  unto  Mary  Mason  for  the  truth  of  the  Inventory. 

In  reference  to  the  will  of  Sampson  Mason,  tendered  unto  the  court  ; 
whereas  it  doth  appear  that  some  p'sells  of  land  have  been  purchas- 
ed since  his  will  was  made,  that  are  not  yet  paid  for  ;  this  Court 
hath  ordered  that  his  widow,  Mary  Mason  shall  have  liberty  from  the 
Court  to  make  sale  of  some  p'te  of  the  said  land  to  make  payment 


256  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist.  [July, 

for   the   rest,  and  that  what  remains  be  improved  for  the  bringing  up 
of  his  children. 

And  Mr.  Browne,  Mr.  Daniel  Smith  and  her  Brother  Butterworth 
are  deputed  by  the  (Joint  to  be  helpfull  to  her  in  the  disposing  of 
the  said  Estate. 

THE  MAN  OF  A  HUNDRED  YEARS. 

■•  I  scarce  remember,  in  my  observation,  to  have  met  with  many 
old  men,  or  with  such  who,  (to  use  our  own  English  phrase),  wear  well, 
that  had  not  at  least  a  certain  indolence  in  their  humor,  if  not  a  more 
than  ordinary  gaiety  and  cheerfulness  of  heart." 

This  remark  of  the  Spectator  was  forcibly  suggested  to  me,  on 
attending  the  celebration  of  the  hundredth  birth  day  of  Melatiah 
Mason  at  Thompson,  Conn.,  on  the  30th  ult.  I  never  before  had  seen 
a  person  a  hundred  years  old.  This  singular  novelty,  created  an 
interest,  not  less  singular,  much  heightened,  no  doubt,  by  the  cir- 
cumstance that  this  old  man  and  my  little  boy  who  was  with  me, 
constituted  the  extremes  of  five  generations.  The  occasion  called 
together  quite  a  concourse  of  the  old  gentleman's  posterity,  friends, 
neighbors  and  townsmen;  and  appropriate  religious  services  were  had 
at  the  Baptist  Church  in  Thompson.  Elder  Grow  preached  from  2 
Timothy  3,  6,  7  and  8:  "For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and  the 
time  of  my  departure  is  at  hand,"  &c.  The  preacher  stated  that  the 
old  gentleman  had,  for  three  score  years  and  ten,  been  a  professor  of 
religion;  that  the  number  of  his  surviving  children  was  six;  grand- 
children, fifty-three;  great-grand-children,  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty;  besides  quite  a  number  of  great-great-grand-children.  Several 
branches  of  the  old  gentleman's  family  are  settled  in  this  common- 
wealth. Amongst  others,  is  the  large  family  of  White  in  North- 
bridge,  and  the  family  of  Dr.  Billiard  of   Sutton. 

After  the  religious  exercises  of  the  occasion  were  over,  I  endeavored 
to  ascertain  by  what  means,  under  God,  in  whom  he  had  so  early  put 
his  trust,  this  man  of  a  hundred  years  had  managed  to  live  so 
long  in  the  world.  He  informed  me  that  he  was  born  at  Rehoboth; 
that  he  was  brought  up  to  the  trade  of  a  mason,  and  continued  to 
work  at  it  more  or  less  till  he  was  eighty  years  old.  That  when 
young,  he  married  a  "  worthy  woman  "  by  the  name  of  Rebeckah 
Miller,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children,  and  whom  he  buried  but  a 
few  years  ago.  He  said  he  always  worked  hard;  had  frequently 
walked  ten  miles  in  the  morning,  and  then  done  his  day's  work.  Upon 
being  questioned  as  to  his  mode  of  living,  he  modestly  said  he  always 
aimed    to  be  temperate.     That  when  he  used  to  work  hard,  lie  drank 

little  spirit,  but  never  used  tobacco  habitually  in  any  way;  once 
in  a  while  smoked  a  little  for  amusement,  but  never  a  pipe  full  at  a  time. 
He  is  a  person  small  in  stature,  thick  set,  and  has  to  this  day  a  good 
head  of  hair,  and  a  fine  bright  eye.  The  most  striking  characteristic 
of  his  mind,  was  that  of  equanimity  and  cheerfulness.  And  herein, 
undoubtedly,  consists  the  main  secret  by  which  the  subtile  machinery 
of  life  has  been  so  long  kept  in  motion.  So  predominant  were  the 
kindly  feelings  of  his  nature,  that  through  all  the  wars  in  which  his 
country  had    been  involved  during  his  long  Life,  he  never,  on  but  one 


1864.]  Weaver  Family.  257 

occasion,  to  use  his  own  words,  "  took  his  gun  in  hand  for  the 
purpose  of  hurting-  anybody,"  and  that  was  upon  the  alarm  that  the 
Regulars  were  making  a  descent  upon  Lexington  and  Concord.  That 
was  too  much  for  the  old  gentleman's  pacific  nature,  lie  resolutely 
took  his  gun,  and  nothing  but  his  distance  from  the  scene  of  action 
prevented  him  from  shedding  man's  blood.  During  the  Revolutionary 
war,  he  prayed  ardently  for  the  success  of  the  good  cause,  but  he  could 
not  overcome  the  conscientious  scruples  of  his  heart  in  regard  to 
bearing  arms  as  a  profession,  and  did  not  therefore  enter  the  service. 

At  the  close  of  the  religious  services  of  the  occasion,  a  contribution 
was  taken  up  of  about  forty  dollars,  as  well  for  the  purpose  of  minis- 
tering to  the  few  remaining  wants  of  the  patriarch,  as  to  testify  the 
filial  regard  of  his  posterity,  and  the  respect  of  his  neighbors  and 
townsmen.  It  would  be  altogether  superfluous  to  speak  of  the  moral 
character  of  one  who  could  draw  forth  such  an  unequivocal  expres- 
sion of  esteem,  from  those  who  were  best  acquainted  with  him,  and 
it  is  an  affecting  exemplification  of  the  benign  policy  of  Heaven 
towards  men,  that  he  who  had  spent  a  long  life  in  acts  of  kindness 
and  charity  to  others,  should,  after  the  tardy  lapse  of  a  century  of 
years,  find  an  ample  reward  in  being  himself  placed  in  a  community 
and  amongst  friends,  by  whom  virtue  is  appreciated  and  age  respected. 

Oxford,  May  3,  1830.  ,         B. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  WEAVER  FAMILY,  OF  SWANZEY,  MASS. 

[Communicated  by  Gen.  Ebenezer  Weaver  Peirce,  of  Freetown,  Mass.] 

1.  Benjamin1  Weaver,  of  Swanzey,  had  children  :  (2)  Capt.  Ben- 
jamin,2 m.  Nov.  4,  1753,  Joanna  Barnaby,  of  Freetown,  and  was 
drowned  in  1756  or  1757  ;  (3)  Samuel2  m.  Jan.  9,  17G1,  Wait  Reed, 
of  Freetown;  (4)  Parker;2  (5)  Amu2  m.  Nov.  20,  1745,  David  Evans, 
jr.,  of  Freetown;  (6)  Ruth2  m.  Mr.  Potter;  (7)  Eunice2  m.  Lieut. 
Jonathan  Reed,  of  Freetown  ;*(8)  Elizabeth2  m.  Mr,  Look. 

2.  Capt.  Benjamin'2  Weaver  jr.  was  a  master  mariner,  and  com- 
manded a  vessel  trading  between  New  England  and  the  West  Indies. 
By  his  wife  Joanna,  he  had  one  child  ;  (9)  Col.  Benjamin*  b.  June 
25,  1755,  m.  Amy,  dau.  of  Joseph  Brownell,  Esq.,  of  Portsmouth,  R.  I. 
and  d.  April  23,  1838.     His  wife  Amy  d.  May  20,  1804. 

8.  Col.  Benjamin:{  Weaver  was  an  officer  of  the  Revolution,  trea- 
surer of  the  town  of  Freetown  29  years,  assessor  5  years,  and  select- 
man 1  year.  By  wife  Amy,  he  had  ch.:  (10)  Gardner ,4  b.  Oct.  24,  1784; 
m.  Betsey  Douglass,  of  Freetown  ;  was  coroner  for  Bristol  county, 
and  d.  Jan.  14,  1810  ;  (11)  Joanna*  b.  May  8,  1786  ;  m.  April  24,  1803, 
Ebenezer  Peirce,  Esq.,  of  Freetown,  and  d.  Jan.  6,  1859  ;  (12)  Major 
Joseph,*  b.  Sept.  17,  1787,  commissioned  as  captain  June  24,  1811,  as 
major  April,  1812,  and  d.  Dec.  26,  1814  ;  (13)  Amy*  b.  Oct.  7,  1793, 
d.  Oct.  30,  1808. 


258  Prince's  Subscribers.  [July, 


BRIEF  MEMOIRS  AND  NOTICES  OF  PRINCE'S  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Continued  from  p.  178. 
[By  Arthur  Gilman,  Esq.,  of  Glynllyn.] 

Oilman,  Nicholas  (A.  M.),  Capt.  Peter,  Mr.  Nathaniel,  and  Capt. 
Samuel,  of  Exeter.  Four  persons  of  the  name  of  Gil  man  are  found 
among  the  subscribers  to  Prince's  Chronology,  all  of  the  same 
branch  of  the  family,  and  all  of  the  town  of  Exeter,  N.  II.  They 
were  grandsons  of  Hon.  John  Oilman  of  Exeter,  who  came  from 
Hingham,  England,  to  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  company. with  his  father, 
Edward,  and  brothers  Edward  and  Moses,  in  the  year  1638  ;  and  in 
1648  or  soon  after  went  to  Exeter,  where  he  became  very  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs.  He  had  sixteen  sons  and  daughters  by  his 
wife  Elizabeth  Treworgie,  whom  lie  married  30  June,  1657  ;  and  as 
almost  all  of  his  children  married,  and  had  children,  his  descendants  in 
Exeter  and  vicinity  became  very  numerous. 

The  fourth  son  and  ninth  child  of  Hon.  John  Gilman,  was  Judge 
Nicholas  0.  who  was  born  26  Dec,  1672,  married  10  June,  1697 
Sarah,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Clark  of  Newbury,  who  was 
born  17  June,  1678,  and  died  25  Aug.,  1741.  He  was  a  man  of  note 
and  of  considerable  property,  and  occupied  the  position  of  Judge  of 
the  superior  court,  except  for  a  few  months,  from  1729  to  1739. 
Among  the  articles  left  by  him  in  his  will,  we  find  "  The  Genealogy 
in  the  Parlor,"  valued  at  100s;  also  "one  negro  man  named  Tom, 
valued  £260,  and  "one  malater  woman  named  Jenee  and  her  child," 
valued  £280. 

Col.  John  Gilman,  was  the  fifth  son  and  eleventh  child  of  Hon. 
John  Gilman,  and  was  born  19  Jan'y,  1676-7.  He  married  first 
5  June,  1698,  Elizabeth  dau.  of  Peter  and  Abigail  Coffin,  who  died 
4  July,  1720  ;  upon  which  he  married  second,  20  Dec.  1720,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Hon.  Robert  Hale  of  Beverly,  dau.  of  Nath.  Clark  of  New- 
bury, and  prob.  a  sister  o/  his  bro.  Nicholas'  wife.  He  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  town  of  Gilmanton,  was  moderator  of  the  first 
proprietors'  meeting,  14  March,  1728,  and  was  chairman  of  the  first 
board  of  selectmen.  He  was  "  Major  "  in  1727,  and  "  Colonel  "  in  1737 
-9,  and  was  a  large  landholder.  Judge  Nicholas  Oilman,  had  seven 
sons  and  three  daus.  and  three  of  his  sons,  Hon.  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
and  Rev.  Nicholas  Gilman,  were  subscribers  to  the  Chronology. 

Col.  John  Gilman,  had  three  sons  and  four  daus.  by  his  first  wife  ; 
three  sons  and  one  dau.  by  his  second.  Hon.  Peter  Gilman,  his 
oldest  son,  was  the  other  Subscriber  to  Prince's  book. 

Hon.  Samuel  Gilman,  the  first  child  of  Judge  Nicholas,  was  born 
1  May,  1698,  and  d.  3  Jan'y,  1785.  He  m.  first,  2  Sept.,  1719,  Abigail, 
dau.  of  Robert  Lord  of  Ipswich,  and  second,  Mary  Wood  bridge  who 
d.  14  March,  1759.  He  was  judge  of  the  superior  court  from  1740  to 
1747.  He  left  uo  descendants,  his  children  having  almost  all  died, 
in  infancy. 

Nathaniel  Gilman,   fourth  child  of  Judge  Nicholas,  was  born  2d 


1864.1  Prince's  Subscribers.  259 

March,  1104,  and  married  16  Sept.,  1725,  Sarah,  dan.  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Emery  of  Wells,  Me.;  who  survived  him,  and  m.  secondly,  Hon.  John 
Phillips,  tlie  well  known  benefactor  of  Phillips  Academy  at  Exeter. 
She  d.  Oct.,  1795. 

Rev.  Nicholas  Gilman,  the  fifth  son  of  Judge  Nicholas,  was  born 
18  Jan'y,  1707-8,  was  married  22  Oct.,  1730,  to  Mary,  dan.  of  Bar- 
tholomew and  Sarah  (Kent)  Thing,  who  was  b.  11  Jan'y,  1703,  and 
d.  22  Feb.,  1789.  Bartholomew  Thing  was  a  son  of  Hon.  John 
Oilman's  oldest  child,  Mary,  wife  of  Jonathan  Thing.  Rev.  Nicholas 
G.  went  to  the  Latin  school,  Newbnryport,  at  the  age  of  eight, 
entered  Harvard  at  13,  graduated  in  1724,  and  began  to  preach  when 
he  was  20  years  old  at  Kingston,  30  Oct.,  1727.  So  popular  was 
the  young  preacher  that  he  was  called  to  Newmarket  24  Feb.,  1728  ; 
but  lie  declined,  and  was  ordained  at  Durham  3  March,  1742. 
He  died  Apr.  13,  1748.  and  was  buried  in  the  old  grave-yard  at 
Exeter.  He  subscribed  to  "  The  Life  of  Cotton  Mather,"  by  his  son; 
and  this  copy  is  now  preserved  by  Hon.  Chas.  S.  Davies  of  Portland, 
Me.,  who  is  son-in-law  of  the  late  Gov.  John  Taylor  Gilman  of  Exeter. 
His  inventory  shows  that  he  had  a  good  library. 

Hon.  Peter  Gilman  was  a  cousin  of  the  other  three  subscribers, 
being  the  first  son  of  Col.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Coffin)  Gilman,  He 
was  born  Feb.,  1704,  and  d.  1  Dec,  1788.  He  commanded  a  regiment 
in  the  French  War,  was  speaker  of  Assembly  in  1767  and  member 
of  the  Council  of  New  Hampshire  in  1772.  His  regiment  was  em- 
ployed in  scout  duty.  His  men,  alert  and  accustomed  to  savage 
warfare,  rendered  great  service,  and  his  own  merits  are  entitled  to 
most  respectful  mention.  He  was  sergeant  inCapt.  Nathaniel  Wilson's 
company,  of  Col.  Thos.  Stickney's  regiment  of  Stark's  brigade.  This 
company  of  "  minute  men  "  consisted  of  35,  and  was  called  into 
service  July,  1777,  joined  Gen.  Stark's  brigade,  and  occupied  the 
right  wing  in  the  well  fought  battle  of  Bennington,  which  turned 
the  fortunes  of  the  British  commander,  and  led  to  the  speedy  surren- 
der of  his  whole  army. 

His  matrimonial  alliances  were  somewhat  extraordinary.  Hem. 
first  Mary  (Thing)  widow  of  Hon.  John  Gilman,  a  brother  of  Hon. 
Samuel.  His  second  wife,  a,  Mrs.  Taylor,  brought  with  her  four  sets 
of  children.  She  m.  first  a  Capt.  Rhymes,  who  left  her  with  two  sons 
and  one  dau.;  secondly  she  in.  Mr.  Rogers,  by  whom  she  had  a  son, 
Nathaniel  ;  thirdly  she  in.  Rev.  John  Taylor  a  widower  wit&  two  sons, 
and  by  him  had  one  dau.  Ann,  who  m.  Hon.  Nicholas  Gilman,  and 
was  the  mother  of  Gen.  John  Taylor  Gilman  ;  fourthly  she  m.  Mr. 
Gilman,  by  whom  she  had  no  children. 

He  m.  thirdly  Jane  Bethune,  widow  of  Dr.  Moses  Prince,  who 
brought  with  her  two  daughters  and  one  son.  She  survived  her 
husband  and  ended  her  days  with  her  dau.  Mrs.  Carey  of  Nevvbury- 
port.  One  dau.,  Jane,  m.  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins,  I).  D.,  long  the 
beloved  pastor  of  the  first  church  in  Plymouth,  and  by  him  had 
Hannah,  who  in.  Benjamin  Ives  Gilman,  who  removed  to  Ohio,  and 
thence  to  Philadelphia,  the  father  of  a  large  family,  one  of  whom  is 
Prof.  Chandler  Robbins  Gilman,  of  New  York. 


260  The  English  Ancestry  of  the  Field  Family.  [July, 


THE  ENGLISH  ANCESTRY  OF  THE  FIELD  FAMILY. 
[Communicated  by  William  H.  Whitmore,  Esq.,  of  Boston.] 

In  the  April  number  of  the  Register  for  1863,  a  very  interesting* 
account  of  the  Field  family,  descended  from  Robert  Field  of  Flushing, 
L.  I.,  was  published  in  which  it  was  stated  that  many  circumstances 
rendered  it  probable  that  this  Robert  Field  was  the  son  of  William 
Field  of  Sowerby  in  Halifax,  co.  York.  We  have  lately  seen  a  little 
pamphlet  by  Rev.  Henry  M.  Field,  printed  as  an  appendix  to  a  former 
work*  which  seems  to  supersede  this  pedigree  by  another  better 
authenticated. 

It  seems  that  Mr.  Richard  Field  of  New  York,  who  was  born  about 
1790,  has  a  large  number  of  family  papers,  reaching  back  to  Ben- 
jamin Field,  son  of  Anthony,  and  grandson  of  the  first  Robert  Field. 
He  finds  among  these  papers  one  which  was  given  him  by  his  grand- 
mother, and  is  no  doubt  over  one  hundred  years  old.  This  statement 
is  as  follows  : 

"Benjamin  Field  was  born  in  Flushing  in  the  year  16G3,  was  the 
son  of  Anthony  and  Susanna  Field.  He  had  a  brother,  John,  a  few 
years  older  than  himself,  who  removed  to  the  Jerseys  and  settled 
there.  His  father,  Anthony  Field,  was  born  in  England  in  1638,  and 
came  out  with  his  father,  Robert  Field,  to  Boston  in  1644,  and  came  to 
Flushing  in  1645,  together  with  his  brother  Robert,  who  was  born  in 
1636,  and  Benjamin,  born  in  1640. 

Robert,  father  of  Anthony,  was  born  at  Ardsley,  in  England  in  1610. 
He  had  a  brother  James,  and  two  sisters,  Anne  and  Judith.  James 
Field,  father  of  Robert,  was  born  at  Ardsley  in  1587.  He  was  the 
son  of  Matthew  Field,  and  had  a  brother  Robert  younger  than  himself. 
Matthew  Field,  father  of  James,  was  born  at  Ardsley  in  1563.  He 
had  seven  brothers,  whose  names  were  Richard,  older  than  himself, 
and  Christopher,  John,  William,  Thomas,  James  and  Martin,  and  a 
sister  Anne,  who  were  younger.  John  Field,  father  of  Matthew,  was 
born  about  1525.  He  lived  in  London,  where  it  is  believed  he'was  born, 
until  about  1560,  when  he  married  Jane  Amyas,  daughter  of  John 
Amyas,  and  removed  to  Ardsley,  where  he  resided  till  his  death,  in 
1587.  While  he  resided  in  London,  he  was  engaged  in  publishing 
astronomical  tables,  by  which  he  gained  a  v§ry  high  reputation  as  an 
astronomer." 

One  more  proof  may  be  given.  The  Hon.  Richard  S.  Field  of 
Princeton,  late  U.  S.  Senator  from  New  Jersey,  a  descendant  of  Rob- 
ert Field,  has  an  old  seal  which  no  doubt  belonged  to  the  emigrant, 
as  it  has  the  initials  R.  F.  on  it.  The  arms  have  the  peculiar  crest 
which  was  granted  to  John  Field  the  Astronomer.  It  cannot  be 
doubted  that  this  Robert  was  the  lineal  descendant  of  this  John  Field. 

Lastly  we  have  the  statement  of  an  old  lady  who  was  born  about 

*  "  The  Family  of  Rev.  David  Field,  D.  D.,  of  Stockbrirlge,  Mass.,  with*  their 
ancestors  from  the  time  of  their  emigration  to  America.  By  his  youngest  son  Henry 
M  Field.  Not  published,  but  printed  privately  for  the  use  of  the  Family,  1800." 
12mo.  pp.  105. 


1S64.]      Second  Company  of  Massachusetts  Jlrtillery,  1779.  261 

1750.  who  corroborates  the  pedigree  an<l  adds  that  Matthew,  the 
grandfather  of  Robert  has  several  brothers,  of  whom  John  had  a 
Hon  Zachariah,  who  came  to  Massachusetts;  and  William  had  twosons, 
William  and  John,  who  came  to  Khode  Island.  We  can  therefore 
feel  convinced  that  the  pedigree  of  certain  families  of  the  name  here 
is  put  on  nn  assured  basis.  From  Zachariah  Field  is  descended  the 
Rev.  David  Dudley  Field,  the  father  of  a  distinguished  family. 

In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  Nov.,  18G2,  pp.  604-608  will  be 
found  an  article  on  John  Field  and  his  descendants  by  Osgood  Field, 
Esq.,  who  prepared  the  article  in  the  Register  for  April,  1863.  It 
contains  the  matter  already  given  in  a  tabular  form  in  the  Register, 
and  agrees  in  giving  John  Field,  the  Astronomer,  a  son,  Matthew,  who 
died  in  January,  1638-9,  who  had  a  son  James  ;  but,  whereas  the  pres- 
ent account  says  that  James  had  Robert  the  emigrant,  the  table 
says  that  he  had  no  children  before  1628. 

The  dates  given  in  the  American  papers  would  be,  John,  b.  1525,  had 
Matthew,  b.  1563,  who  had  James,  b.  1587,  who  had  Robert,  b.  1610; 
the  generations  being  proportionate.  The  article  in  the  Gentleman's 
Magazine  does  not  give  the  date  of  the  birth  of  James  Field,  but 
there  seems  no  reason  to  think  that  it  was  later  than  1587.  In  this 
case  he  was  not  married  until  he  v/as  nearly  forty-five  years  old.  Is  it 
riot  more  probable  that  one  generation  has  been  omitted ;  that  James, 
son  of  Matthew,  was  the  father  of  Robert,  the  emigrant,  and  that  the 
children   bom  1628-1639,  belong  to  a  James,  jr.,  brother  of  Robert? 

We  think  that  unless  strong  proof  can  be  given  of  the  identity  of 
Robert  Field,  bapt.  at  Halifax  1605,  with  the  emigrant,  it  is  more 
judicious  to  identify  him,  on  the  strength  of  this  old  manuscript,  with 
the  great-grandson  of  John  Field,  the  Astronomer. 


SECOND  COMPANY  OF  MASSACHUSETTS  ARTILLERY,  1779. 
[Communicated  by  Hon.  Frederick  W.  Lincoln,  jr.,  A.M.,  of  Boston.] 

s 

The  original   of   the  following  document  was  found   among  the  pa- 
pers in  the  Old  Hancock  House  : 

A  RETURN  OF  THE  SECOND  COMPANY  IN  THE  STATE  TRAIN  OF  ARTILLERY. 


Names. 

Rank. 

Where 
stationed. 

Names. 

Rank. 

Where 
stationed, 

Amos  Lincoln, 

Cujt. 

Castle. 

Enoch  Nash, 

Rlettross. 

Castle. 

Edmund  Whitmore 

,  ft.  Lieut. 

Do. 

Sam'll  Hubbard, 

Do. 

Do. 

Nicholas  Phillips, 

2d.  Lieut 

.       Do. 

Jotham   Wade, 

Do. 

Do. 

Joshua  Bates, 

Sergt. 

Do. 

John  Tuck*  Titian, 

Do. 

Do. 

Daniel  Nash, 

Ser^t. 

Do. 

Jacob  Gardener, 

Do. 

Do. 

Mit'uh  New  comb, 

Cor  pi. 

Do. 

Sam'll  Peabody, 

Do. 

Do. 

Isiael  Lev  tt, 

Boinbr. 

Do 

Asaph  Tower, 

Do. 

Do. 

Frauds  Woods, 

Bombr. 

Do. 

Noah  Price, 

Do. 

Do. 

Zenos  Stoddairi, 

Gunner. 

Do. 

Heueiy  Snoop, 

Do. 

Do. 

Thomns  Willcutt, 

Do. 

Do. 

Elijah  Gurney, 

Do. 

Do. 

John  Phillebrown, 

Do. 

Do. 

John  Jeffers, 

Do. 

Do. 

Gideon  Howard, 

Do. 

Do. 

Will'm  Hubbard, 

Do. 

Do. 

Siimuell  Wild, 

Do. 

Do. 

Joshua  Nush, 

Do. 

Do. 

22 


262 


Woodruff  and  Clark  Families. 


[July, 


Francis  Peabody, 

Mettross. 

Castle. 

Johr 

i  Dill, 

Mettross,     Hull. 

Thomas  Newcomb, 

Capt.  Lt. 

Hull. 

Ben; 

jamin  Tirrell, 

Do.            Do. 

Gid'n  Tirrell, 

Ser^t. 

Do. 

AW. 

\\  Dnmmon, 

Do.           Do. 

Oliver  Newcomb, 

Cor  pi. 

Do. 

Sam 

Ml  Whit  marsh, 

Do.            Do. 

Lebbeus  Bates, 

Corpl. 

Do. 

Thomas  Gushing, 

Bombr.  Darkmo'th, 

Robber*  Pratt, 

Bombr. 

Do. 

Jeremiah  Blanc-hard, 

Mettross.      Do. 

Solomon  Thayer, 

Gunner, 

Do. 

Dan 

iel  Nash, 

Diumnier.  Castle, 

Daniel  Richards, 

Do. 

Do. 

Will 

iam  Stoddard, 

liter.            Do. 

Brv't  Newcomb, 

Do. 

Do. 

John  Burrell, 

Do. 

Do. 

Jacob  Nasli, 

Mettross. 

Do. 

Castle  Island, 

Caleb  Southward, 

Do. 

Do. 

Octr.  lCth,  1779 

Joshua  Bcals, 

Do. 

Do. 

Thomas  Gill, 

Do. 

Do. 

Gid'n  Tirrell, 

Do. 

Do. 

Thomas  Curtis, 

Do. 

Do. 

»  a  m  t 

WOODRUFF  AND  CLARK  FAMILIES. 
[Communicated  by  John  R.  Burnet,  of  Livingston,  N.  J.J 

Woodruff. — The  following  curious  fact  derived  from  a  will  on 
record  in  the  office  of  the  surrogate  of  New  York  city,  may  be  in- 
teresting to  readers  of  the  Register,  lt  is  very  seldom  that  a  man 
has  two  sons  of  the  same  given  name,*  both  living  and  named  in  the 
will: 

John  Woodruff  of  Southampton,  L.  I.,  will  dated  or  recorded  1670, 
11  To  my  eldest  son,  John  Woodruff  of  Elizabethtown,  one  half  crown 
piece  of  money  in  full."  After  bequests  to  daughters,  Ann  Wooley 
and  Elizabeth  Dayton,  he  leaves  the  rest  to  "  wife  Ann  and  youngest 
son  John."  Inventory  .£177,  half  the  estate  already  conveyed  to 
John  not  included. 

The  elder  of  these  two  brothers,  John  Woodruff  of  Elizabethtown, 
N.  Jersey,  left  (as  I  learn  from  old  deeds  on  record,  1715.)  John,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  Benjamin,  and  perhaps  David,  who  are  represented  by  a 
very  numerous  posterity.  The  younger  br<  ther,  John  Woodruff  of 
Southampton,  by  the  list  in  the  Documentary  History  of  N.  York, 
Vol.  I,  in  1698,  had  Samuel,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Nathaniel,  Jonathan, 
and  Isaac  ;  who  also,  I  presume,  have  numerous  descendants.  Cotem- 
porary  with  these  two  brothers  was  yet  another  John  Woodruff,  at 
Farmington,  Conn.,  of  whose  difficulty,  167  7,  with  Stephen  Hart  jr.  we 
have  an  account  in  the  Register  for  Jan.,  1859,  pp.  57,  58.  I  observe 
that  Savage  makes  this  last  John,  son  of  Matthew  Woodruff,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Farmington.  John  of  Farmington  had,  it  seems, 
John  and  Joseph.  So  we  have  three  cotemporary  John  Woodruffs, 
each  with  a  sou  Joseph.  • 

Clark. — Can  any  one  tell  the  origin  or  parentage  of  Richard  Clark 
who  removed  from  Southampton,  L.  I.,  to  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey, 
about  the  year  1679  ?  It  appears  from  old  records  of  wills  and  deeds, 

*  This,  though  rare  in  this  country,  was  not  vt^ry  uncommon  in  England,  about 
the  time  of  and  previous  to  the  settlement  oi  New  England. — En. 


1864.J  Dane  and  Deanc  Families.  263 

that  he  died  about  1G99,  leaving  seven  sons,  Richard,  John,  Samuel, 
Joshua,  Ephraim,  Thomas,  Benjamin;  also  a  daughter  Elizabeth  who 
was  one  of  the  three  eldest  children.  Richard,  Junr.,  was  born  about 
1602,  and  died  about  1743.  One  of  ltis  sons  was  named  Henry. 
John  died  about  1705;  the  names  of  his  sons  I  have  not  ascertained. 
Samuel,  died  1715,  leaving1  sons  Samuel,  Jonathan,  John  and  Isaac. 
Joshua  died  1714,  leaving  Joshua,  John,  Joseph  and  Benjamin. 
Ephraim  died  1717  ;  the  names  of  his  sons  not  fully  ascertained. 
Thomas  had  Thomas,  Abraham  and  James.  The  second  Thomas  was 
the  father  of  Abraham  Clark,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. What  became  of  Benjamin,  the  youngest  son  of  Richard  1st, 
1  have  not  ascertained. 

It  may  be  that  Richard  Clark  was  a  son  of  the  Samuel  Clark  who 
was  one  of  the  principal  inhabitants  and  patentees  of  Southampton,  to 
which  place  he  removed,  it  is  6aid,  from  Stamford,  Conn.,  of  which 
latter  place  he  settled  about  1640.  But  this  is  doubtful ;  for  the  will  of 
Samuel  Clark,  of  Southampton,  made  1675,  and  proved  1 878—9,  names 
only  two  sons,  Samuel  and  Edmond,  witli  daughters  Sarah,  Susanna, 
Martha  and  Hannah. 


THE  DANE  AND  DEANE  FAMILIES,  OF  CONCORD,  MASS. 

Thomas1  Dane  or — as  his  name  is  sometimes  spelled,  and  as  his 
descendants  generally  appear  to  spell  it — Dean,  was  born  about  1603, 
being  recorded  as  32  years  old  at  the  time  he  embarked  at  London 
for  New  England,  May  9,  1635,  in  the  Elizabeth  and  Ann  {ante  xiv, 
314).  He  settled  at  Concord  as  early  as  1640,  and  resided  there  till 
his  death,  Feb.  5,  1675-6.  In  1645-8,  his  wile  was  named  Elizabeth. 
His  wife  Mildred  d.  Sept.  15,  1673.  His  will,  undated,  was  proved 
June  20,  1676. 

On  the  4th  of  June,  1658,  he  contracted  to  put  over  for  seven  years 
to  Thomas  Welch,  of  Charlestown,  his  servant  Thomas  dies  [man  ?], 
aged  about  eleven,  which  servant  had  been  bound  to  Dane  by  the 
oilicers  of  Cranbrook,  in  Kent,  Eng.,  for  sixteen  years,  or  until  he 
attained  the  age  of  twenty-one.  This  may  serve  as  a  clue  to  the  place 
from  which  Dane  emigrated;  though  too  much  reliance  should  not  be 
placed  on  so  slight  a  hint. 

1.  Thomas1  Dane,  or  Dean,  had  ch.  :  (2)  'Joseph2  b.  ab.  1638,  having 
d.  March,  1717-18,  a.  80  ;  m.  1662,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Thomas  Fuller, 
b.  Sept.  12,  1615  ;  (3)  Sarah,'2  m.  June  10,  1661,  John  Heald,  of  Con- 
cord ;  (4)  Mary-  (perhaps  the  dau.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1642-3),  m.  Mar.  5, 
1659-60,  Thomas  Pellett  ;  (5)  Hannah-  b.  Mar.  18,  1645-6,  m.  Mr. 
Puge  [Qu.  Samuel  ?  See  Bond's  Watertown,  p.  383]  ;  (6)  Elizabeth);2 
b.  Dec.  25,  1648  ;   not  mentioned  in  her  father's  will. 

2.  Joseph-  Dane,  or  Dean,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  ch.  :  (7)  Thomas,3 
b.  Sept.  16,  1664;  was  of  Concord,  1690,  of  Charlestown,  1697,  of  Ply- 
mouth 1700,  and  of  Pembroke  1710  ;  m.  at  Concord  Aug.  22,  1687, 
Sarah,  dau.  of  George  Blanchard,  of  Charlestown  ;  m.  2d,  Susannah 
Davis,  of  Boston,  Feb.  9,  1696-7  ;  (8)  Joseph*  b.  Apl.  5,  1667  ;  (9) 
Daniel,*  b.  Apl.  29,  1669;  (10)  Elizabeth*  b.  Aug.  4,  1671,  m.  Mr.  Wal- 


264  Gleanings.— No.  9.  [July, 

ker  ;  (11)  Sarah*  b.  Aii£.  4,  1675  ;  (12)  Deborah*  b,  Sept.  29,  1678  ; 
(13)  Hannah*  b.  Nov.  13,  1G82  ;  (14)  Benjamin? 

7.  Thomas3  Dean,  or  Dane,  by  wile  Sarah,  liad  ch  :  (15)  Mary,*  b. 
June  28,  1688,  at  Concord  ;  (16)  Sarah,*  b.  Apl.  1690,  at  C.  ;  in.  at 
Pembroke  June  3,  1713,  James  Tompaoti  ;  (17)  Elizabeth*  b.  ab.  1692; 
(18)  Rachel*  b.  Apl.  20,  1694  ;  (19)   Thomas*  b.  1696. 

By  wife  Susannah,  he  had  :  (20)  Reuben*  b.  Nov.  4,  1701  ;  remo- 
ved to  Danbnry,  Ct ,  and  thence  to  Cornwall,  Ct.,  where  he  died  ab. 
1790  ;  (2\)  Susannah,*  b.  July  30,  1705;  (22)  Daniel,*  b.  Apl.  30,  1710. 

20.  Reuben4  Dean  had  eh  :  (23)  Martha*  (24)  Stephen;5  (25)  Eliz- 
abeth;5 (26)  Susannah*  (27)  Muses;5  (Z8)'Mary;5  (29)  Benjamin,5 
b.  May  1734  ;  m.  ab.  1760,  Ruth  Tanner. 

29.  Benjamin5  Dean,  by  wife  Ruth,  had  :  (30)  Ruth*  b.  July 
6,  1762  ;  (31)  Daniel*  b.  Mar.  30,  1764  ;  (32)  Rachel*  b.  Feb.  2,  1766; 
(33)  James*  b.  Oct.  10,  1768.  mar.  Sarah  Bennett  Bates,  b.  July  19, 
1775;  (34)  Martha*  b.  Dee.  10,  1770;  (35)  Rev.  William*  b.  May  10, 
1774,  tern,  to  Ohio  ;  (36)  Joseph*  b.' June  10,  1779. 

33.  James0  Dean,  by  wile  Sarah,  had  eh.  :  (37)  Clarissa,7  m. 
Henry  Palmer  ;  (38)  William,'7  has  probably  descendants  in  Vermont  ; 
(39)  Ernstus,7  m.  Sarah  Colinan  ;  res.  at  Emerald  Grove,  Wis.,  in 
1851  ;  (40)  Bennett  Bales7  in.  Electa  Shaw. 

Lieut.  Daniel  Deane,  of  Concord,  does  not  appear  to  have  been  re- 
lated to  the  preceding  family,  lie  was  b.  ab.  1630  ;  for  he  deposed, 
Oct.  6,  1656,  that  he  was  then  "  about  twenty-six  years"  old.  In  1658, 
he  resided  at  Mystic,  and  was  constable  there  in  1661  ;  but,  as  early 
as  1675,  he  had  removed  to  Concord.  His  first  wife,  Mary  dau.  of 
Thomas  Gobble,  of  Charlestown,  was  living"  Mar.  26,  1675.  His  se- 
cond wife  was  Margaret  (Eames)  Adams,  b.  July  6,  1666,  dau.  of 
Thomas  Eames,  and  wid.  of  Joseph  Adams  (ante  xiv,  360)  ;  who  sur- 
vived him,  having  d.  May,  1734,  in  her  68th  year,  and  was  buried  at 
Concord  by  his  side. 

He  left  no  posterity.  Shattnck  says  he  had  a  large  estate,  which 
was  inherited  principally  by  his  son  in-law  [step-son],  Capt.  Daniel 
Adams  (Hist,  of  Concord,  p.  369).  The  inscription  on  his  grave  stone 
is:  "Here  Lyes  Buried  the  Body  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Dean,  who  dec1' 
Novbr  ye  29,  1725,  In  the  97th  year  of  his  Age." 


GLEANINGS.— No.  9.  * 

[By  W.  H.  W.] 
Continued  from  vol.  xvii,  page  325. 
46. 
Among  the  Middlesex  Deeds  (xiii,  64),  is  one  dated  9  Oct.,  1701, 
from  Jonathan  Tyng  to  the  worshipful  Peter  Bnlkley  of  Concord,  the 
Rev.  Samuel   Whiting  of    Billericfi,  Cornelius   Waldo  of   Dunstable, 
and  "such  of  the  proprietors  of  Dunstable  as  are  now  residing  there," 
viz.    Mrs.  Mary   Tyng,  Mr.  Thomas   Weld,  Samuel  Warner  sr.,  John 
Blanchard,    Robert    Parris,  John    Cummings    sr.,    Isaac    Cummings, 
John  Cummings,  jr.,  Thomas  Cummings,  John  Acres,  Samuel  French, 
Andrew  Cooke,    Thomas  Lund,  John  Sollendine,  Robert  Usher,  Robert 
Procter,  Christopher  Read,  Joseph  Wright,  Joseph   Hassel,  Obadiah 
Perry,  Christopher  Temple,  Francis  Cooke,  John  Goole,  Samuel  Beale 
and  Joseph  Parker  sr. 


1864.]  (Ueaninfrs.--J\ro.  9.  265 

47. 

In  tlie  Register  xvi,  16,  will  bo  found,  several  items  relative  to 
tlie  Jalfrcy  family,  to  wliicii  I  add  t l>o  following  dates,  copied  from 
tlie  family  Bible  in  the  possession  of    Dr.  B.  J.  Jeffries. 

George  Jeffrey,  jr,  who  m.  Sarah  Jeffries,  was  born  22  Nov.,  1C82, 
"on  the  Great  Inland  in  Piseataqua river" 

Of  his  children  and  their  marriages,  I  have  to  add  that  Lucy  (Win- 
throp,)  w.  of  George,  d.  lOJanv.,  1770;  Elizabeth  Snlley  had  two  sons, 
Isaac  and  Samuel,  who  died  before  her,  and  she  d.  13  Mch.,  1753.  Sarah 
BJ.  David  Jeffries  20  Oct.,  1741,  the  same  day  that  Elizabeth  m.  Nath- 
aniel Pierce,  and  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

George  Jeffrey,  jr.  m.  2dly,  Sarah  MePhedris,  9  Mch.,  1738-0.  George 
Jeffrey,  3rd,  d.  Dee.  25,  1802.     David  Jeffries  d.  26  Dec.,  1785. 

George  Jeffries  JaflVey  and  Matilda,  had  Matilda,  b.  23  May,  1815, 
and  Mary  Harriet  b.  16  Mch.,   lb' 17.  * 


48. 
Middlesex  Wills,  xvii-549-550.— The  will  of  Samuel  Waters,  of 
Woburn,  mentions  sons  Daniel,  Josiah  and  Ephraim — the  latter  being 
executor  ;  oldest  dan.  Mary  Whitmore,  dans.  Sarah  Paine,  Abigail 
Cleveland  and  Joanna  Piatt,  also  grand  ch.  Daniel  and  Hannah  Whit- 
more, who  lived  with  him.  Savage  records  tlie  births  of  the  children 
but  not  the  marriages.  The  husband  of  Mary  Waters  was  Thomas,  son 
of  Francis  Whitmore  sr.  of  Cambridge;  1  have  printed  heretofore  his 
wife's  name,  as  Mai  y  Jcimison;  but  solely  through  the  mistake  of  my 
inform  mi  t,     Mr.  Wyman  pointed  out  this  will  which  is  conclusive. 


49. 

In  the  Register,  xvii,  241-2,  I  traced  the  ancestry  of  Martha 
Hudson,  who  was  b.  14  Oct.,  1718,  through  the  Lincolns  and  Frosts. 
She  married  13  Oct.,  1742,  Benjamin4  Heal  of  Cohasset.  He  was 
the  son  of  Andrew3  Heal  of  Hingham,  who  m.  Rachel,  dau.  of  Joshua 
Hates  and  Rachel  Tower,  14  Dee.,  1715,  and  had  Benjamin,*  b  19 
Sept.,  1716  ;  Rachel,4  b.  25  Aug.,  1719  ;  Joshua,4  b.  22  Sept.,  1722  ; 
Adam,4  b.  20  Aug.,  1725;  Hannah,4  b.  20  Aug.,  1727  ;  Abel,4  b.  20 
Oct.,  1733  ;  Rebecca,4  b.  26  Apr.,  1737 

Andrew3  Beal  was  b.  27  Jany.,  1685-6,  and  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah2 
Beal,  jr  ,  and  Hannah,  dau.  of  Andrew  Lane.  Jeremiah,  jr.  was  the 
son  of  Jeremiah1  and  Sarah  Heal  of  Hingham  and  was  b.  13  May, 
1655,  says  Mr.  T.  B.  Wyman.  jr. 

Benjamin4  Heal  and  Martha  Hudson  had  Martha  b.  8  Apr.,  1743  ; 
Rachel,5  b.  1  Jany.,  1745-6;  Benjamin,5  b  16  May  1749  ;  Me/nlable5 
bapt.  4  Nov.,  1750  ;  Joseph,5  bapt.  25  July,  1756,  and  Sarah,5  b.  13 
Mch.,  1763.  Perhaps  there  were  other  children,  but  the  record  has 
to  be  traced  alternately  at  Hingham  and  Cohasset;  the  latter  being 
then  a  parish. 

Mehitable3  Beal,  born  in  1750,  m.  William  Woodward. 


50. 

William5  Woodward,  was    of  Scitnate,  and  was  the  son  of   James4 
Woodward    by  his    second  wife.     The  record  of  the   Woodward  or 


266  Gleanings. — No.  9.  [July, 

Wood  worth  family  is  very  imperfect.  Deane,  in  bis  history  of  Scituate, 
says  the  progenitor  was  Walter  Woodward,  freeman,  1G40,  whose 
son  Benjamin,3  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  left  a  son 
Robert3  Woodward.  The  records  gi ve  the  following;  record  of  Robert's 
child.en.  Bethia,4 -b.  5  Dec,  1G85  ;  James, 4  b.  25  Jany.,  1687-8  ;  d. 
17  Feb.,  1693-4  ;  Benjamin,*  b.  31  May,  1690  ;  Elizabeth,*  b.  23  Aug., 
1692  ;  Joanna,*  b.  20  Feb.,  1694-5*;  Robert,*  b.  15  Apr.,  1697; 
Mary/  b.  27  April,  1699;  Deborah, 4  b.  11  May,  1701  ;  Ann/  b.  4  May, 
1704  ;  Lydia,*  b.  3  Sept.,  1706;  and  James,*   b.9    Aug;.,  1709. 

The  youngest,  son,  James*  Woodward,  m.  16  Dec,  1731,  Sarah  Soper, 
and  had  James,5  b.  17  Sept.,  1732  ;  Lydia, 5  b  31  Aug.,  1734  ;  Sarah,5 
b.  27  Mch.,  1736,  d  soon  ;  Bethia,5  b.  23  Jany.,  1737  ;  Sarah,5  b. 
14  Apr.,  1740;  Mary,5  b.  14  May,  1742  ;  Joseph,5  b.  6  June, 
1744.  He  married  2d,  Mary  Stetson,  widow  of  John  Vinal,  jr.,  15  Feb., 
1749,  and  had  Samuel,5  b.  9  Oct,  1750  ;  William*  b.  12  July,  1752  ; 
James,5  b.  12  Aug.,  1754;  Elisha,5  b.  27  Sept.,  1756,  and  Benjamin,5 
b.  7  Oct.,  1757. 

Deane  erroneously  saj's  that  James  W.,  jr.,  married  Mary  Vinal,  and 
had  these  children,  but  the  will  shows  the  mistake.  This  will,  dated 
2  Sept.,  1755,  and  proved  16  Nov.,  1758,  is  that  of  "  James  Wood- 
art  of  Scituate,"  mentions  wife  Mar)',  children  Lydia,  Bethia,  Sarah, 
Mary,  Joseph,  John,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Willium  and  James.  This 
shows  that  his  first  son,  James5  died,  and  entirely  negatives  Deane's 
view. 

William5  Woodward,  married  Mehitable5  Beal,  and  removed  to 
Bath,  Me  ;  their  children  were  Rhoda«  whom.  30  Jany.,  1805,  William 
Dickman  Whitmore,  Rachel6  m.  Bailey  Jenkins  of  Scituate,  Elizabeth0 

m. Donnell,  William6  who  m.  Hannah  Sprague,  and  Ezra,6  who 

m.  Bethia  . . 

As  to  the  family  of  the  second  wife  of  James  Woodward,  she  was 
the  dan.  of  Anthony  Stetson  of  Scituate,  by  his  wife  Anna  Smith. 
The  Stetson  Genealogy  (p.  19,  line  4),  records  her  marriage  to  a 
Vinal  and  a  Wood  worth.  She  was  b.  9  Dec  ,  1717  ;  married  John 
Vinal  jr.  29  Jany.,  1731,  and  their  last  child  Ruth  was  b.  23  Apr., 
1746.  There  was  no  other  Mary  Vinal  for  James  Woodward  to  marry, 
and  the  tradition  of  the  family  was  that  his  wife  was  a  Stetson. 

1  should  like  to  learn  more  of  this  Anna  Smith,  and  also  of"  the 
wives  of  the  Woodwards. 


51. 

John  Wing  of  Sandwich,  m.  in  England,  Deborah  dau.  of  Rev. 
Stephen  Bachiler,  says  Savage,  and  brought  at  least  three  sons  with 
him,  viz.,  Daniel,  John  and  Stephen.  The  diligence  of  Rev.  Abner 
Morse,  has  furnished  me  with  copies  of  their  wills,  which  add  to  Mr. 
Savage's. record.  John  Wing,  jr.,  will  dated  13  Apr.,  1696  mentions 
son  Ananias,  gr.  sons  John  and  Elnathan,  and  children  of  son  Joseph 
deceased.  Wife  Miriam;  also  mentions  "Ananias  Wing,  Susanna 
Parstow  (or  Parslow)  and  Osiah  Turner,  my  three  children."  This 
will  was  proved  10  Aug.,  1699.  The  will  of  his  widow  Miriam,  dated 
24  May,  1701  and  prov.  8  Jany.,  1702-3,  gives  all  her  property  to 
Dean  Smith,  "son  of  myKinswomau  Bethiah  Smith  of  Monomoitt." 


1864.]  Gleanings.— No.  9.  267 

Stephen  Wixo  of  Sandwich,  will  dated  2  Dec,  1*100,  proved  13 
July,  1710,  mentions  sons  Nathaniel,  Elisha  and  John,  dans.  Sarah 
Gi  fiord  and  Abigail  Wiiiff,  grandsons  Jeremiah  Gilford,  Ebenezer  and 
Matthew  Wing,  "sons  of  the  deceased,"  were  appointed  executors 
by  the  judge. 

Daniel  Wixo  of  Sandwich,  son  of  the  first  John,  m.  Hannah  Swift. 
I  piesuine  tliat  his  dan.  Hannah,  28  July,  1G42,  married  Jedediah 
Lombard  in  1668,  as  I  can  find  no  other  Hannah  at  that  date. 

His  son  Daniel,  no  doubt,  d.  10  Mch  ,  1697-8,  mentioning  in  his 
will  sons  Janhnb  (ihe  youngest),  Samuel,  Bachelder,  John  and  Daniel, 
and  duu.  Lydia  Abbott.  Jashub  was  to  "  maintain  the  wile  of  his 
father." 

Annaxias  Wing  of  Hard  wick,  son  of  John  jr.,  will  dated  1718,  men- 
tions children  Elnathan,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Deborah,  Hannah,  Rachel, 
Elizabeth,  Mary  and  John. 

John  Wing,  si\,  will  dated  5  Mch.,  1717,  mentions  property  due 
from  the  estate  of  his  honored  father,  Daniel  Wing  of  Sandwich. 
Wife  Martha,  oldest  son  Stephen,  sons  Samuel,  John  and  Joseph,  the 
latter  being  dead.  Dans.  Hannah  Bowman,  Desire  and  Deborah  Wing. 
His  son  Stephen's  children,  Joseph  and  John. 

52. 

Tn  the  Register,  xvii,  310,  I  mention  the  family  of  Hind,  concerning 
which  Savage  says  but  little.  The  following  sketch  traces  the  first 
three  generations. 

1.  John1  Hinds  of  Lancaster,  m.  Mar}'  widow  of  James  Butler,  9 
Feb.,  1(181-2,  and  had  (2)  John*  b.  19  Jany.,  1683.  From  his  will 
dated  8  Mch.,  1719-20,  recorded  at  East  Cambridge,  we  learn  he  had 
also  sons  (3)  Jacob,'1  (4)  Hopestilfi  and  (5)  Enoch,'2  and  daus.  (6) 
Hannah,2  (7)  Deborah-  and  (8)  Experience.2  His  widow,  14  Oet., 
1724,  (Wore.  Deeds  ii,  422)  executor  of  John  II.  of  Lancaster  sells 
lands  to  her  loving  son,  John  Hinds  of  Brookfield. 

2.  John2  Hinds  jr.  of  Brookfield,  in.  Hannah  Whittaker  and  had  13 
children,  at  least.  His  will  (Worcester  Wills,  ii,  694)  dated  10  May, 
1749,  mentions  eleven,  viz.  sons  John,  Seth  and  Corlis,  daus.  Anna, 
Francis  and  Mary,  all  probably  married,  and  Dinah,  Triphena  and 
Susanna,  who  were  then  unrn.  Anna  in.  first  1728,  Samuel  Walker, 
had  Simeon,  b.  26  Aug.,  1729,  and  Levi,  b.  23  Nov.,  1730;  he  d.  and 
she  in.  secondly,  18  May,  1732,  Solomon  Goodale.  Dinah  Hinds  and 
Triphena  then  wife  of  Edward  Wright  receipted  to  their  brother,  5 
Sept.,  1748  for  their  portion,  (Wills  iii  60,  119). 

Anna,  widow  of  John  Hinds  jr.,  m.  2dly,  Oliver  Hey  ward,  Esq.,  and 
died  24  Sept,  1764,  aged  73.  An  obituary  was  published  in  the 
Register,  xiii,  212.  It  is  there  claimed  that  she  saved  the  life  of  Mr. 
Roli'e's  children,  but  whether  this  be  so  or  not,  it  is  evident  that  she 
was  the  Anna  Whitaker  of  Haverhill  who  lived  in  that  family. 

3.  Jacob-  Hinds,  son  of  John  si\,  was  of  Marlboro,  where  lie  m.  6 
Dec,  1716,  Grace  Morse,  and  had  Tabitha,  b.  1718;  Sarah  b.  1719; 
Abigail,  b.  1720;  Daniel,  b.  21  June,  1722;  Joseph,  b.  20  Jany.,  1724. 
He  moved  to  Shrewsbury  and  had  Benjamin,  b.  7  July,  1725  ;  Mary, 


268  Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry.         [July, 

b  18  Aiifr.,  1720  ;  Tnbitha.  1).  14  Nov.,  1727  ;  Jason,  b.  8  Deo.,  1728  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  22  Jauy.,  1730;  and  Jacob,  b.  22  Jany,  1731.  His 
will  (Worcester  Will's,  iii,  538),  dated  24  Sept.,  1764,  and  the  accom- 
panying papers  name  the  following  children:  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Jason  and  Jacob.  Abigail,  w.  of  Josiah  Broad,  Tabitha,  w.  of 
Bezabel  Field,  Mary,  w.  of  Joshua  Child,  Sarah,  w.  of  Micah  Wither- 
bee,  and  Elizabeth,  w.  of  Epliraim  Temple.  See  also  Ward's  Shrews- 
bury Families,  p.  27. 

4.  Hopestill2  Hinds,  was  of  Brookfield,  as  pr.  Deeds. 


REPORT  OF  THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON  HERALDRY. 

Read  Before  the  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  June   1,  18G4. 

[By  W.  H.  Wiiitmore,  Chairman.] 

The  Committee  on  Heraldry  begs  leave  to  report,  after  several 
meetings,  the  plan  adopted  for  its  future  operations,  It  has  seemed 
best  to  fix  a  period  arbitrarily  to  the  probable  authenticity  of  coats 
of  arms  used  in  New  England,  and  we  have  settled  upon  the  year 
1760,  as  the  latest  period  when  the  use  of  arms,  unsupported  by 
other  evidence,  can  be  considered  proof. 

It  will  be  readily- understood  that  seals  used  by  an}' of  the  first 
generations  of  the  colonists  were  of  foreign  origin;  and  until  such  a 
subsequent  time  as  seal  engraving  was  practiced  here,  the  seals 
must  have  been  imported.  We  also  know  that  about  1770,  certain 
painters  in  water  colors  practiced  their  art  here,  giving  all  appli- 
cants a  coat  of  arms,  apparently  without  authority.  From  that  lime 
to  this  day,  the  practice  has  continued.  During  the  century  prece- 
ding 1760,  coats  of  arms  were  used  as  is  evidenced  by  the  following 
classes  of  proofs  remaining  :  1st.  Sculptures  upon  tombstones.  2d. 
Chasings  upon  plate.  3d.  Seals.  4th.  Old  paintings  and  embroider- 
ies. 5th.  Book-plates  and  drawings,  and  written  descriptions  of  old 
date. 

We  have  had  submitted  to  us  examples  of  all  these,  and  we  pro- 
pose to  recapitulate  a  few  :  1st.  Tombstones.  01  the  Boston  Burial 
Grounds,  the  King's  Chapel  has  11,  the  Granary  15,  and  the  Copp's 
Hill  9.  Those  in  the  King's  Chapel  will  be  described  further  on,  and 
the  others  in  subsequent  reports. 

In  the  old  burying  ground  at  Charlestown  are  10,  viz  :  Cary,  Chee- 
ver,  Chambers,  Jenner,  Foster,  Wood,  Dowse,  Greaves,  Fowle  and 
Lemmon.  AtDorchester,  4,  viz.:  Stoughton,  Uoyall,  Foster  and  Poole. 
In  the  yards  at  Salem  are  several,  of  which  a  lew  only  have  yet  been 
copied. 

2d.  Engravings  upon  plate.  We  have  examined  but  a  i'ew  speci- 
mens, as  these  have  to  be  sought  out  in  the  hands  of  the  present 
owners.  We  have  seen  a  candlestick  with  the  arms  of  Jeffries,  Lidg- 
ett,  Clark  and  Usher  ;  a  watch  and  seal  with  the  Foster  arms.  We 
need  much  assistance  in  obtaining  more  examples  of  this  class.  The 
different    churches    possess    many  examples    no   doubt.      Thus    the 


1864.]         Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry  269 

church  at  Quincy  has  a  cup  with  the  Quincy  family  arms  ;  the 
Second  Church  at  Boston  Iiuh  articles  marked  with  the  arms  of  Win- 
throp,  Hutchinson,  Foster,  Frisell,  Wei  steed  and  Goodridge. 

3d.  Seals.  These  are  mostly  to  be  found  at  the  various  Registries 
of  Probate,  though  some  impressions  on  deeds  and  letters  are  in  pri- 
vate Collections.  Thus  the  wills  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley,  Gov.  Jo- 
Beph  Dudley.  Mrs.  Eliz  Lidgett,  Simon  Lynde,  Eleizer  Holyoke,  Simon 
Brads  It  eet,  William  Stoughton,  Welthian,  widow  of  Thomas  Rich- 
ards, and  John  Gibbs,  all  at  the  Suffolk  registry,  have  legible  im- 
prcsaiotis  of  coats  of  arms.  We  have  necessarily  done  little  in 
investigating  these  depositories.  Deeds  furnish  us  with  the  arms  of 
Bcllingham,  Leverett  and  Mayhcw. 

4th.  Paintings  like  the  Bulkeley  picturo  in  the  possession  of  the 
society,  and  the  Lynde,  Oliver,  Newdigate,  Digby,  Smith,  Curwen, 
Browne  and  Fitch  paintings  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  Oliver,  are  very 
valuabte  evidences.  The  Quincy  and  Sturgis  arms  have  been  shown 
to  us  in  this  form. 

5th.  Drawings  and  book-plates  have  preserved  the  Gardiner, 
Vaughan,  Ilallowell,  Manning  and  Storer  arms.  Written  descrip- 
tions, the  Prince  and  Stiles  arms. 

As  an  instance  of  the  carelessness  with  which  this  matter  has  been 
treated,  we  propose  to  examine  three  books  descriptive  of  the  Boston 
Graveyards.  These  works  of  Mr.  Bridgman  contain  many  engra- 
vings of  arms,  and  the  natural  inference  is  that  they  are  to  be  found 
on  the  tombstones.  Such  is  not  the  fact.  We  propose  to  give  a  true 
account  of  what  remain,  hoping  that  our  readers  will  thereby  be  in- 
cited to  give  more  attention  to  the  subject. 

In  the  first  place,  in  the  "  Copp's  Hill  Epitaphs,"  there  are  ten  en- 
gravings of  arms,  viz.:  those  belonging  to  the  families  of  Lake, 
Greenwood,  Goodrich,  Mountfort,  Clark,  Martyn,  Gee,  Thornton, 
Snelling  and  Loring.  Of  these  only  six  are  there,  viz.:  Greenwood, 
Goodrich,  Mountford,  Clark,  Martyn  and  Gee.  The  Lake  arms,  and 
very  possibly  the  Snelling  arms,  belong  to  the  family  here.  The 
Thornton  and  Loring  have  yet  to  be  proved.  There  are  two  other 
stones  belonging  to  the  Hutchinsons  formerly,  and  inscribed  with 
their  well-known  arms.  These  are  now  marked  with  the  names  of 
Lewis  and  Capeu  respectively,  but  the  arms  do  not  belong  to  those 
families. 

Secondly.  In  the  "  Pilgrims  of  Boston,"  or  Record  of  the  Granary 
Burying  Ground,  Mr.  Bridgman  gives  the  arms  of  Bowdoin,  Wallcy, 
Mountfort,  Sumner,  Arnory  and  Loring,  six  in  all.  Of  these  only  one, 
the  Bowdoin,  is  in  the  yard.  The  Mountfort  we  have  mentioned  ; 
the  Walley  and  Amory  arms  are  otherwise  authenticated  ;  the  Sum- 
ner and  Loring  are  not. 

But  in  this  yard  there  are  fifteen  stones  thus  inscribed.  These  are 
those  of  Perkins,  Byfield,  Bonner,  Cushing,  Bowdoin,  Lazinby,  Fan- 
euil,  Tuthill,  Hubbard,  Eckley,  Freke,  Sears,  Ciieckly,  and  two  un- 
known. 

Thirdly.  The  "  King's  Chapel  Epitaphs"  contains  twenty  engraved 

coats  of  arms,  not  one  of  which  is  in  the  yard,  and  only  two  are  in  the 

church.     Of  these   three  can  be  otherwise  authenticated,  viz.:  those 

of  Winthrop,  Brinley,  Wendell  and  Oliver  ;  and  very  probably  some 

23 


270 


Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry.  [July, 


of  the  others  ;  but  surely  they  should  not  have  been  printed  in  that 
book  without  some  statement  of  the  authority,  and  a  clear  and  ex- 
plicit mention  of  the  fact  that  they  were  not  copied  from  the  grave- 
stones. 

To  sum  the  matter  up,  Bridgrnan  gives  thirty-three  engravings  (33) ; 
and  of  these  only  nine  (0)  are  on  tombstones  now  standing.  The 
number  of  such  sculptured  stones  is  thirty-five,  eight  in  the  Oopp'a 
Bill  yard,  fifteen  in  the  Granary,  and  twelve  in  the  King's  Chapel 
and  the  adjoining  yard. 

We  propose  to  give  a  detail  of  those  in  the  King's  Chapel  yard. 
Beginning  in  the  northeast  corner,  next  to  the  Massachusetts  Histor- 
ical Society's  building,  we  find  four  flat  stones  next  to  the  fence. 
These  are  as  follows  : 


No.  4.  Trail.  No.  7.  John  Wheelwright.  No.  6.  Captain  Steel.  No.  9.  Gudney. 

In  the  cluster  of  brick  tombs  in  the  same  corner,  are  two 


Townsend. 


Farther  back  is  the  tomb  ascribed  to  John  Winslow,  bearing  the 
following   shield  : 


1864.]         Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry. 


271 


In  the  northwest  portion  is  the  tomb  of  Major  Thomas  Savage,  da- 
ted Feb.  15,  1681-2,  with  the  following  coat  of  arms. 


On  the  path  westerly  from  it,  is  the  following: 


HERE    LYES 
YE  BODY  OF 
ELIZABETH 
PAIN,  WIFE 
TO  SAMUEL 
r  PAIN,   AGED 

NEAR  52 
YEARS.    DEPARTED 
THIS  LIFE  NOVEMBER 
YE  26,   1704. 


Inside  the  church  are  three  monuments,  which  have  been  fully  de- 
scribed by  Bridgman  in  Apthorp,  Shirley  and  Vassall. 


Apthorp. 


VUBBUII. 


Shirley,  impaling.  Barker. 

Lastly,  there  is  a  new  monument  to  the  Lowells,  whose  arms  are 
duly  authenticated. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  Committee  instead  of  finding  the  subject 
barren,  is  pressed  by  the  extent  of  the  riches  open  to  its  care.  We 
desire  to  show  how  others  can  render  essential  aid,  and  to  urge  upon 
each  member  of  the  society  the  necessity  of  immediate  action. 


272  Pedigree  of  Rev.  John  Oxenbridge  of  Boston.  [July, 

We  earnestly  intreat  every  member  to  inform  us  of  the  existence 
of  any  coats  of  arms  to  be  found  on  tombstones,  silver,  seals  of  let- 
ters or  deeds,  and  to  all  paintings  of  arms  dating-  prior  to  1760. 

It  is  easy  for  those  members  who  reside  iji  the  country  to  answer 
these  two  questions.  Are  there  any  tombstones  in  your  town  thus 
inscribed  ?  Do  any  of  your  churches  possess  any  plate  thus  marked  ? 
As  to  the  memorials  remaining  in  private  hands,  we  can  only  pro- 
mise a  prompt  attention  to  any  one  who  will  give  us  information  and 
a  full  and  careful  record  of  the  same  upon  our  books. 


PEDIGREE  OF  REV.  JOHN  OXENBRIDGE,  OF  BOSTON. 

A  correspondent  has  sent  us  a  tabular  pedigree  showing  the  descent 
of  Katherine  Ilarby,  supposed  to  be  the  mother  of  Rev.  John  Oxen- 
bridge,  of  Boston,  from  King  Edward  I,  of  England,  through  two  of 
his  sons  and  one  of  his  daughters,  namely:  King  Edward  II,  Ed- 
mund, Earl  of  Kent,  and  the  Princess  Joan  of  Acres. 

"  I  do  not  seek,"  writes  our  correspondent,  "  to  claim  a  distin- 
guished lineage  for  all  our  Puritan  ancestors,  for  their  hold  on  our 
veneration  and  respect  is  too  well  founded  to  need  the  aid  of  such; 
and  when  we  build  up  an  imposing  pedigree  and  load  their  names 
with  fictitious  honors  they  neither  sought  nor  cared  for,  we  are  apt 
to  forget  the  simple  virtues  that  best  adorn  their  memories.  Too 
much  has  been  attempted  in  this  way;  opinions  the  most  absurd 
have  been  advanced  serving  only  to  make  their  authors  contempti- 
ble in  the  estimation  of  those  not  personally  interested — and  yet, 
when  accident  or  patient  research  has  revealed  some  well  authenti- 
cated fact  not  previously  known,  it  is  proper  that  it  should  be  re- 
corded for  the  benefit  and  instruction  of  others. 

Rev.  John  Oxenbridge,  pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church,  was  we 
are  told,  the  son  of  Daniel  Oxenbridge,  M.  I).,  of  Daventry,  North- 
amptonshire, England.  In  Baker's  Hist,  of  N.,  vol.  2d,  page  19  (a 
copy  of  which  is  in  the  Boston  Public  Library),  we  find  that  this 
Daniel  0.  married  Catharine,  dr.  of  Thomas  Uarby,  and  hid  issue,  but 
the  names  of  their  children  are  not  there  given  ;  but  as  John  0.  was 
born  in  1608-9  and  his  father  died  in  1642,  I  think  it  extremely  prob- 
able that  Catharine  Harby  was  his  mother,  especially  as  we  are  not 
told  that  Daniel  0.  had  other  wives. 

On  referring  to  Burke's  Royal  Families,  vol.  2d,  pedigrees  116  and 
124,  the  lineage  of  this  lady  may  be  satisfactorily  traced;  from  these 
we  learn  that  she  was  descended  in  two  direct  lines  from  King  Ed- 
ward III;  through  his  sons,  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster,  and 
Edmund,  Duke  of  York;  she  was  the  filth  also  from  Lady  Alice 
Neville,  dr.  of  Richard,  Earl  of  Salisbury,  and  sister  of  the  renowned 
'  king  maker,'  and  inherited  the  blood  of  the  Montacutes,  Beauchamps, 
Holands  and  Throckmortons. 

I  think  I  may  with  confidence  assert  that  the  old  Puritan  divine, 
whose  remains  rest  in  the  King's  Chapel  Burial  Ground,  was  descend- 
ed from  many  of  the  noblest  families  of  Englaud.  N.  F.  C.'; 


1864.]  Epitaph  of  Rev.  John  Ward.  273 


EPITAPn  OF  REV.  JOIIN  WARD,  OF  HAVERHILL,  ENG. 
The  quaint  inscription  on  a  mural  tablet  in  the  clumcel  of  the 
church  at  Haverhill,  in  Suffolk,  England,  to  the  memory  of  Rev. 
John  Ward,  who  had  been  minister  at  that  place,  is  somewhat  cele- 
brated ;  and  the  Latin  lihes,  with  which  it  commences,  are  familiar 
to  many  from  having  been  quoted  by  Fuller,  who  thus  translates 
them  : — 

"  Grant  tome  of  lenow'edge  greater  store, 
More  l*»nrned  tome  In  teaching  ; 
Yet  few  In  life  did  lighten  more, 
None  thundered  more  in  preaching." 

Worthies  of  England,  ed.  1840,  III,  186. 

In  the  Magna  Britannia  (1730,  v.  241),  this  translation  is  given 
with  some  variations,  though  none  are  of  importance  except  that  in 
the  third  line,  which  is  nearer  the  original,  reading:  "Yet  few  in  life 
were  holy  more." 

Some  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ward's  descendants  through  his  grandson,  Rev. 
John  Ward,  the  first  minister  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  reside  in  this 
country,  and  may  be  gratified  to  see  the  whole  inscription.  This  we 
now  give  from  page  vi  of  a  memoir  of  his  son  Samuel,  written  by 
Rev.  J.  C.  Ryle,  B.  A.,  of  Stradbroke,  in  Suffolk,  prefixed  to  an  edition 
of  the  son's  Sermons  and  Treatises,  published  at  Edinburgh  in  1862. 
We  have  compared  the  printed  copy  with  a  photograph  of  the  tablet, 
presented  to  the  editor  of  the  Register,  who  is  a  descendant,  by  W. 
W.  Boreham,  Esq.,  of  Haverhill,  England,  and  have  corrected  it  in  a 
few  particulars.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  given  ;  but  it  must 
have  been  before  1618,  as  his  widow  was  then  wife  of  Rev.  Richard 
Rogers.  Fuller,  speaking  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  (ubi  supra),  says 
that  "ho  had  three  brethren  ministers,  on  the  same  token  that  some 
have  said  that  these  four  put  together  would  not  make  up  the  abili- 
ties of  their  father.  Nor  were  they  themselves  offended  with  this 
hyperbole,  to  have  the  branches  lessened  to  greater!  their  root."  We 
find,  however,  by  the  inscription  below,  that  there  were  but  three 
brethren  in  all. 

Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  B.  P.,  said  to  have  been  the  eldest  of  these, 
was  one  of  the  first  Fellows  of  Sussex  Sydney  College,  Cambridge, 
and  a  lecturer  in  his  native  town  of  Haverhill.  From  Haverhill,  in 
1603,  he  removed  to  Ipswich,  having  been  appointed  town  preacher 
there,  and  filled  the  pulpit  of  St.  Mary-le-Tower  for  about  thirty  years. 
In  1635,  he  was  imprisoned  for  nonconformity,  but  was  released, 
and  for  a  time  is  said  by  Brook  to  have  preached  at  Rotterdam  in 
Holland.  He  died  March,  1639,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Mary-le-Tower, 
Ipswich,  on  the  8th  of  that  month.  Rev.  Mr.  Ryle,  in  his  memoir, 
states  that  a  portrait  of  him  inscribed  :  "  Walche  Ward,  JEtatis  Sua 
43,  1620,"  was,  when  he  wrote,  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Hunt,  Solici- 
tor, Ipswich. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  the  second  son  mentioned,  is  well  known  to 
readers  of  New  England  history.  A  sketch  of  him,  containing  an 
analysis  of  his  Simple  Cobbler  of  Agawam,  will  be  found  in  the  Month- 
ly Anthology,  (Bostou,  May,  1809),  vi.  341.     For  other  accounts,  see 


274 


Epitaph  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Ward. 


[July, 


Pnlsifcrta  edition  of  the  Simple  Cobbler,  (12mo,  Boston,  1843)  ;  Felt's 
Ipswich,  216-18;  Brook's  Puritans,  III,  182-3;  and  Allen's  Bio- 
graphical Dictionary,  (1857),  818.  He  died  in  1653,  said  to  have 
been  "  about  83"  years  of  age  ;  but,  if  Samuel  was  older  than  he, 
and  Samuel's  age  be  correctly  given  above,  Nathaniel  must  have 
been  born  some  eight  or  ten  years  later  than  1670,  the  date  usually 
assigned  to  his  birth.  We  have  heard  of  no  portrait  of  him  in  exist- 
ence. 

Rev.  John  Ward,  the  other  son,  lived  and  died  rector  of  St.  Clem- 
ent's, Ipswich.  In  1853,  Mr.  James  Read,  bookseller,  of  Ipswich, 
England,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Kidder,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  wrote  :  "  Mr. 
Raw,  a  retired  bookseller  of  this  town,  has  an  original  oil  painting 
of  John  Ward,  who  was  town  preacher  of  Ipswich  in  the  time  of  the 
Commonwealth.     Some  of  his  relatives  went  to  America." 

JOHANNES  WARDE. 

Quo  fi  quis  fcivit  fcitius, 
Aut  fi  quis  docuit  doctius, 
At  rarus  vixit  fanctius, 
Et  nullus  tonuit  fortius. 


Lights  here. 


Watch 


Watch 


Son  or  thunder,  son  of  ye  dove, 

FVLL  OF  HOT  ZEALE,  FULL  OF  TRVE  LOVE, 
IN  PREACHING  TRVTH,  IN  LIVING  RIGHT, 
A  BVRNING  LAMP,    A  SHINING  LIGHT. 


Iohn  Ward,  after  he  wth  greate  euidence  and 
power  of  ye  fpirite,  &  wth  much  fruite,  preachd 
ye  Gofpel  at  Haueril  &  Bury  in  Suff.  25 
yeares,  was  heere  gathered  to  his  fathers. 
Sufan,  his  widowe,  married  Richard  Rogers, 
that  worthie  Paftor  of  Wethersfielde.  He 
left  3  fonnes,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Iohn,  preachrs, 
who  for  them  &  theirs,  wifh  no  greater 
blefsing  than  yt  they  may  continue  in  beleeving 
&  preaching  the  same  Gofpel  till  ye  coming 
of  Christ.     Come,  Lord  Iesus,  come  quicklye. 

Death  is  our  entrance  into  life. 


Stars  hereafter. 


Warde. 


Warde. 


Genealogy. — As  our  future  enlarges  and  brightens,  we  are  begin- 
ning to  search  the  dusty  records  of  the  past,  eager  to  preserve  the 
first  chapters  of  a  history  which  seems  likely  to  be  worth  the  telling. 
The  taste  for  genealogical  studies,  inherited  from  our  English  ances- 
tors, but  for  a  long  time  dormant  during  the  busy  period  of  colonial 
life,  is  awakened  and  active  at  last.  Our  fathers  were  too  busy  cut- 
ting down  the  trees  of  the  forest  to  give  themselves  much  trouble 
about  preserving  the  history  of  those  family  trees  which  had  thrown 
across  the  water  such  hopeful  and  vigorous  shoots.  But  we,  who 
plant  where  they  felled,  are  already  groping  about  the  roots,  more 
literary  than  ligneous,  of  our  genealogical  growth. —  Springfield  Re- 
publican. 


1864  ]                 Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  275 

EARLY  MARRIAGES  IN  BRADFORD,  MASS. 

[Communicated  by  Alfred  Poor,  Esq.,  of  Groveland,  Mass.] 

Continued  from  Vol.  vtii,  p.  239. 
Benimin  George  and  Margret  Walinford       were  married  Aug-.  8,  1728 

John  Goss  and  Mehitable  Daily  "  July  30,  1728 

Ebenezer  Gage  and  Prisila  Kimball  "  Nov.  7,  1728 

Job  Kimball  and  Mary  Green  "  Fed.  19.  1728-9 

Thomas  Eaton  and  Lydia  Kimball  "  May  22,  1729 

John  Barker  of  Andover  and  Mehitable  Stickney     "  July  24,  1729 

Jonathan  Marden  and  Hepzebeth  Hardy  "  June  1,  1729 

Joseph  Carleton  and  Abigail  Baily  "  Oct.  30,  1729 

Moses  Hardy  and  Dorothy  Hardy  "  Apr.  22,  1729 

Nathaniel  Kimball  and  Dorathy  Tenny  "  Jany.  9,  1728-9 

Josiah  Osgood  and  Abigail  Day  "  July  2,  1729 

Samuel  Stickney  and  Elizabeth  Hardy  "  Apr.  22,  1729 

Ebenezer  Curtice  and  Elizabeth  Palmer  "  Nov.  14,  1729 

Timothy  Bmbank  and  Susanna  Hardy  "  Nov.  14,  1729 

Joseph   Hardy  and  Surah  Carleton  "  Apr.  3,  1729 

Sameul  Runels  and  Anna  Sessions  "  Feb.  18,  1730 

David   Kiribati  and   Mary  Wilson  "  Feb.  19,  1730 
Jol>  Tyler  of  Boxford    and  Elizabeth  Parker  of 

Bradford  "  July  17,  1730 

Setli  Petty  and  Dorkas  Savory  "  Mar.  30,  1730 

Joseph   Woster  and  Martha  Palmer  "  Apr.  29,  1730 

Daniel   Dresser  and  Mary  Pemberton  Apr.  9,  1730 

Phillip  Tenney  and  Jane  Haile  "  June  30,  1730 

Samuel  Smith  and  Hannah  Hardy  "  Aug.  27,  1730 

Joseph  Hardy  and  Ruth  Kimball  "  Oct.  2,  1730 

John  Huce  and  Sarah  Hopkinson  "  Oct.   22,  1730 

Richard   Haseltine  and  Sarah  Barnes  "  Nov.  12,  1730 

Heaseltine  and  Mehetable  Middlet  "  Dec.  3,  1730 

Stephen  Webster  and  Rebecca  Kimball  "  Jan.  7,  1730-1 

Jonathan  Carleton  and  Ednah  Bailey  "  Oct.  28,  1731 

Eliezer  Bmbank  and  Hannah  Rolf  "  Apr.  14,  1731 

Samuel  Potter  and  Esther  Hardy  "  Mar.  4,  1730-1 

Ephraim  Noyes  and  Abigail  Platts  "  Feb.  4,  1730-1 

Joshua  Warner  and  Mary  Huchins  "  Jan.  12,  1731-2 

Ebenzer  Hardy  and  Martha  Palmer  "  Nov.  8,  1731 

John  Day  and  Abigail  Bailey  "  June  1,  1731 

David  Hopkinson  and  Elizabeth  Platts  "  Dec.  22,  1731 

Benj.  Wallingford  and  Mary  Burbank  "  Feb.   14,  1731-2 

Moses  Day  and  Ruth  Heasleton  "  Apr.  11,  1731 

Edmond   Hardy  and   Sarah  Gage  "  May  10,  1731 

Nathan  Parkerand  Elizabeth  Gage  "  Oct.  2,  1731 

Ezekiel  Carleton  and  Mercy  Kimball  "  Nov    10,1731 

Joseph  Jevvet  and  Mary  Gage  "  Jan.  20,  1731-2 

3d  ward   Bailey  and  Elizabeth  Burbank  "  Oct.  12,  1732 

Ebenezer  Kimball  and  Martha  Hopkinson  "  June    5,1732 

Andrew  Palmer  and  Jermima  Hardy  "  Dec.  5,  1732 

Nathan  Bailey  and  Mary  Palmer  "  Oct.  18,  1732 


276 


Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass. 


[July, 


David  Hardy  and  Dorcas  Gage 
Jonas  Platts  and  Abigail  Palmer 
John  Grushea  and  Surah  Bailey 
Jonathan  Bailey  and  Rebeckah  Hardy 


were  married  Dec.  6, 1732 
Dec.  19,  1732 
Dec.  14,  1732 
Sept.  25,  1733 


Bradford,  December  y«  24,  1733. 
This  may  certify  whomesoever  it  may  concern,  that  James  Bailey 
of  Bradford,  who  was  married  to  the  widow  Mary  Bacon,  November 
22,  last  past  by  me  ye  subscriber  then  declared  that  he  took  the  said 
person  without  any  thing  of  Estate,  and  that  Lydia  the  wife  of  Eliazer 
Burbank  and  Mary  the  wife  of  Thomas  Stickney,  and  Margeret  the 
wife  of  Caleb  Burbank,  all  of  Bradford  were  witnesses  that  the  clothes 
she  then  had  on  were  of  his  providing  and  bestowing  upon  her. 

William  Balch  minister  of  ye  gospel  in  sd  town. 


Samuel  Adams  and  Mary  Burbank 
Jeremiah  Kimball  and  Elizabeth  Head 
Luke  Hovey  and  Darkis  Kimball 
Ephraim   Foster  and  Mary  West 
John  Mulicken  and  Sarah  Griffin 
Thomas  Johnson  and  Phebe  Hardy 
John  Specks  and  Mary  Cromme 
Moses  Gage  and  Mary  Heaseltino 
John  Hale  and  Sarah  Kimball 
John  Emery  and  Rebecca  Walker 
Richard  Kimball  and  Jemima  Gage 
Nath1   Lakeman  and  Sarah  Buniels 
Timothy  Haget  and  Elizabeth  Carlton 
Jeremiah  Hardy  and  Rebecca  Hardy 
Nathan  Ames  and  Mary  Burpey 
Ezra  Mireck  and  Mehitable  Green 
Enoch  Poor  and  Bethiah  West 
Samuel  Parker  and  Anne  Gootridg 
Jeremiah  Ames  and  Sarah  Kimball 
Benj.  Holmes  and  Mary  Burbank 
Moses  Tyler  and  Miriam  Bailey 
Nathaniel  Jewet  and  Snsasanna  Gooden 
Joseph  Genius  and  Elizabeth  Rolf 
Eliezer  Burbank  and  Marcy  Bailey 
Benj.  Hall  of  Bumford  and  Rebecca  Farnum 

of  Andover 
Robert  Creigand  Hannah  Spaford  both  of 

Rowley 
James  Stickney  and   Ellener  Wilson  both 

of  Rowley 
Joseph  Bailey  of  Bradford  and  Elizabeth 

Boynton  of  Rowley 
Joseph  Kinsman  of  Ipswich  and  Sarah 

Pcabody  of  Boxford 
John  Green  and  Sarah  Stevens  both  of 

Newbury 


were   married  June  28,  1732 

June  20,  1732 

Oct.  10,  1732 

Jan.  3,  1732-3 

"      Jan.  29,  1732-3 

11     Mar.  14,  1732-3 

Apr.  12,  1733 

Apr.  12,  1733 

June  28,  1733 

Aug.  28,  1733 

"  Nov.  8,  1733 

11      Jan.  23,  1733-4 

June  30,  1733 

Aug.  29,  1734 

May  6,  1735 

July  3,  1735 

Sept.  11,  1735 

"  May  28,  1735 

Apr.  2,  1734 

Oct.  7,  1734 

Sept.  25,  1734 

Dec.  25,  1734 

Dec.  5,  1785 

Apr.  18,  1735 


Oct.  9,  1735 
Dec.  4,  1735 
Jan.  1,  1735 
Jan.  1,  1735 
Apr.  27,  1736 
Sept.  1,  1735 


1864.]  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  277 

JoKpli  Mullickein  and  Phebe  Tyler  both 

of  Bradford  were  married    June  3,  1736 

Abraham  Farnum  of  Drakit  and  Abigail 

Hardy  of  Boxford  "  Nov.  3,  1736 

Nathan  Barker  of  Andovcr  and  Ann  Platta 

of  Bradford  "  Jan.  2,  1736 

Robert  Mullickim  and  Mary  Iloit  both  of 

Bradford  "  Oct.  4,  1737 

Nath1  Grifing  of  Newbury  and  Bewlali 

Bailey  of  Bradford  "     Feb.  24,  1735-6 

Joseph  Hutchins  of  Bradford  and  Sarah 

Boyuton  of  Rowley  "  Nov.  11,  1736 

Ephraim  Pemberton  of  Amsbury  and 

And  Je wet  of  Bradford  "         Apr.   16,  1737 

Edmund  Hardy  and  Ruth  Burbank  both 

of  Bradford  "         Apr.  12,  1737 

John  Lull  of  Rowley  and  Dorothy  Middleton 

of  Bradford  "  May  19,  1737 

Jonathan  Hardy  and  Sarah  Marsh  of 

Bradford  *'         Sept.  8,  1737 

Moses  Jewet  of  Exeter  and  Martha  Hale 

of  Bradford  "         Nov.  17,  1737 

John  Marsh  of  Draket  and  Martha  Rolf 

of  Bradford  "  Dec.  1,  1737 

Jonathan  Hopkinson  of  Newbury  and 

Margret  Bradford  "        Mar.  28,  1738 

John  Brocklebank  jr.  and  Sarah  Tenny 

both  of  Rowley  "  June  1,  1738 

Stephen  Mighil  of  Rowley  and  Elizabeth 

Woodman  of  Bradford  "         Oct.  22,  1735 

Joseph  Francis  of  Medford  and  Elizabeth 

Harris  of  Bradford  "         Dec.  18, 1735 

David  Haseltine  and  Rachel  Frye  both 

of  Bradford  .  '■       Feb.  3,  1735-6 

Zecharieh  Hardy  and  Bethiah  Hardy  both 

of  Bradford  "       Feb.  5,  1735-6 

Capt.  Christopher  Bartlett  of  Haverhill 

•and  Rachel  Haseltine  of  Bradford  "       Mar.  4,  1735-6 

Hann  Emerson  of  Methuin  and  Paitience 

Hardy  of  Bradford  "         Oct.  12,  1736 

Stephen  Kimball  of  Bradford  and  Hannah 

Pearly  of  Boxford  "  Dec.  6,  1736 

Abraham  Kimball  and  Judith  Hall  both 

of  Bradford  "         Dec.  30,  3736 

Ebenezer  Webster  of  Haverhill  and 

Mehitablc  Kimball  of  Bradford  "       Mar.  1,  1736-7 

Stephen  Woodman  and  Elizabeth  Poor 

both  of  Bradford  "         May  12,  1737 

David  Hall  and  Naomi  Gage  both  of 

Bradford  "        Sept.  22,  1737 

24 


278  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  [July» 

John  Haseltine  and  Mary  Webster 

both  of  Bradford  were  married  Jan.    24,   1783-9 

Andrew  Hardy  and  Ann  Hardy  both 

of  Bradford  "     Feb.  27,  1738-9 

Francis  Hardy  of  Bradford  and  Abigail 

Chen,  j  of  Newbury  "     Feb.  27,  1738-9 

David  Boynton  and  Sarah  Stickney 

both  of  Newbury  "        Sept.  19,  1738 

Thomas  Emery  and  Priscilla  Barker 

both  of  Andover  "  Aug.  4,  1738 

Jonathan  Boynton  of  Rowley  and  Elizabeth 

Wood  of  Bradford  "  June  5,  1739 

James  Walenford  and  Martha  Walenford 

both  of  Bradford  li         Jnnc  13,  1739 

Jonathan  Currier  of  Methuin  and  Esther 

Gage  of  Bradford  "  Aug.  1,  1739 

Ebenezer  Lurvy  of  Bradford  and  Elizabeth 

Petee  of  Haverhill  "     Jan.  8,  1739-40 

Joseph  Kimball  jr.  and  Sarah  Bond 

both  of  Bradford  "        Nov.  13,  1740 

Amos  Gage  and  Mehitable  Kimball 

both  of  Bradford  "         Dec.  18,  1740 

Jonathan  Hall  of  Chester  and  Mehitable 

Kimball  of  Bradford  ■  "         Dec.  25,  1740 

Samuel  Watts  of  Haverhill  and  Abigail 

of  Bradford  "         Jan.  15,  1740 

Ephraim  Kimball  and  Sarah  Mullican 

both  of  Bradford  "  Feb.  5,  1740 

Thomas  Hale  of  Boxford  and  Mary 

Kimball  of  Bradford  "         Feb.  17,  1740 

Jonathan  Woodman  and  Mary  Kimball 

both  of  Bradford  "         Feb,  19,  1740 

Zachariah  Atwood  and  Mary  Bacon 

both  of  Bradford  "  May  7,  1741 

Jonathan  Molton  and  Sarah  Burbank 

both  of  Bradford  "         May  21,  1741 

Samuel  Hopkinson  and  Betty  Palmer 

both  of  Bradford  ,:  May  28,  1741 

Thomas  Kimball  and  Ruth  Head 

both  of  Bradford  ««         Oct.  22,' 1741 

Moses  Porter  of  Boxford  and  Mary 

Chadwiek  of  Bradford  "  Feb.  3,  1741 

Joseph  Chandler  of  Andover  and  Sarah 

Richardson  of  Bradford  "         Dec.  10,1741 

Samuel  Johnson  of  Andover  and  Elizabeth 

Gage  of  Bradford  "  Apr.  22,  1742 

John  Durkim  of  Londonderry  and  Mary 

Talford  of  Bradford  "  Mar.  6,  1739 

Ralf  Hall  and  Abigail  Kimball  both 

of  Bradford  "        Mar.    11,  1739 


1864.]  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  279 

Samuel  Burbank  and  Eunice  Hardy 

botli  of  Bradford  were  married      Apr.  1,  1740 

Ebmezer  Bailey  of  Haverhill  and  Sarah 

Palmer  of  Bradford  "  Apr.  3,  1740 

James  Plaits  and  Sarah  Wallingford 

both  of  Bradford  "     Fed.  27,  1738-9 

Eliphalet  Hardy  and  Hannah  Platts  both 

of  Bradford  M       Jan.  4,  1738-9 

Ichabod  Cheney  of  Bradford  and  Rebecca 

Smith  of  Uowloy  "        July  25,  1739 

Benjamin  Hardy  and  Rebecca  Rolf  both 

ol  Bradford  "        Sept.  27,  1738 

Moses  Wood  and  Mehitable  Stickney 

both  of  Bradford  '•        Nov.  21,  1739 

Moses  Davis  of  Haverhill  and  Hepsibeth 

Richardson  of  Bradford  "        Apr.  24,  1740 

David  Marden  and  Mehitable  Hardy  both  of 

Bradford  "         July  21,  1740 

Jeremiah  Bailey  of  Haverhill  and  Marcy 

Burbank  of  Bradford  4<      Mar.  9,  1740-1 

Daniel  Thiston  and  Hannah  Parker  both 

of  Bradford  "         Sept.  3,  1741 

Jonathan  Wallenford  and  Martha  Marsh 

both  of  Bradford  "     Jan.   14,  1741-2 

Peter  Cheney  and  Rose  Hardy  both  of 

Bradford  "  Apr.  1,  1742 

John  Ellet  and  Sarah  Williams  both  of 

Bradford  "         Mar.  25,  1742 

Benjamin  Palmer  and  Martha  Worstor 

both  of  Bradford  "        Dec.  21,  1742 

Samuel  Stickney  and  Susanna  Jonson 

both  of  Bradford  "  June  3,  1742 

Moses  Worster  and  Mary  Stickney  both 

of  Bradford  "        Mar.   25,  1743 

Moses  Leavitt  of  Strattam  and  Ann  Parker 

of  Bradford  ~"      Jan.  27,  1742-3 

Gershom  Haseltine  of  Bradford  and 

Deborah  Howard  of  Haverhill  •«         Apr.  23,  1744 

Edward  Kimball  and  Dorathy  Kimball    . 

both  of  Bradford  "         Jan.  25,  1742 

Ebenezer  Kimball  and  Dorathy  Kimball 

botli  of  Bardford  "  Apr.  4,  1743 

Stephen  Russell  of  Dracutt  and  Abigail 

Gage  of  Bradford  "  Oct.  25,  1743 

Nath.  Hall  of  Chester  and  Mary  Wood 

of  Bradford  "         Oct.  27,    1743 

John  Balch  of  Beverly  and  Eunice 

Kimball  of  Bradford  "        Dec.  15,  1743 

Philip  Hardy  and  Hannah  Tcnny  both 

of  Bradford  "         Dec.  22,  1743 


280  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  [July, 


David  Livermore  of  Watertown  and 

Abigail   Kimball  of  Bradford  were  married     Feb.  21,  1743 

Jonathan  Kimball  and  Elizabeth  Green 

both  of  Bradford  "  Feb.  13,  1744 
Nath1  Thirston  and  Sarah  Kimball  both 

of  Bradford  "  Feb.  19,  1744 
Samuel  Kinney  jr.  of  Newbury  andMarv 

Mulliken  of  Bradford  "  Feb.  2,  1743 
Samuel  Stickney  jr.  and  Merabeth  Tenny 

both  of  Bradford  "  Oct.   11,  1743 
Daniel  Parker  of  Bradford  and  Mary 

Sargent  of  Newbury  •■  Feb.  9,  1743 
Samuel  Hibbard  and  Hannah  Wilcom 

both  of  Bradford  "  Sept.  15,  1743 

Joseph  Hovey  and  Rebecca  Stickney  "  Mar.  21,  1743-4 

Eldad  Hardy  and  Hannah  Savory  "  Nov-  26,  1744 

Joseph  Burbank  and  Sarah  Dowse  "  Oct.  17,  1744 

Gideon  Hardy  and  Mary  Gage  "  May  24,  1744 

Job  Hardy  and  Hannah  Rolenings  "  Sept.  24,  1744 

Daniel  Burbank  and  Elizabeth  Jonson  "  Apr.  1,  1745 

Josiah  Bacon  and  Abigail  Knowlton  "  Oct:  7,  1745 

Abraham  Parker  and  Hannah  Harthen  •*  Feb.  17,  1745-6 

Samuel  Trask  and  Hannah  Ilibard  "  Nov.  25,  1746 

these  were  married  by  y.  Rev.  Mr.  William 
Balch 

Samuel  Woodman  and  Mary  Armstrong  •«  Sept.  24,  1745 

Dudley  Carleton  and  Abigail  Wilson  "  Feb.  25,  1745 

Abraham  Carleton  and    Mary  Clark  "  June  5,  1746 

Nath.  Griffin  jr  and  Mary  Fails  •*  Jan.  20,  1746 

Ebenezer  Webster  and  Sarah  Gage  "  June  24,  1746 

Isaac  Littleale  and  Deborah  Kimball  "  Apr.  20,  1747 

these  were  married  by  y  .  Rev.  Mr.  Joseph 
Parsons 

David  Boynton  and  Sarah  Stickney  "  Sept.  19,  1738 

Seth  Jewett  and  Mehitable  Hardy  "  Sept,  6,  1739 

Joseph  Ridder  and  Abigail  Hardy  *'  Sept.  6,  1739 

Ebenezer  Medelton  and  Abigail  Boynton  "  Sept.  13,  1732 

William  At  wood  and  Abigail  Runels  ,4  Dec.  24,  1739 

Jonathan  Webster  and  Abigail  Springer  "  Dec.  8,  1742 

Thomas  Roberds  and  Joanna  Haseltine     '  "  Feb.  14,1742-3 

Nath.  Clement  and  Rachel  Bailey  "  \ug.  23,  1743 

John  Chad  wick  and  Susannah  Peabody  "  Jan.  12,  1743 

Richard  Perry  and  Esther  Hardy  "  Jan.  26,  1743 

Amos  Kimball  and  Dorotha  Haseltine  "  May  29,  1744 

David  Warner  and  Anna  Boynton  kl  June  12,  1744 

Amos  Bailey  and  Sarah  Cottle  "  April.  1.  1745 

Francis  Nelson  and  Mary  Perse  "  May  30,  1745 

John  Hardy  and  Sarah  Barker  "  June  20,  1746 

these  were  married  by  Thomas  Kimball  Justice 
Peace 
Jabes  Gage  and  Elizabeth  Wilson  to  each  other  as  husband  and  wife, 


1864.] 


Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  J\Iass. 


281 


before  several  witnesses  as  well  as  myself.     Thomas  Kimball  Justico 

Peace. 

Joseph  Richardson  and  Dorathy  Rowo       were  married  May  10,  1747 


Ebenezer  Jaques  and  Elizebeth  Mullicken 
Daniel  Eamcs  and  Mary  Chadwick 
Samuel  Atwood  and  Sarah  Rowe 
George  Kimball  and  Sarah  Mullicken 
James  Head  and  Sarah  Thirston 
Ephraim  Lacy  and  Martha  Wood 
Thomas  Webster  and  Sarah  Kimball 
Daniel  Merrill  and  Abigail  Carleton 

these  were  married  by  y°.  Rev.  Mr.  Joseph 
Parsons 
John  Simmons  and  Elizabeth  Walenford 
John  Tenny  and  Abiah  Merrill 
Chase  Savary  and  Prisilla  Hardy 
Edward  Webber  and  Mehitable  Haseltine 
William  Gre enough  and  Hannah  Atwood 
Ebenezer  Hale  and  Sarah  Wicome 
Nathaniel  Burpe  and  Easter  Rolf 
John  Wool  and  Susannah  Barker 
Eliphelet  Rollins  and  Mary  Lessen 
John  Burbank  and  Mary  Savory 
Ebenezer  Wood  and  Sarah  Stickney 
Samuel  Tenny  and  Elizabeth  Fails 
Maxy  Haseltine  and  Abigail  Win 
Josiah  Sessions  and  Martha  Hopkinson 
Obadiah  Kimball  and  Abigail  Carleton 
Ephraim  Robinson  and  Hannah  Kimball 
Obadiah  Perry  and  Elizabeth  Kimball 
Samuel  Page  and  Phebe  Richardson 
William  Wicome  and  Susanna  Rolf 
John  Baley  and  Abigail  Haseltine 
Peter  Green  and  Sarah  Hall 
Samuel  Trask  and  Sarah  Martin 
Bradstreet  Parker  and  Rebecca  Balch 
Samuel  Wood  and  Ruth  Hardy 
Samuel  Palmer  jr.  and  Mary  Savory 
Orlando  Sargent  and  Sarah  Balch  A 

John  Fairfield  and  Mary  Burbank 
Ebenezer  Palmer  and  Susanna  Bacon 
Josiah  Hills  and  Elizabeth  Stickney 
Thomas  Edlegsly  and  Catheron  Phillips 
Ezekiel  Hale  and  Hannah  Balch 

Mr.  Balch  married  these, 
William  Harris  and  Ellener  Wood 
James  Chadwick  and  Mary  Thurston 
Richard  Kimball  and  Eunice  Chadwick 
Aaron  Gage  and  Sarah  Hall 
Richard  Haseltine  and  Sarah  Barron 
Uichard  Gage  and  Anna  Crummy 


Oct.  22, 

Aug.  9, 

Oct.  5, 

Oct.  21, 
Dec.  14, 
Dec.  22,  1748 
Nov.  14,  1748 
April  3,  1749 


1747 
1748 
1748 

1748 
1748 


28, 
16, 
13, 

19, 


1747 
1747 
1747 
1747 


Nov. 

March 

April 

Nov. 

Jan.  12,  1747-8 

March  8,  1747 

April  19,  1748 

May  5,  1748 

Dec.  20,  1748 

Dec.  20,  1748 

May  24,  1749 

Dec.  28,  1749 

March  1, 

March  8, 

Nov.  6, 

Dec.  G, 

Jan.   10, 

Jan.  24, 

March   12, 

Oct.  1, 

Jan.  7, 

Feb.  27, 

Nov.  1, 

Jan.  30, 

Jan.  24, 

Dec.  26, 

Oct.  17, 

Dec.  10, 

Nov.  5, 

Dec.  5, 

April  7, 


1749 
1749 
1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 
1751 
1752 
1752 
1750 
1749 
1749 
1751 
1751 
1751 
1751 
1751 
1752 


Dec.  3, 
March  5, 
April  9, 
April  23, 
Aug.  13, 
Au;c.  ~!0, 


1751 
1752 
1752 
1752 
1752 


282 


Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass. 


[July 


Joshua  Wood  and  Elizabeth  Campbel      were 
Mr.  Parsons  married  these.     Return  made 
Ezra  Amies  and  Sarah  Lous* 
Howell  Foot  and  Elizabeth  Hardy 
Gideon  Hardy  and  Mary  Hardy 
Joshua  Harriman  and  Dorcas  Hardy 
James  Dvvenel  and  Abigail  Plats  » 
Andrew  Flood  and  Sarah  Hopkinson 
Nathaniel  Clark  and  Mary  Hardy 
James  Ilaseltine  and  Rebecca  Mullicken 
Asa  Burbank  and  widow  Sarah  Burbank 
John  Savary  and  Sarah  Wood 
John  Wood  and  Mary  Palmer 
Benjamin  Pettengill  and  Martha  Pemberton 
John  Searle  and  Bethiah  Damfbrd 
Edward  Cheney  and  Rebecca  Hardee 
Benj1".  Greenough  and  Susanna  Burbank 
Joseph  Poor  and  Margret  Bayel 
Sesar  man-sarvent  to  Mr.  Porter  and  Cloe  } 
maid-servant  to  Mr.  Timothy  Hardee  ) 

Abner  Hardy  and  Rebecca  Hardy 
Nathaniel  Bailey  and  Mary  Spolford 
Joseph  Hardy  and  Mary  Hopkinson 
Edward  Hardy  and  Sarah  Jewett 
Stephen  Burbank  and  Betty  Hopkinson 
Joseph  Bailey  and  Deborah  Hardy 
Jedediah  Parker  and  Sarah  Stickney 
"William  Atwoodand  Sarah  Bradley 
Samuel  Runnels  and  Joanna  Platts 
Samuel  Greenough  and  Susannah  Bailey 
Eliphalet  Hardy  and  Mehitable  Hardy 
John  More  and  Dorathy  Stickney 
Lt.  Timothy  Burbank  and  Mary  At  wood 
William  Baleh  and  Rebecca  Bailey 
Joseph  Jennings  and  Hannah  Hardy 
Thomas  Carleton  jr.  and  Mary  Parker 
Stephen  Danford  and  Betty  Parker 

these  were  married  by  Mr.  William  Balch, 
Abraham  Burl>ank  and  Abigail  Savory 
Ebenezer  Burbank  and  Dorcas  Ilardee*" 
Thomas  Todd  and  Elizabeth  Carleton 
Shubel   Walker  and  Mary  Blasdel 
Ebenezer  Griffin  and  Prisciler  Kimball 
Thomas  Michell  and  Sarah  Anniee 
Capt.  Daniel  Earns  and  Prisciler  Kimball 
Jonathan  Sherwin  and  Mary  Crumme 
Joshua  Kimball  and  Sarah  Buzzil 
Isaac  Kimball  and  Mehitable  Griffin 
Samuel  Chadwick  and  Mary  Kimball 
Siman  Wiggins  and  Hannah  Marbel 
Nathaniel  [Mitchell  and  Abigail  Day 


married     Oct.   19,  1652 


Dec.  20, 

1752 

Nov.  29, 

1752 

June  28, 

1753 

Nov.  13, 

1753 

Dec.  18, 

1753 

Aug.  17, 

1753 

Feb.  6, 

,  1753 

Nov.  14, 

1754 

Aug.  6 

,  1754 

Sept.  11, 

1755 

March  15, 

1755 

Feb.  11, 

1755 

June  1, 

175G 

Aug.  12, 

175G 

Jan.  6, 

1756 

April  22, 

175G 

June  11, 

175G 

Nov.  10, 

1756 

Oct.  20, 

1757 

March  3 1 , 

1757 

Dec.  29, 

1757 

Nov.  28, 

,  1757 

Feb.  24, 

1757 

Feb.  11, 

1757 

March  29, 

1757 

March  14, 

1758 

Jan.  26, 

1758 

Nov.  9, 

1758 

May  17, 

1758 

Nov.  16, 

1758 

Nov.  15, 

1759 

Dec.  25, 

1759 

Jan.  8, 

J  7  GO 

Jan.  5, 

1758 

April  25, 

1753 

May  6, 

1753 

Oct.*  22, 

1753 

Dec.  5, 

1754 

Jan.  2, 

1755 

Jan.  18, 

175  6 

Feb.  2G, 

175G 

March  18, 

1756 

March  18, 

175G 

May  G, 

1756 

Jun<-  1, 

175G 

July  22, 

175G 

Nnv  L':-; 

17  fit! 

1S64.]                  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  283 

Daniel  Jaquish  and  Abigail  Mullicken         wore  married  Dec.  9,  1756 

Jonathan  Chadwick  and  Sarah  Kimball  "  Feb.   17,1756 

Ebenezer and  Mary  Cheney  "  April  14,  1757 

these  were  married  by  Mr.  Parsons, 

Joseph  Marble  and  Mary  Woodman  "  May  12,  1757 

Sisco  and  Dinah  "  July  21,  1757 

James  Gage  and  Rebeckah  Kimball  "  Aug.  18,  1757 

John  Elasdel  and  Susannah  Mirick  "  "  Sept.  25,  1757 

Capt.  Abel  Morse  of  Chester  and  Sarah  Kimball  "  Sept.  29,  1757 

Nathaniel  Gage  jr.  and  Dorathy  Kimball  *'  Oct.  6,  1757 

Timothy  Colby  of  Amesbury  and  Hannah  Bra  "  Oct.  20,  1757 

Jeremiah  Kimball  and  Abigail  Runnels  "  Dec.  6,  1757 

John  Philips  and  Elizabeth  Hagget  "  Dec.  29,  1757 

Ephraim  Famum  of  Rumford  and  Judith  Hall  **  March  23,  1758 

Ros  Wyman  of  Shrewsbury  and  Sarah  Hagget  "  April  15,  1761 

Stuard  Hunt  of  Rowley  and  Ednah  Woodman  '*  Jan.  5,  17G1 

Daniel  Spafford  and  Elizabeth  Grilling  "  Nov.  26,  1761 

Abel  Kimball  and  Mary  Hagget  "  Jan.  5,  1762 
Ebenezer  Parker  and  Mary  Lacount 

Daniel  Cole  of  Boxford  and  Elizabeth  Day  «■  Nov.  25,  1762 

Benjamin  Walker  and  Sarah  Webster  "  Nov.  25,  1762 

Samuel  Kimball  and  Elizabeth  (Jarleton  "  Dec.  21,  1762 

married  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Joseph  Parsons 
John  Edwards  of  Haverhill  and  Jemimah 

Wallingford  "  April  2,  1761 

Daniel  Tenny  and  Joanna  Cheney  '*  June  25,   1761 

John  Hopkinson  and  Rebeckah  Tenny  "  Oct.  8,  176  L 

Jeremiah  Ames  and  Jenney  Tenny  "  March   5,  1761 

Thomas  Stickney  and  Sarah  Tenney  "  Jan.  6,  1761 

Solomon  Tenny  and  Betty  Savory  "  Dec.  31,  1761 

Jacob  Jewett  and  Mehitable  Mitchel  ■'  July  1,  I7(j2 

emuel  Hardy  and  Hannah  Juet  "  April  8,  1762 

Abraham  Parker  and  Susanifa  Greenough  "  Nov.  10,  1763 

Thomas  Hardy  jr.  and  Lydia  Hardy  "  Fob.  2,  1763 

Jesse  Rolins  and  Betty  Chaney  "  Nov.  10,  1763 

Benjamin  Atwood  and  Martha  Hardy  "  April  21,  1763 

John  Adams  of  Rowley  and  Marrcba  Stickney  "  Sept.    18,  1764 

James  Palmer  aud  Mary  Hopkinson  "  March  15,  1764 

Samuel  Adams  and  Mary  Stickney                   *  "  Sept.   J 5,  1764 

Timothy  Hardy  and  Priscella  Earns  "  Fob.   14,  1765 

William  Tenny  and  Rebecca  Earns  "  Feb.  14,   1765 

James  Haseltine  and  Hannah  Kimball  "  July  2,  1765 

William  Atwood  and  Jane  Hardy  "  April  2,  1765 

Stephen  Morse  and  Lydia  Tenny  "  Nov.  9,  1762 
Nathaniel  Marble  jr.  of  Haverhill  and  Ruth 

Hardy  «  Dec.  28,  1762 

married  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Balch, 
Joseph  Hill  Ordway  of  Haverhill  and  Bettee 

Hardy  "  May  22,   1766 

Moses  Hagget  and  Esther  Lakeman  "  Feb.  8,  1768 

Frances  Kimball  and  Bettee  Head  "  Feb.  18,  1768 


284  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  [July, 

Samuel  Kimball  of  Plastow  and  Eabigarl 

Eastman  were  married    Jan.  21,  1768 

Aaron  Kimball  of  Boxford  and  Mehitable  Kimball     "         Feb.  12,1767 

married  by  Rev.  Mr.  Sam.  Williams, 
Jonathan  Chase  of  Newburyport  and  Hannah 

Rollins  of  Newbury  "        Aug.  13,  1767 

married  by  Benj"1.  Mullicken  Esq., 
Henry  Chase  of  Nottingham  and  w1.  Mary  Hardy     "         Dec.  23,  1773 
Simeon  Stevens  of  Andover  and  Prudence 

Hardy  of  Bradford  «■  Oct.  24,  1765 

Samuel  Boynton  and  Ruth  Hardy  both  of 

Bradford  "         Oct.  24,  1765 

Edmond  Hardy  of  Pelham  and  Mary  Hardy  ot 

Bradford  "         Oct.  28,  1765 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jedediah  Jewett  of  Rowley  and 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Parsons  of  Bradford  "         Oct.  29,  1765 

John  Hony  of  Bolton  and  Sarah  Atwood  of 

Bradford  "         Oct.  31,  1765 

Samuel  Burbank  of  Nottingham  West  and  Sarah 

Hardy  of  Bradford  "  Oct.  15,  1766 

Moses  Pearson  and  Martha  Gorse  both  of 

Bradford  "  Nov.  9,  1766 

Jacob  Low  of  Rowley  and  Abigail  Page  of 

Bradford  "       April  11,  1767 

Moses  Hardy  jr.  and  Miriam  Hardy  both  of 

Bradford  "  May  6,  1767 

Nathaniel  Parker  jr.  and  Judith  Hopkinson  both 

of  Bradford;  "         May  29,  1768 

Retire  Harthorn  Parker  and  Ednad  Parker  both 

of  Bradford  "  May  9,  1768 

Nathaniel  Wallingford  and  Abigail  Savory  both 

of  Bradford  "         Sept.  8,  1768 

Joseph  Nelson  of  Rowley  and  Hannah 

Wallingford  of  Bradford  "       March  7,  1769 

Elijah  Homer  of  Rowley  and  Hannah  Herrick 

of  Bradford  "       Sept.  26,  1769 

Ebenezer  Hardy  jr.  and  Susannah  Hardy  both 

of  Bradford  "         July  2G,  1769 

Rowel  Foot  and  Merribah  Hardy  both  of 

Bradford  "         July  26,  1769 

Ebenezer  Stickney  and  Molly  Palmer  both  of 

Bradford  "  June  9,  1770 

Lemuel  Marden  and  Hannah  Greenough  both  of 

Bradford  •■  Feb.  4.  1770 

William  Dickinson  of  Rowley  and  Martha 

Wallingford  of  Bradford  "  June  7,  1770 

Thomas  Wood  and  Allis  Bailey  both  of  Bradford     "  July  8,  1770 


1864.]  Marriages  at  Scituale,  Mass.  2S5 


MARRIAGES  AT  SCJTUATE,  MASS.,  PRIOR  TO  1700. 

Though    these    marriages  were  used  by  Deane  in  his  history,  the 
date  of  the  year  is  only  given,  and  we  now  give  the  full  date. 

W.  H.  W. 

James  Terry  and  Lydia  Willes,  1  June,  1666. 

ThomasRoose  and  Alice  Hatch,  Dec,  1665. 

Thomas  Woodworth  and  Debrah  Damenv8  Feb.,  1666. 

Joseph  Woodworth  and  Sarah  Stockbridge,  6  Jan.,  1666. 

Steven  Tillding  and  Hannah  Litell,  15  Jan.,  1661. 

James  Briges  and  Rebecca  Tilden,  8  July,  1673. 

Thomas  Nicholles  and  Sarah  Whiston,  25  May,  1663. 

Jonathan  Cud  worth  and  Sarah  Jackson,  31  May,  1667. 

Samuel  House  and  Rebecca  Nicholles,  15  March,  1664. 

Thomas  King  and  Elizabeth  Clapp,  20  April,  1669. 

Thomas  Perry  and  Susanna  Whiston,  2  May,  1671. 

Josiah  Lechfleld  and  Sarah  Baker,  22  Feb.,  1671. 

John  Baylis  and  Sarah  White,  25  Jan.,  1672. 

Theophilus  Wetherbee  and  Lydia  Parker,  9  Nov.,  1675. 

Tristram  Davis  and  Sarah  Archer,  of  Brantry,  19  March,  1694-5. 

Joseph  Barstow  and  Susanna  Lincoln,   of  Hingham,  16  May,  1666. 

Joseph  Randall  and  ftannah  Macomber,  of  Marshfield,  Oct.,  1672. 

Richard  Dwelley  and  Eame  Glass,  of  Duxbury,  4  April,  1682. 

Abraham  Pierce  and  Hannah  Glass,  of  Duxbury,  29  Oct.,  1695. 

Richard  Church  and  Hannah ,  2  Feb.,  161)6-7. 

Robert  Barker  and  Hannah — ,  1  April,  1697. 

Joseph  Stockbridge  and  Margaret  (Turner),  20  Oct.,  1697. 

Timothy   Tileston,    of  Dorchester,  and  Hannah ,  5  Jan., 

1697. 

William   Macomber,    of  Dorchester,    and  Elizabeth  (Turner),  9 
March,  1797-8. 

Hatherly  Foster  and  Bathsheba  (Turner),  1  Dec.,  1698. 

Peter  Collamer  and  Abagail  Davis,  of  Roxbury,  8  Nov., 1694. 

Elisha  Turner  and  Elizabeth  Jacob,  6  June,  1687. 

Henry  Joslin  and  Abigail  Stockbridge,  4.Nov.,  1676. 

Nathaniel  Tilden  and  Mary  Sharpe,  5  Nov.,  1673. 

William  Ticknor  and  Lydia  Tilden,  2  Nov.,  1696. 

John  Hiland  and  Elizabeth  James,  3  Jan.,  1694-5. 

Joseph  Garrett  and  Ruth  Buck,  17  Jan.,  1676. 

Thomas  Clark  and  Martha  Curtis,  1 1  or  2  Jan.,  1676. 

Jacob  Bumpas  and  Elizabeth  Blackmer,  24  Jan.,  1677. 

John  Curtis  and  Miriam  Brooks,  4  April,  1678. 

Cornelius  Briggs  and  widow  Mary  Russell,  20  March,  1677. 

Thomas  Turner  and  Hannah  Jenkins,  9  Feb.,  1695. 

James  Terry  and  Elizabeth  Rollings,  24  Sept.,  1679. 

Joseph  Otis  and  Dorothy  Thomas,  20  Nov.,  1688. 

William  Barrett  and  Lydia  James,  20  April,  1680. 


2S6  Marriages  at  Scituate,  Mass.  [July, 

Benjamin  Pierce  and  Martha  Adams,  5  Feb.,  1678. 

Benjamin  Audley  and  Mary  Merrill,  7  Oct.,  1683. 

Steven  Otis  and  Hannah  Ensine,  16  June,  1685. 

David  Jacob  and  Sarah  dishing,  20  Dec,  1689. 

John  Booth,  jr.  and  Mary  Dodson,  12  Dec,  1687. 

Isaac  Beck,  jr.,  and  Eunice  Turner,  24  Oct.,  1684. 

Nathaniel  Tilden  and  Margaret  Dodson,  of  Hingham,  S  Jan,,  1693-4. 

John  Gushing,  jr.,  and  Deborah  Loring,  20  May,  1688. 

Benjamin  Stetson  and  Grace  Turner,  22  Jan.,  1690. 

Josiah  Terry  and  Isabel  Witherlee,  6  Oct.,  1684. 

Josiah  Terry  and  Sarah  Mendall,  12  Jan.,  1692. 

Samuel  House  and  Sarah  Pmson,  25  Feb.,  1691-2. 

Timothy  White  and  Abigail  Rogers,  1  Jan..  1678-9. 

Israel  Chittenden  and  Deborah  Baker,  25  April,  1678. 

Isaac  Randall  and  Susanna  Berstow,   19  Nov.,  1684. 

Isaac  Randall  and  Deborah  Buck,  29  Nov.,  1692. 

John  Barstow  and  Lydia  Hatch,  16  Jan.,  1678. 

Ichabod  Ewell  and  Mehitable  Gvvinne,  1  May,   1689. 

Jonathan    I'ratt  and  Margaret  Loe,  8  Jan.,  1691-2. 

Thomas  Pimon  and  Sarah  Turner,  26  Dec,,  1693. 

Samuel  Tilden  and  Sarah  Curtis,  25  July,  1694. 

James  Whitcomb  and  Mary  Parker,  22  Nov.,  1694. 

Eliab  Turner  and  Elnathan  Hinksman,  22  Nov.  1694. 

John  Palmer  and  Mary  Rose,  20  Dec,  1694. 

Thomas  Curtis  and  Mary  Cook,  6  March,  1694-5. 

Joseph  Thorne  and  Joanna  Pinson,  16  May,  1695. 

Elnathan  Palmer  and  Mercy  Clark,  25  Dec,  1695. 

Amos  Turner  and  Mary  Heland,  6  April,  1695. 

John  Dwelley  and  Rachel  Buck,  4  Jan.,  1692-3. 

Nathaniel  Brooks  and  Elizabeth  Curtis,  25  Dec,  1678. 

Thomas  Brooks  and  Hannah  Bisher,  6  June,  1687. 

Joseph  Stetson  and  Hannah  Oldham,  6  Nov.,   1688. 

Thomas  Oldham  and  Mercy  Sproat,  27  June,  1683. 

Benjamin  Curtis  and  Mary  Silvester,  1689. 

William  Cliffe  and  Lydia  Wills,  25  Nov.,  1691. 

Nathan  Pickles  and  Merriam  Turner,  3  Aug,  1687. 

Thomas  Young  and  Sarah  While,  Jan.,  1688-9. 

Benjamin  Turner  and  Elizabeth  Hawkins,  14  April,  1692. 

Aaron  Symonds  and  Mary  Wood  worth,  24  Dec,  1677. 

William  Perry  and  Elizabeth  LotTdell,  31  May,  1681. 

John  Peirce  and  Patience  Dodson,  12  Dec,  1683. 

Zecheriah  Damen  and  Martha  Woodworth,  June,  1679. 

Stephen  Chittenden  and  Mehitable  Bucke,  5  Nov.,  1679. 

Jonathan  Merritt  and  Elizabeth  Whiton,  8  Au<;.,  1710. 

Richard  Garrett  and  Persis  Peine,  3  Dec,  1695. 

John  Jackson,  of  Plymouth,  and  Abigail  Woodworth,  24  Dec,  1695. 

Jacob  Vinal  and  Mary  Cudworth,   12  Feb.,   1695-6. 

Rodolphus  Elrne-^  and  Bethiah  Dodson,  20  Feb.,  1695-6. 

Thomas  Hatch  and  Hannah  Cudworth,  6  March,   1695-6. 

John  Farrow,  of  Hingham,  and  Persis  Holebroke,  30  April,  1696. 

Zecheriah  Colman  and  Joanna  Cudworth.  16  Dec,  1696. 


1864.]  Gorges  and  Archduke.  287 

Joseph  White,  jr.,  and  Oseeth  Turner,  16  Sept.,  1696. 

William  Ticknor  and  Lydia  Tilden,  2  Nov.,  1696. 

Thomas  Oliver  and  Bethiah  Coppe  (or  Clappe),  11  Nov.,  1696. 

Joseph  Nichols  and  Bathshebee  Pinson,  12  Jan.,  1696-7. 

William  Parker  and  Rachel  Clark,  2  March,  1696-7. 

Abraham  Barden  and  Mary  Booth,  20  Oct.,  1697. 

John  Marshall,  of  Boston,  and  Jane  Allen,  16  Nov.,  1697. 

Hezekiah  Woodworth  and  Hannah  Clap,  23  Dec,  1697. 

Geishom  Marble  and  Waitstill  Ingle,  29  Dec,  1697. 

Joseph  White,  Sr.  and  Elizabeth  Vinal,  7  June,  1699. 

Thomas  King  and  Deborah  Briggs,  15  June,  1699. 

Israel  Hatch  and  Elizabeth  Hatch,  27  July,  1699. 

John  Baylie  and  Abigail  Clap,  14  Feb.,  1700. 

John  Baylis  and  Ruth  Clothier,  9  Dec,  1699. 

Robert  Osgood  and  Sarah  Dodson,  14  Dec,  1699. 

Josiah  Turner  and  Hannah  Holbrook,  24  Jan.,  1700. 

Ebenezer  Mott  and  Grace  Vinal,  19  Feb.,  1700. 

Note. — The  earlier  marriages,  omitted  by  mistake,  will  be  printed  in  the  next 
number. 


GORGES  AND  ARCIIDALE. 

In  a  document  published  in  the  Register ,  vol.  xin,  pp.  303-4,  John 
Archdale  calls  Ferdinando  Gorges,  his  brother.  A  friend  has  fur- 
nished us  with  an  inscription  from  a  mural  tablet  to  the  Gorges 
family  in  Ashley  Church,  copied  from  Hutchins's  History  and  Anti- 
quities of  Dorset,  in,  35,  which  explains  the  connection.  There  is  a 
full  pedigree  of  the  Gorges  family  here  which  we  shall  use  in  another 
number. 

"  Near  this  place  lieth  the  body  of  Ferdinando  Gorges,  late  of 
Westminster,  Esq.,  sometime  Governor  of  the  Province  of  Maine  in 
New  England.  He  was  born  at  Loftas  in  Essex,  grandson  and  heir 
to  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  of  Ashton-Phillips,  in  the  county  of  Somer- 
set, knight.  He  married  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas 
Archdale,  of  Loaks,  in  Chipping  Wycomb,  in  the  county  of  Bucks, 
Esq.  They  were  a  very  eminent  example  of  virtue,  and  entirely 
happy  in  their  mutual  affection;  and  had  many  children,  of  whom 
only  two  survived  their  indulgent  and  tender  parents.  He  was 
charitable  and  patient,  courteous  and  beneficent,  zealous  and  constant 
to  the  church,  and  a  great  admirer  of  learning.  He  is  interred  in  the 
same  grave  in  which  Sir  Theobald  Gorges  was  buried  Anno  Domini 
1647,  second  son  of  the  Marchioness  of  Northampton  and  uncle  to 
the  Right  Hon.  Richard,  Lord  Gorges. — Obit,  xxv  Janu.  Anno  Domini 
HI8,  cot.  89." 


28S  Researches  Among  Funeral  Sermons.  [July, 


RESEARCHES  AMONG  FUNERAL  SERMONS. 

Continued  from  Vol.  ix.,  page  356, 

Quincy. — "  The  Instability  of  Human  Greatness.  Illustrated  and 
Exemplified  in  a  Funeral  Discourse  at  Braintree,  April  23,  1738, 
upon  the  much  lamented  death  of  the  Hon.  Edmund  Quincy,  Esq.,  one 
of  His  Majesty's  Council,  and  of  the  Judges  of  the  Circuit,  and  Agent 
for  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  at  the  Court  of  Great  Britain. 
Who  died  of  the  small  pox  in  London,  the  23d  of  February,  1737-8. 
In  the  57th  year  of  his  age.  By  John  Hancock,  A.  M.,  and  Pastor  of 
the  First  Church  in  Braintree.  Ps.  77,  19  ;  39,  9  ;  12,  1.  Boston  : 
Printed  by  S.  Kneeland  and  T.  Green,  mdccxxxviii."  Pp.  32,  the  last 
two  being  addenda.  Running  Title,  "  The  Instability  of  Human 
Greatness." 

The  dedication  is  to  Henry  Flynt,  brother-in-law  of  the  deceased, 
and  to  his  children,  Edmund  Quincy,  Josiah  Quincy,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Wendell  and  Mrs.  Dorothy  Quincy.  One  extract  may  be  /given. 
"  He  was  an  honorable  man,  honorably  descended,  the  third  Edmund 
Quincy  in  a  direct  line  that  lived  and  died  in  this  country.  His 
grandfather  came  early  into  Boston,  and  died  there  about  the  thirty- 
third  year  of  his  age,  in  good  esteem.  His  father  came  and  settled 
in  this  town,  and  was  a  gentleman  of  distinction  among  our  fathers, 
being  one  of  His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  this  Regiment.  He  died  here  7th  January,  1 697—8,  in 
the  70th  year  of  his  age.  This  son  was  born  unto  him  by  his  last 
wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Major  General  Gookin,  of  Cambridge, 
October  24,  1681." 

The  preacher  tells  the  children,  also,  that  their  "  grandmother, 
Mrs.  Esther^  Flynt,  relict  of  Rev.  Josiah  Flynt,  of  Dorchester,  died 
26th  July,  1737,  in  the  90th  year  of  her  age;  and  their  mother  died 
29th  August  following,  in  the  60th'  year  of  her  age,  having  had  ten 
children,  of  whom  these  four  survived." 

Waldo. — "  Joy,  the  Duty  of  Survivors,  on  the  Death  of  Pious 
Friends  and  Relatives.  A  Funeral  Discourse  on  the  Death  of  Mrs. 
Lucy  Waldo,  the  amiable  consort  of  Mr.  Samuel  Waldo,  merchant  in 
Boston.  Who  departed  this  life  August  7th,  1741,  in  the  38th  year 
of  her  age.  By  Charles  Chauncy,  A.  M.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church 
of  Christ  in  Boston.  Eccles.  7,  1.  Boston  :  Printed  by  S.  Kneeland 
and  T.  Green,  in  Queen  St.,  1741."    Vp.  25. 

This  contains  no  genealogical  information.  By  the  Register,  xviii. 
177;  we  learn  that  she  was  Lucy  Wainwright,  of  Ipswich,  wife  of 
General  Samuel  Waldo. 

Byfield. — "  Nathaniel's  Character  Displayed.  A  Sermon  preached 
the  Lord's  Day  after  the  Funeral  of  the  Honorable  Nathaniel  By- 
field,  Esq,,  late  Judge  of  the  Vice  Admiralty,  and  one  of  His  Ma- 
jesty's Council  for  this  Province.  Who  died  at  his  house  in  Boston, 
on  the  6th  of  June,  1733,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age.  By  Charles 
Chauncy,  M.  A.,  one  of  the  Pastors  of  the  Old  Church,  lsa.  iii.  13. 
Printed  in  the  year  1733." 

The    Appendix   has    the    following    from    the  Weekly  News  Letter, 


1864.]  Researches  Among  Funeral  Sermons.  289 

"  His  immediate  descent  was  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  Byfield,  the 
laborious  faithful  pastor  of  Long-Ditton  in  Surrey  and  one  of  the 
Divines  in  the  famous  Westminster  Assembly.  His  mother  being*  of 
the  noted  family  of  the  Juxons.  He  was  the  youngest  of  one  and 
twenty  children,  and  one  of  the  sixteen  that  sometimes  followed  their 
pious  father  to  the  place  of  public  worship.  He  was  born  in  1053, 
arrived  at  Boston  in  New  England  in  1674,  and  conceiving  a  love  to 
this  country  resolved  to  settle  here,  and  accordingly  married  the  fol- 
lowing year  Mrs.  Deborah  Clark,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  three 
whereof  died  in  infancy.  The  other  two  lived  to  be  married;  the 
youngest  to  the  late  Hon.  Lieut.  Governor  Tailer,  who  quickly  de- 
parted without  issue,  the  other  to  Edward  Lyde,  Esq.,  by  whom  she 
had  five  children,  two  of  whom  dying  young,  three  only  are  now  sur- 
viving, a  son  and  two  daughters. 

He  lived  with  the  wife  of  his  youth  till  1717,  upwards  of  forty 
years,  and  the  following  year  married  Mrs.  Sarah  Leverett,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Governor  Leverett,  with  whom  he  lived  till 
1730,  when  he  was  again  left  a  sorrowful  widower.  He  has  left 
his  grandson,  Byfield  Lyde,  Esq.  (son-in-law  to  his  Excellency  Gov- 
ernor Belcher),  heir  to  the  bulk  of  his  estate." 

Tailer. — "Man  humbled  by  being  compared  to  a  Worm.  A  Ser- 
mon preached  at  the  Publick  Lecture  in  Boston,  March  9th,  1731,  2, 
the  day  after  the  funeral  of  the  Hon.  William  Tailer,  Esq.,  late  Lieu- 
tenant Governour  of  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England.  Who  Deceased  at  his  Seat  in  Dorchester,  on  the  first  of 
the  same  month,  and  in  the  56th  year  of  his  age.  By  William 
Cooper,  A.  M.  Boston  in  New  England.  Printed  by  B.  Green,  1732." 
Pp.  25. 

This  sermon  was  dedicated  to  Mrs.  Abigail  Tailer,  by  "  her  sympa- 
thizing kinsman,"  William  Cooper.  The  character  of  the  subject  is 
thus  given.  "  In  these  Things  I  hope  his  Sous  will  be  Followers 
of  him  ;  as  also  in  his  moderate  pacific  Temper  and  Principles  as  to 
religious  matters.  Colonel  Tailer  was  indeed  an  Enemy  to  Bigotry 
and  Uncharitableness.  Of  this  his  attendance  on  public  worship  in 
Dorchester  so  frequently  on  the  Lord's  Days,  and  his  Countenance 
to  and  Friendship  with  the  worthy  Pastor  of  the  Church  there,  was  a 
conspicuous  Proof." 

Note. — These  Sermons  enable  us  to  correct  some  errors  and  omissions  in  Savage. 
In  the  first  place  they  show  that  Nathaniel  Byfield  had  two  daughters,  who  lived  to 
be  married.  The  dedication  leads  us  to  explain  Lt.  Gov.  Tailer's  pedigree.  We 
know  that  he  was  nephew  of  Lt.  Gov.  William  Stoughton.  I  find  that  Rebecca, 
the  widow  of  that  William  Tailer,  a  great  merchant  ff  Boston,  who  committed  sui- 
cide 12th  July,  1682,  used  the  Stoughton  coat  of  arms  as  her  seal — hence  she  was 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Israel  Stoughton.  The  sister,  Hannah  Stoughton,  m.  James 
Minot,  and  had  Elizabeth  (wife  of  Rev.  John)  Dan  forth,  and  Mehitable  (wife  of 
Thomas)  Cooper.  Another  niece  of  Gov.  Stoughton,  Elizabeth  Nelson,  was  the  dau- 
of  William  Tailer,  senr.,  and  wife  of  John  Nelson,  which  John  N.  signed  the  exec- 
utor's bond  on  his  father-in-law's  estate.  This  John  Nelson  is  mentioned.  Beg.  x. 
76,  I  think,  and  is  there  said  to  have  married  the  daughter  of  Lt.  Gov.  Tailer,  not  his 
sister.  Yet  this  may  be  correct,  and  his  father  have  married  the  sister,  and  so  this 
John  Nelson  (said  to  have  come  hither  in  1734)  may  have  married  his  cousin. 

The  will  of  Gov.  Tailer  mentions  his  wife  Abigail  and  nephew  George  Cradock. 
How  this  last  connection  is  proved  is  still  unknown  to  me.  The  heirs  were  Gillam 
Tailer,  physician,  and  Sarah  Taylor,  of  Boston,  William  Taylor,  of  Dorchester, 
Jacob  Royall  and  Abigail  his  wife,  Rev.  Mather  Byles  and  Rebecca  his  wife. 

w.  h.   w. 


I 

290  Sweetser  and  Wigglesworth.  [July, 


SWEETSER  AND  WIGGLESWORTH. 

In  the  Register,  Vol.  xvn,  page  130,  it  is  stated  that  Edward  Wig- 
glesworth of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  left  two  children,  Michael,  the  author, 
and  Abigail.  Of  the  latter  nothing  is  known,  except  that  she  was 
baptized  Dec.  1640,  and  is  mentioned  in  her  father's  will  in  1C53. 

Thomas  B.  Wyman,  Jr.,  Esq.,  of  Charlestown,  conjectures  that 
she  may  have  been  Abigail  wife  of  Benjamin-  Sweetser,  who  was  a 
son  of  Seth  1  Sweetser,  of  Charlestown,  1631,  who  emigrated  from 
Tring,  Hertfordshire,  Eng.  {gravestone.)  One  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin 
and  Abigail  Sweetser  was  named  Wigglesworth,  a  grandson  was 
named  Michael,  and  a  great  grandson  Wigglesworth.  This  conjec- 
ture we  think  not  improbable. 

Benjamin'2  Sweetser  was  an  early  and  prominent  baptist.  lie  died 
July  22,  1718  in  his  8Gth  year.  His  wife  Abigail  survived  him  and 
was  m.  by  Rev.  I.  Mather,  Nov.  19,  1719,  to  Rev.  Ellis  Callender. 
The  marriage  is  wrongly  recorded  Mary,  but  the  publishment  is 
Abigail  Rev.  Mr.  Callender  next  m.  May  22,  1722,  Elizabeth  Eddy, 
who  d.  Nov.  10,  1726,  in  77th  year.     Mr.  C.  d.  May  18,  1728,  a.  87. 

Rev.  Seth  Sweetser,  D.  D.,  of  Worcester,  who  grad.  H.  C.  1827,  is 
a  descendant  of  Benjamin'2  and  Abigail  Sweetser,  through  Seth,3 
Seth,4  Henry  Philips,5  and  Seth"  his  father,  b.  1772. 

These  facts  we  obtain  from  a  tabular  account  of  this  family  by 
Mr.  Wyman. 


A  LIST  OF  AMERICANS  WHO  DIED  ON  BOARD  THE  PRISON 
SHIP,  AT  ST.  LUCIA,  1781. 

John  Hamm,  Portsmouth,  Samuel  Bacon,  Barnstaple, 

John  Dalling,  Boston,  Samuel  Nason,   Philadelphia, 

William  Steward,  Philadelphia,  Joseph  White,  Virginia, 

Jacob  Goodhue,  Ipswich,  Michael  Dussee,  Salem, 

Samuel  St.  Clair,  Boston,  Capt.  Samuel  Rand,  Newbury, 

James  Coleman,  Joseph  Chamberlain, Canterbury, 
Miles  Skinner,  Edington,  N.  C.  Died  on  their  passage  from    St. 

Samuel  Cressey,  Newbury,  Lucia. 

Nicholas  Roach,  Salem,  William  Stretur,  Edington,  N.  C. 

Abram  Barnes,  Hingham,  John  Dawes,  Salem, 

Joshua  Haskell,  Cape  Ann,  Samuel  Allen,  Cape  Ann, 
John  Waters,  Salem,  Died  after  landed  at  Chatham. 

Boston  Evening  Post,  1782. 

In  the  Boston  Evening  Post,  of  June  24th,  July  1st,  and  July  8, 
1782,  is  a  list  of  Americans  committed  to  Old  Mill  Prison,  during  the 
war:  when  taken;  vessels  taken  in;  when  committed;  places  of 
abode:  exchanged;  escaped,  and  died  in  prison,  from  Dec,  1776,  to 
Jan.,  1782.  J.  C. 


1S64.]  The  Author  of  Massachusettensis.  291 


THE  AUTHOR  OF  MASSACHUSETTENSIS. 

Lucius  Manlius  Sargent,  Esq.,  under  his  well  known  signature  of 
"Sigma,"  has  contributed  to  the  Boston  Daily  Evening  Transcript 
many  articles  of  an  historical  nature,  which,  by  the  vivacity  of  their 
style,  have  rendered  attractive  the  dry  details  of  antiquarian  research. 
Two  of  these  which  appeared  thirteen  years  ago  we  intend  to  trans- 
fer to  our  pages.  They  are  on  the  till  then  unsettled  question  of  the 
authorship  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis  ;  which  question  he 
completely  set  at  rest.  The  first  article,  which  was  published  in  the 
Transcript  April  15,  1851,  is  here  given  ;  the  second,  published  three 
days  later,  April  18,  will  appear  in  the  October  number.  The  docu- 
ments referred  to  below,  are  in  the  possession  of  our  society.  Daniel 
Leonard's  pedigree  will  be  found  in  the  Register,  vol.  v,  p.  409;  and 
that  of  Jonathan  Sewall  in  Drake's  History  of  Boston,  in  the  table 
facing  p.  586,  of  the  folio  edition,  but  not  in  the  octavo  edition. 

Jonathan  Sewall  or  Daniel  Leonard? 

In  the  Daily  Evening  Transcript  of  Feb.  13,  1851,  No.  6318,  my 
attention  was  arrested  by  an  article,  under  the  caption — "JVho  wrote 
Massachusettensis  T'  I  was  surprised  by  such  a  question  ;  for,  with 
a  vast  majority  of  my  present  readers,  and  with  the  writer  of  the 
article  in  the  Transcript,  I  had  always  supposed  the  celebrated  let- 
ters of  Massachusettensis  to  have  been  written  by  Jonathan  Sewall, 
the  Attorney  General  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts.  I  conferred 
with  the  writer  of  the  article  in  the  Transcript ;  and,  with  strength- 
ened impressions  in  favor  of  Sewall's  authorship,  I  resolved  to  in- 
vestigate the  subject  for  my  own  gratification. 

In  the  course  of  my  inquiries,  I  have  written  to  several  persons, 
whose  replies  it  is  my  intention  to  deposit,  with  the  records  and 
papers  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  where 
recurrence  ma}r  be  had  to  those  replies,  at  any  time  hereafter,  by 
such  as  have  any  doubt  in  regard  to  the  authorship  of  the  letters  of 
Massachusettensis. 

It  must  not  be  forgotten,  that  however  important  these  letters 
were  accounted  in  their  day,  and  with  whatever  eloquence  and 
power  they  were  written,  very  little  is  known  about  them  by  many 
of  the  present  generation,  who  are  accurately  posted  up  on  the  subject 
of  Jenny  Lind  and  the  spiritual  knockings.  It  may  not  be  amiss, 
therefore,  to  preface  my  remarks  with  some  brief  account  of  the  let- 
ters themselves. 

The  letters  of  Massachusettensis  were  written  in  a  loyal  spirit, 
and  for  loyal  purposes.  Their  publication  was  commenced  Dec.  12, 
1774,  and  terminated  Ap.  3,  1775.  To  these  letters  John  Adams  re- 
plied, over  the  signature  of  Novanglus.  His  replies  were  commenced 
Jan  23,  1775,  and  terminated  Ap.  17  of  that  year.  All  these  letters 
were  written,  with  uncommon  ability. 

Through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  we  have  the 


292  27je  Author  of  Massachusettensis.  [July, 

autobiography  of  his  illustrious  grandfather  before  us.  From  this  I 
shall  now  select  a  passage  which  furnishes  the  cotemporaneous  opinion 
of  John  Adams  himself,  as  to  the  authorship  of  the  letters,  and  in 
regard  to  their  ability  and  tendency — 1774. 

"About  this  time,  Draper's  Paper,  in  Boston,  swarmed  with  wri- 
ters, and,  among  an  immense  quantity  of  meaner  productions,  appeared 
a  writer  under  the  signature  of  Massachusettensis,  suspected  but  never 
that  I  knew  ascertained,  to  be  written  by  two  of  my  old  friends, 
Jonathan  Sewall  and  Daniel  Leonard.  Tiiese  papers  were  well  writ- 
ten, abounded  with  wit,  discovered  good  information,  and  were  con- 
ducted with  a  subtlety  of  art  and  address,  wonderfully  calculated  to 
keep  up  the  spirits  of  their  party,  to  depress  ours,  to  spread  intimi- 
dation, and  to  make  proselytes  among  those  whose  principles  and 
judgment  give  way  to  their  fears;  and  these  compose  at  least  one- 
third  of  mankind. 

"  Week  after  week  passed  away,  and  these  papers  made  a  very  visi- 
ble impression  on  many  minds.  No  answer  appeared,  and  indeed 
some  who  were  capable,  were  too  busy,  and  others  too  timorous.  I 
began  at  length  to  think  seriously  of  the  consequences,  and  began 
to  write  under  the  signature  of  Novanglus,  and  continued  ovary 
week  in  the  Boston  Gazette,  till  the  19th  of  April,  1775.  The  last 
number  was  prevented  from  impression,  by  the  commencement  of 
hostilities,  and  Mr  Gill  gave  it  to  Judge  William  dishing,  who  now 
has  it  in  manuscript.  An  abridgment  of  the  printed  numbers  was 
made  by  some  one  in  England,  unknown  to  me,  and  published  in 
Almon's  Remembrancer  for  the  year  1775,  and  afterwards  reprinted 
in  a  pamphlet  in  1783,  under  the  title  of  'History  of  the  Dispute 
with  America.'  In  New  England,  they  had  the  effect  of  an  antidote 
to  the  poison  of  Massachusettensis;  and  the  battle  of  Lexington,  on 
the  19th  of  April,  changed  the  instruments  of  warfare  from  the  pen 
to  the  sword."    (Works  of  John  Adams,  Vol.  ii,  page  405.) 

The  reader  will  observe,  that,  at  the  time,  1774,  Mr.  Adams  says, 
the  letters  of  Massachusettensis  were  suspected,  but  never  ascertained, 
as  he  knew,  to  be  'written,  by  two  of  his  old  friends,  Jonathan  Sewall 
and  Daniel  Leonard.  It  was  then  supposed — suspected — that  the 
letters  were  the  work  of  both,  but  was  not  then  ascertained. 

In  1819 — forty-five  years  after  this  date,  John  Adams  published 
the  letters  of  Massachusettensis  and  Novanglus,  in  one  volume.  In 
the  preface  to  this  book,  he  ascribes  the  authorship  of  these  letters 
to  Jonathan  Sewall,  and  to  him  only,  with  expressions,  so  full,  so 
positive,  as  to  leave  no  doubt,  upon  the  reader's  mind,  that  Mjr. 
Adams  felt  more  certain  of  nothing  than  of  this,  "i  was  so  well 
acquainted  with  his  style  and  manner,  that  1  knew  him  the  moment 
he  appeared  in  print."  Again,  "  1 instantly  knew  him  to  be  my  friend 
Sewall,  and  1  instantly  resolved  to  enter  the  list  with  him." 

Mr.  Adams  would  not,  thus  positively,  in  18  19,  have  ascribed,  to 
Se wall  alone,  that  authorship,  which,  in  1774,  he  said  was  suspected, 
but  never  ascertained  to  belong  to  Sewall  and  Leonard,  unless  upon 
grounds  satisfactory  to  his  own  mind.  The  reader  will  naturally 
suppose,  that  suspicion  had  given  place  to  certainty.  It  is  known 
that,  in   1788  Mr.  Adams  met  Jonathan  Sewall  in  London — ''Both 


1S64.]  The  Author  of  Massachusettensis.    .  293 

of  us,"  says  Mr.  A.  "forgetting  that  we  had  been  enemies,  embraced 
each  other  as  cordially  as  ever.  1  had  two  hours  conversation  with 
him,  in  a  most  delightful  freedom,  upon  a  multitiide  of  subjects.*' 
The  reader  will  naturally  infer,  that,  among  that  ''multitude  of  sub- 
jects," and  in  the  midst  of  that  "  delightful  freedom,"  some  reference 
was  made  to  the  Massachusettensis  letters,  and  that,  then  and  there, 
Mr.  Adams  obtained  his  settled  conviction,  that  Sowall  was  the  au- 
thor, and  Sewall  alone. 

Judge  Daniel  Leonard  returned  to  New  England,  in  1799,  and 
again  in  1808.  Upon  one  of  these  occasions,  he  visited  Mr.  Adams, 
at  his  residence,  in  Quincy.  Then  also,  it  may  be  conjectured,  by 
some  persons,  the  topic  might  have  arisen,  and  Mr.  Adams  might  have 
referred  to  his  mistake,  in  the  supposition,  that  Leonard  had  partici- 
pated with  Sewall  in  the  preparation  of  the  Massachusettensis  letters. 

The  republication  of  these  letters,  by  Mr.  Adams,  in  1819,  caused 
them  to  be  noticed,  in  the  North  American  Review.  The  opinion  of 
Mr.  Adams,  that  Jonathan  Sewall  was  Massachusettensis,  seems  to 
have  been  perfectly  conclusive  with  the  reviewer.  It  is  evident  that 
he  had  no  doubt  the  letters  were  the  work  of  Mr.  Sewall. 

The  writer  of  the  article  in  the  Transcript  of  Feb.  13,  1851,*  states 
that,  in  1831,  he  had  an  interview,  in  this  city  with  a  son  of  Jona- 
than Sewall.  This  son  of  Mr.  Sewall  was  then  sixty-one  years  of  age, 
and  Chief  Justice  of  Canada,  and  that  he  spoke  of  ''his  father's  being 
the  author  of  Massachusettensis,  as  a  fact  loell  known  to  him."  As  he 
was  but  "jive  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Bunker's  Hill," 
his  knowledge  of  his  father's  authorship  of  these  letters  must  have 
been  derived,  either  from  his  father's  declaration  to  that  effect,  or 
from  tradition,  or  common  fame.  In  reply  to  my  inquiry,  the  gen- 
tleman, who  had  this  interview  with  the  son  of  Jonathan  Sewall, 
states,  that  he  did  not  assert  or  imply  that  his  father  ever  said  he 
was  the  author  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis.  The  impression 
upon  his  mind  seemed  to  have  beon  produced,  by  common  report, 
which  had  never  been  contradicted,  or  questioned,  to  his  knowledge, 
through  a  long  series  of  years. 

In  1832,  seventeen  years  after  the  republication  of  these  letters,  by 
Mr.  Adams,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Allen  published  the  second  edition  of  his 
Biographical  and  Historical  Dictionary.  Under  the  title,  Jonathan 
Sewall,  he  ascribes  the  authorship  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis 
to  him  and  under  the  title  John  Adams,  Dr.  Allen  again  ascribes  the 
authorship  to  Jonathan  Sewall;  and  gives  a  synopsis  of  these  letters, 
and  of  the  letters  of  Novanglus.  He  manifestly  entertains  no  doubt 
upon  the  subject.  He  does  not  appear  to  suppose  that  any  other  indi- 
vidual had  ever  been  suspected  or  mentioned  as  the  author,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis. 

If  this  work  of  Dr.  Allen  be,  in  reality,  a  sort  of  biographical  omni- 
bus, for  the  conveyance  of  mortals — their  memories,  at  least — all  the 
way  down  to  posterity,  it  may,  to  some  persons,  appear,  that  Daniel 
Leonard  was  as  justly  entitled  to  a  passage,  as  some  of  those  uninter- 
esting personages,  to  whom  Dr.  Allen  has  accorded  such  ample  accom- 

*  Samuel  Gr.  Drake,  Esq.,  of  Boston. — Ed. 

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294  The  Author  of  Massachusetlpnsis.  [July, 

modations  ;    and    who    certainly  seem    to    have   been   born  for  that, 
specific  purpose  mentioned  by  Covvper — "  to  be  forgot."* 

However  this  may  be,  it  is  certain,  that  the  name  of  Daniel  Leon- 
ard does  not  appear  in  the  list  of  worthies  whom  Dr.  Allen  has  gath- 
ered together.  Thus  far,  we  have  a  clear  and  uninterrupted  stream 
of  evidence,  to  prove  that  Jonathan  Sewall  was  the  author  of  the 
letters  of    Massachusettensis. 

President  Adams  had  entirely  abandoned  the  doubtful  ground  on 
which  his  mind  rested  in  1774,  that  his  old  friends  Jonathan  Sewall 
and  Daniel  Leonard,  were  suspected  to  be  the  authors,  though  it  had 
never  been  ascertained  to  his  knowledge.  New  sources  of  knowl- 
edge had  opened  upon  his  mind — live  and  forty  years  had  passed 
away — he  had  seen  and  conversed  with  Leonard — he  had  enjoyed  an 
interview  with  Sewall,  and  conversed  with  his  old  friend,  "in  a  most 
delightful  freedom  and  upon  a  multitude  of  subjects ;"  and  he  felt  and 
expressed,  in  1819,  in  the  most  ample  and  positive  manner,  his  thor- 
ough conviction,  that  Jonathan  Sewall  was  the  author  of  the  letters 
of  Massachusettensis. 

I  knew  there  was  living  a  relative  of  Jonathan  Sewall,  whose  taste 
for  this  species  of  inquiry,  and  whose  accuracy,  in  all  matters  of  an- 
tiquarian research,  were  well  known.  I  refer  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  Sew- 
all, of  Burlington,  Mass.,  a  son  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Sewall.  I 
sent  this  gentleman  a  copy  of  the  Transcript  of  Feb.  13,  1851,  con- 
taining the  article  which  occasioned  the  present  investigation.  I  re- 
ceived his  reply,  dated  Feb.  19,  185 1,  in  which  he  says — '-*  I  was  much 
surprised  to  find  the  authorship  of  Massachusettensis  brought  into 
question.  That  Jonathan  Sewall  wrote  it,  I  supposed  was  a  point  as 
well  settled  as  that  John  Adams  wrote  Novanglus:  and  that  upon 
the  indisputable  evidence  of  John  Adams  himself,  his  antagonist,  and 
at  the  same  time,  his  intimate  friend." 

Among  those,  and  they  were  not  a  few,  to  whom  I  addressed  my 
inquiries,  there  was  a  remarkable  unanimity,  in  the  opinion,  that 
Jonathan  Sewall  was,  beyond  all  reasonable  doubt,  the  author  of  the 
letters  of  Massachusettensis.  Those  who  entertained  any  scruples 
upon  the  subject  were  rare  exceptions,  from  the  almost  universal 
opinion. 

Now,  to  my  humble  apprehension,  nothing  is  more  manifest  than 
that  John  Adams,  our  illustrious  file  leader,  in  the  faith  that  Jona- 
than Sewall  Was  the  author  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis,  was 
entirely  mistaken.  The  strong  confidence  of  President  Adams,  that 
his  friend  Sewall  was  the  author — and  that  he  was  "  so  well  acquain- 

*Rev.  Dr.  Allen  has  since  published  the  third  edition  of  his  Dictionary  (Boston, 
J.  P.  Jewett  &  Co.,  royal  8vo.,  1857,  pp.  905);  but  though  he  has  admitted  seven 
persons  by  the  name  of  Leonard,  he  has  no  article  on  Daniel,  and  a  bare  mention  of 
him  under  his  cousin,  Hon.  George  Leonard.  He  still  ascribes  the  letters  of  Massa- 
chusettensis to  Sewall,  without  even  informing  us  that  their  authorship  has  been 
doubted.  We  regret  this,  as  Dr.  Allen's  book  is  really  a  valuable  one,  and  shows 
great  industry  and  research. 

The  letters  of  Massachusettensis  were  collected  long  before  Mr.  Adams  reprinted 
them  in  1819,  with  his  letters  of  Novany^us.  An  edition  which  appeared  at  Dublin, 
in  1776,  is  styled  the  fourth,  the  newspaper  edition  being  evidently  reckoned  as  the 
first.     See  Historical  Magazine,  i,  249. — Ed.  , 


1864.]  Interments — Early  American  Books.  295 

ted  with  his  style  and  manner,"  that  he  "  knew  him  the  moment  he 
appeared  in  print" — was  certainly  misplaced.  Jonathan  Sevvall  was 
not  the  author  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis.  I  invite  the  rea- 
der's attention  to  the  following  number,  in  which  I  shall  close  the 
examination  of  this  question.  Sigma. 


Record  of  Interments. — John  B.  Newcomb,  Esq.,  Superintendent 
of  Public  Schools,  Elgin,  Illinois,  has  been  appointed  by  the  City 
Council  of  Elgin  to  make  a  record  of  the  interments  in  the  cemetery 
there.  He  has  had  a  plot  made  of  each  lot,  and  it  is  his  intention  to 
have  the  names  of  persons  interred  placed  upon  the  plot  in  such  a 
manner  that  their  graves  may  readily  be  found  at  any  time  here- 
after, whether  tombstones  have  been  erected  or  otherwise.  Their 
names  will  be  indexed  so  that  they  may  be  referred  to  readily.  The 
index  will  contain  the  following  facts  so  far  as  they  may  be  ob- 
tained:— 

1.  Name  in  full  with  names  of  parent. 

2.  Place  and  date  of  death  with  age  in  full. 

3.  On  what  lot  buried,  and  on  what  part  of  the  lot;  if  in  the  Pub- 
lic Ground,  or  Potter's  Field,  the  precise  locality  as  near  as  possible. 

4.  In  case  of  a  wife,  the  husband's  name  will  be  given.  Other 
facts,  such  as  cause  of  death,  place  of  nativity,  &c,  will  be  given 
when  known. 

The  record,  when  completed,  is  to  be  kept  by  the  city  Sexton,  and 
open  to  the  inspection  of  all. 

Mr.  Newcomb's  plan  may  suggest  improvements  in  regard  to  rec- 
ords of  interment,  even  to  those  who  do  not  adopt  his  plan  entire. 

Early  American  Books* — At  the  sale  of  the  library  of  John  Allan, 
New  York,  the  following  were  among  the  most  choice  volumes,  and 
brought  the  prices  named  below: 

Eliot's  "Indian  Bible,"  a  fine  copy '. ...$  825   00 

Ward's  "  Simple  Cobbler  of  Aggawam," 155  00 

Barlow's  "  Colnmbiad," .• 31   00 

Dr.  Francis's  "  New  York  during  the  last  Half  Century,"     150  00 

living's  ''Knickerbocker's  History  of   New  York," 1250  00 

do  do  another  copy,       do  ....      400  00 

do  do  do  do  55  00 

Putnam's  "  Tour  in  Europe," 82  50 

Sternhold  and  Hopkins, 19  00 

Washington's  Diary, 50  00 

The  above  works  were  profusely  illustrated  with  additional  en- 
gravings, the  "  Knickerbocker"  having  been  extended  to  a  folio,  and 
275  engravings  added;  the  labor  of  more  than  a  year  was  bestowed 
upon  it.  The  books  amounted  to  $27,000 — probably  four  times  the 
original  cost.  His  collection  of  watches,  snuff-boxes,  minerals,  shells, 
engravings,  &c.,  &c,  must  have  produced  some  thousands  more. 

J.  C. 


296  Marriages  and  Deaths. ,  [July, 


(  MARRIAGES  AND  DEATHS. 

MARRIAGES. 

RoBERTS=SMiTHi — At  Brighton,  May  29,  by  Rev.  Frederick  A. 
Whitney,  Oren  N.  Roberts,  of  Boston,  son  of  Thomas  and  Nancy  C. 
(Wiggin)  Roberts,  of  Merideth,  N.  IL,  and  Julia  Ann,  daughter  of 
Clark  and  Nancy  Emerson  (Jordan)  Smith  of  Brighton. 

DEATHS. 

Blake. — Hon.  Jonathan,  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  April  13,  aged  84. 
He  was  a  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Pierce)  Blake,  and  was  born 
at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  May  29,  1780.  He  was  the  7th  in  descent  from 
William  and  Agnes  Blake,  who  came  to  Dorchester  in  the  Mary  and 
John,  arriving  in  June,  1630,  (see  Blake  Family;)  through  James, - 
by  wife  Elizabeth  Clapp  ;  James, :i  by  wife  Ruth  Batchelder ;  James, '  by 
wife  Wait  Simpson;  Samuel,"'  by  wife  Patience  White;  and  Jonathan,1' 
above,  his  father. 

He  went  to  Warwick,  Mass.,  in  1781,  at  the  age  of  one  year,  to 
which  place  his  parents  removed,  from  Dorchester.  He  resided  at 
Warwick  until  1854,  when  he  removed  to  Brattleboro,  Vermont.  For 
fifty  years  he  was  almost  constantly  before  the  public,  in  some  ca- 
pacity, such  as  officer  of  the  town,  county  or  state,  or  engaged  in 
surveying,  for  which  he  was  distinguished,  and  sustained  the  reputa- 
tion, to  which  his  grandfather,  and  great  grandfather,  the  annalist  of 
Dorchester,  (ante  vi,  372)  arrived,  in  that  capacity.  He  wrote  the 
history  of  Warwick,  from  its  commencement  to  the  year  1853,  which 
is  left  in  manuscript.  He  kept  a  diary;  noting  the  daily  occurrences, 
in  the  family,  on  the  farm,  in  his  travels,  and  remarkable  events  that 
came  within  his  knowledge,  for  nearly  sixty  years.  That  also  re- 
mains in  manuscript.  His  influence  was  always  exerted  for  good. 
He  was  a  dutiful  son,  a  beloved  brother,  a  kind  husband,  a  tender 
parent,  and  has  left  posterity  a  rich  patrimony,  not  in  houses  and 
lands,  but  in  the  example  of  an  industrious,  useful  and  Christian  life. 

Blanchard.— Thomas,  of  apoplexy,  at  his  residence,  109  Tremont 
street,  Boston,  April  16,  a.  75.  He  was  the  7th  child  of  Samuel  and 
Susannah  (Tenney)  Blanchard,  and  was  born  at  Oxford,  Mass.,  June 
23,  1788.  He  was  descended  from  Thomas  Blancbard,  of  Concord, 
(said  to  have  been  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Blanchard,  of  Charlestown, 
1639,  but  of  this  there  is  some  doubt)  through  Joseph,-  of  Littleton, 
Mass.,  by  wife  Abigail  Brewer,  and  Samuel, ;  his  father,  born  April  1, 
1749.  M.  Coquerel,  chairman  of  the  judges  of  inventions  at  the 
World's  Fair,  in  Paris,  a  few  years  ago,  claimed  Mr.  Blanchard,  who 
had  some  of  his  wonderful  machines  on  exhibition  there,  as  a  French- 
man of  Norman  descent  whose  ancestors  emigrated  to  England  and 
thence  to  this  country. 

Mr.  Blanchard  was  an  inventor  of  remarkable  genius.  He  patent- 
ed more  than  twenty  different  inve/itions.  Among  the  most  impor- 
tant were  the  machines  for  turning   irregular    bodies,    such  as  gun- 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  .  297 

stocks,  lasts,  axe-handles,  ox-yokes,  busts,  &c;  the  machine  for  mor- 
tising gun-stocks,  for  setting  locks;  and  the  machine  for  bending  tim- 
ber called  the  "  Compound  Bend." 

Though  in  early  life  he  struggled  under  difficulties  and  losses  that 
would  have  discouraged  a  man  of  less  than  indomitable  perseverance, 
he  ultimately  acquired  an  ample  fortune,  and  for  many  years  enjoyed 
a  life  of  alfluence,  as  the  fruit  of  active  and  persistent  industry  unit- 
ed to  frugality  and  economy.  He  was  much  esteemed  in  the  circle 
of  his    acquaintances,    and  bore  an  unblemished  reputation. 

His  intimate  friend,  Maj.  Joseph  W.  Wright,  of  West  Needham, 
who  has  furnished  us  an  account  of  Mr.  Blanchard's  ancestry  states 
that  the  place  of  Mr.  B.'s  birth  was  near  the  Milbury  line.  As  his 
father  was  socially  connected  with  the  people  of  Milbury  and  died  in 
that  town,  and  as  he  himself  also  lived  and  was  married  there,  he  al- 
ways claimed  it  as  his  place  of  nativity.  "  It  was  in  Milbury," 
writes  Maj.  Wright,  "  that  he  invented,  when  a  lad  of  16,  his  machine 
for  cutting  and  heading  tacks  by  one  combined  operation.  1  have  seen 
the  little  working  model.  This  machine  was  not  perfected  until  his 
maturer  years.  His  great  invention  for  turning  irregular  forms,  was 
invented  in  Milbury  in  1818.  I  saw  the  first  working  modi  1  for  turn- 
ing gun-stocks,  shoe  lasts,  &c,  &c.  The  great  idea  entered  his  mind 
in  1817,  and  resulted  in  a  machine  for  turning  the  plane  and  oval  at 
the  breech  of  the  musket  barrel  to  receive  the  lock." 

Briggs. — Mrs.  Betsey,  at  Freetown,  Aug.  22,  a.  ab.  78;  relict  of 
Gilbert  Briggs  and  daughter  of  Capt.  Matthew,'  and  Hannah  (Paine) 
Randall,  Capt.  Randall,  the  father,  a  captain  in  the  American  army 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  was  descended  from  Ralph1  and  Dorothy 
Paine,  the  first  of  the  name  that  settled  at  Freetown,  through  Thom- 
as,- who  m.  Susannah  Haskell,  and  Ralph,3  who  m.  Elizabeth  Harlow. 

E.  W.  P. 

Clarke. — Dr.  Moses,  at  East  Cambridge,  March  27,  a.  46.  He  was 
the  son  of  Greenleaf  and  Julia  (Cogswell)  Clarke,  of  Atkinson,  N.  H., 
and  was  born  Jan.  18,  1818.  His  paternal  descent  was  from  Nathan- 
iel Clarke,  a  merchant  of  Newbury,  who  died  in  1690.  His  mother 
was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Wm.  Cogswell,  of  Atkinson,  a  surgeon  of  the 
revolutionary  army,  descended  from  John  Cogswell,  a  merchant  of  Lon- 
don, who  came  to  this  country  in  1635  and  settled  at  Ipswich,  Mass. 
He  received  his  medical  degree  at  Dartmouth  College,  in  1843,  having 
studied  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Josiah  Crosby,  now  of  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  and  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby,  professor  in  Dartmouth  Medical  Insti- 
tution. 

He  entered  upon  his  profession  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained 
about  a  year,  when,  in  1844,  he  removed  to  East  Cambridge,  and  re- 
mained there  in  successful  practice  almost  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  School  Committee  ten  or  twelve  years,  and 
City  Physician  about  the  same  length  of  time. 

He  was  patriotic  and  public  spirited  as  a  citizen  and  highly  respect- 
ed as  a  physician. 

McCoNiHE,  Col.  John,  of  the  169  il  Regt./N.  Y.  Vols.,  son  of  Hon. 
Isaac  McConihe,  LL.  D.,  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  4,    1834,  was 


298  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [July, 

killed  gallantly  leading  his  Regt.,  against  the  rebel  breastworks,  at 
Cold  Harbor,  Va„  June  1,  1864. 

Col.  McConihe  was  in  many  respects  a  remarkable  man.  Possessed 
of  a  fine  person  and  accomplished  manners,  he  was  the  pride  of  the 
social  circle.  His  kindness  of  heart  and  sympathy  for  those  in 
affliction  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him.  As  a  military  com- 
mander he  united  severity  of  discipline  with  kindness  of  manner,  and 
was  idolized  by  those  under  his  command.  His  men  about  their 
camp-fires  always  spoke  of  him  as  "Little  Colonel  John."  Truly, 
another  gallant  officer,  one  whose  place  it  will  be  difficult  to  fill,  has 
fallen.  Of  him  it  may  be  said  that  he  was  a  true  patriot — a  Christian 
gentleman. 

Judge  McConihe  has  given  three  sons  to  the  service  of  his  country 
—-William,  a  Captain  in  the  2l  N.  Y.,  was  severely  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville,  and  remained  in  the  army  until  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service;  Samuel,  now  Major  of  the  93d  N.  Y.,  wounded  in 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  and  John,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who 
has  sealed  with  his  life  his  devotion  to  the  country. 

Merriam. — Lt.  Col.  Waldo,  commanding  the  16th  Regt.  Mass. 
Vols.,  was  killed  in  one  of  the  great  battles  near  Spottsylvania,  Va., 
May  12th,  1864.  He  was  the  son  of  Charles  and  Caroline  (Ware) 
Merriam,  of  Boston,  and  was  born  Feb.  23,  1839.  His  father  was 
born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  and  was  son  of  Joseph  and  grandson  of 
Josiah  and  Lydia  (Wheeler)  Merriam.  This  Josiah  was  son  of  Jos- 
eph and  Dorothy  (Brooks),  who  died  10th  Dec,  1754,  aged  74,  who 
was  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Cooper),  grandson  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
(Stow),  and  great  grandson  of  Joseph  Merriam,  of  Concord,  who 
died  (says  Shattuck)  1st  Jan.,  1641.  On  his  mother's  side,  Colonel 
Merriam  was  descended  from  the  Ware,  Seaverns,  and  Whitmore 
families.  Possessed  of  great  natural  abilities,  he  was  educated  in 
the  Boston  schools,  (being  a  Franklin  medal  scholar)  received  his 
mercantile  education  in  the  counting  room  of  a  relative,  and  made  an 
extensive  trip  throughout  the  east,  returning  early  in  1861.  He  had 
every  prospect  of  a  useful  and  prosperous  career  before  him,  but  he 
felt  called  upon  to  devote  himself  to  his  country's  service.  He  went 
as  adjutant,  received  promotion  speedily,  and  out  of  turn,  and  proved 
himself  a  most  efficient  officer.  For  over  a  year  he  commanded  his 
veteran  regiment  and  was  twice  wounded.  His  death  occurred  under 
very  painful  circumstances,  the  rebels  having  displayed  the  white  flag 
just  before  firing  the  volley  under  which  he  fell.  Few  of  our  young 
heroes  have  sacrificed  more  than  he  did;  and  lew  can  be  esteemed  a 
greater  loss  to  the  community. 

Motley. — Thomas,  at  Boston,  April  28,  a.  82  yrs.  8  mos.  He 
was  a  native  of  Falmouth,  now  Portland,  Me.,  to  which  place  his 
grandfather,  John  Motley,  emigrated  from  Belfast,  Ireland,  previous 
to  May  14,  1738,  the  date  of  his  marriage  to  Mary  Roberts.  Their 
son,  Thomas,'-  the  father  of  the  deceased,  married  Emma  Waite. 
(See  Willis's  Portland,  n,  301.) 

Mr.  Motley  was  a  merchant  first  at  Portland  and  afterwards  at 
Boston,  in  company  with  his  brother,  EcRvard.  He  was  distinguished 
for  sagacity,  integrity,  intelligence  and  enlarged    vieus.     lion.  John 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  299 

Lathrop4  Motley,  LL.  D.,  the  historian,  now  U.  S.  Minister  to  Aus- 
tria, is  his  son. 

Pendleton. — Mrs.  Rebecca,  at  Northport,  Me.,  March  5,  aged  101. 
She  was  born  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Me.,  Sept.  17,  1762,  being  the  5th 
gen.  in  descent  from  John1  Alden  of  the  Mayflower,  by  wife  Priscilla 
Mullins,  through  David,-2  by  w.  Mary  Southworth ;  Benjamin,^  by  w. 
Hannah;  and  David,4  (See  Winsor's  Duxbury,  214.)  David1  Alden, 
her  father,  b.  at  Duxbury,  Feb.  14,  1717,  married  in  the  latter  pait 
of  1750,  Elizabeth  Thorndike,  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  where  he  settled 
and  where  his  ten  children  were  born,  as  follows: 

1.  Hannah,  Dec.  1,    1752. 

2.  Elizabeth,  Oct.  17,  1754,  married  L.  Dyer,  1782. 

3.  Bursheba,  Aug.  22,  1759,  married  John  Henderson,  1793. 

4.  Rebecca,  Sept.  17,  1762,  no  record  of  marriage. 

5.  David,  Oct.  30,   1764. 

6.  Mary,  May  9,1766. 

7.  Benjamin,  Aug.  23,    1768. 

8.  John,  June  8,  1771,  married  Mehetable  Webb,    1792. 

9.  James,  July  3,   1775. 

10.  Abigail,  Dec.  25,  1777. 

The  newspapers  represented  her  as  having  been  born  Sept.,  1759, 
making  her  upwards  of  104  when  she  died  ;  but  Hon.  William  Willis,  of 
Portland,  after  examining  the  records  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  furnished  the 
above  information  to  Mr.  Mouutfort,  of  Boston,  who  has  permitted  us  to 
use  it.  Mr.  Willis  is  informed  that  she  was  married  in  178 h  She 
witnessed  the  burning  of  Falmouth,  now  Portland,  in  1779.  Her 
faculties,  with  the  exception  of  hearing,  were  preserved  to  the  day  of 
her  death.  When  nearly  a  hundred  years  old,  she  walked  two  miles 
and  back,  on  the  same  day,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  her  daughter  about 
eighty  years  old. 

Sedgwick. — Maj.  Gen.  John,  near  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Va., 
May  9,  aged  50.  He  was  the  son  of  Benjamin0  and  Olive  (Collins) 
Sedgwick,  and  was  born  at  Cornwall,  Ct.,  Sept.,  13,  1813.  He  was 
the  7th  in  descent  from  Maj.  Gen.  Robert1  Sedgwick,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  through  William,-  Samuel,3  Benjamin,4 
Gen.  John,'  and  Benjamin,'3  his  father. 

He  graduated  at  West  Point  in  1837,  was  breveted  July  1,  2d  lieut. 
of  artillery,  and  was  promoted  April  19,  1839,  to  a  1st  lieutenancy. 
He  served  in  Mexico  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Contieras  and  Churu- 
busco,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  in  which  he  was  breveted 
captain,  with  rank  from  Aug.  20,  1847.  He  received  another  brevet 
(major)  for  services  in  the  battle  of  Chapultepec,  dated  from  Sept.  13, 
1847.  He  commanded  his  company  and  distinguished  himself  in  the 
attack  on  the  San  Cosmo  gate  of  the  city  of  Mexico.  On  the  26th  of 
Jan.,  1849,  he  was  made  a  full  captain  of  artillery.  On  the  8th  of 
March,  1855,  he  was  appointed  major  of  the  1st  U.  S.  Cavalry,  and 
served  in  Kansas,  commanding  at  Fort  Riley  during  1858  and  1859, 
and  at  Fort  Wise  in  1860.  He  held  this  position  at  the  breaking  out 
of  the  present  rebellion.  On  the  16th/of  March,  1861,  he  was  com- 
missioned Lt.  Col.  of  the  2d  U.  S.  Cavalry,  and  the  25th  of  April  was 
promoted  to  Col.  of  the    4th  U.  S.    Cavalry.     Having   been  commis- 


300  •      Marriages  and  Deaths.  ,  [July, 

sioned  Brig.  Gen.  of  Volunteers  Aug.  31,  1861,  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  a  brigade  in  the  army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  after- 
wards assigned  to  the  command  of  the  3d  Div.  2d  Army  Corps,  then 
under  the  late  Gen.  Sumner,  and  participated  in  the  siege  of  York- 
town,  and  the  pursuit  of  the  rebels  up  the  Peninsula.  At  the  bat- 
tle of  Fair  Oaks,  June  1,  1862,  he  particularly  distinguished  himself 
and  was  breveted  Brig.  Gen.  of  the  regular  army,  from  May  31.  He 
participated  in  the  seven  days  contest  and  was  especially  noted  at 
the  battles  of  Savage  Station  and  Glendale.  He  also  served  under 
Gen.  Pope  before  Washington.  At  the  battle  of  Antietam,  he  com- 
manded a  division  in  Sumner's  wing,  and  was  twice  wounded.  On 
the  23d  of  Dec,  1862,  he  was  nominated  as  Major-Gen.  of  Volunteers 
with  rank  dating  from  July  4,  1862,  and  was  subsequently  renomi- 
nated and  confirmed  March,  1863,  his  rank  to  date  from  May  31, 
1862.  In  Jan.,  1863,  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the  9th  Army 
Corps,  and  Feb.  5,  1863  was  transferred  to  the  command  of  the  6th 
Corps.  Being  the  senior  officer  in  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  he 
usually  commanded  a  wing  during  all  operations,  and  in  Gen.  Meade's 
absence  commanded  the  entire  army. 

He  was  killed  by  the  bullet  of  a  sharpshooter,  while  standing  with 
two  members  of  his  staff  in  some  intrenchments,  directing  the  plac- 
ing of  some  pieces  of  artillery.  The  ball  struck  him  in  the  head,  en- 
tering near  the  left  eye  and  passing  out  near  the  right  ear,  killing 
him  instantly. 

As  a  commander  he  was  strict  in  enforcing  military  duties,  under- 
stood well  the  minutiae  of  his  profession,  and  without  making  any 
appeals  to  his  men,  created  enthusiasm  in  them  by  the  influence  of  his 
character.  Consequently  his  command  was  always  in  the  most  per- 
fect condition.  The  6th  corps,  which  he  had  commanded  for  over  a 
year,  had  a  prominent  reputation  for  its  completeness  in  all  details 
of  effectiveness.  Being  free  from  ambition,  his  high  abilities  were 
universally  acknowledged.     He  was  never  married. 

Swan.— Mrs.  Matilda  Winchell,  at  Boston,  Dec.  2,  aged  44.  She 
was  the  wife  of  James  G.  Swan,  and  a  daughter  of  Deacon  James 
Loring,   whose  pedigree  is  given  in  the  Register,  Vol.  IV,  p  375. 

Thayer. — Abijah  Wyman,  at  Northampton,  April  24,  aged  68. 
He  was  a  son  of  William15  and  Abigail  (Wyman)  Thayer,  of  Peter- 
boro,  N.  H.,  and  was  born  Jan.  5,  1796.  His  descent  was  from 
Thomas1  Thayer,  of  Braintree,  admitted  freeman  1647,  through 
Shadrach  or  Sydrach-,  by  wife  Deliverance  Priest;  Ephraim,^  by 
wife  Sarah  Bass;  Christopher,1  by  wife  Mary  Morse;  Christopher,"' 
"by  wife  Bethiah  Hunt,  and  William, (i  his"  father,  aboved  named.  The 
deceased  was  a  printer  by  trade,  and  served  his  apprenticeship  with 
Lincoln  and  Edmunds  of  Boston.  He  commenced  his  editorial  career 
in  1819,  on  the  Concord  (N.  H.)  Gazette,  and  afterwards  edited  news- 
papers in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Portland,  Me.,  ^Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and 
Northampton,  Mass.  At  one  time  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pur- 
suit, and  at  another  in  silk  raising. 

Mr.  Thayer  published  some  of  the  earliest  productions  of  Longfel- 
low, Whittier,  Mellen,  and  others.  He  was  a  man  of  good  judgment 
and  excelled  as  a  ready  writer.     He  had  considerable  taste   for  anti- 


1864.]  Marriages  and  Deaths.  301 

quarian  matters.  Of  political  history,  his  knowledge  was  remarkably- 
thorough.  Few,  occupying  a  similar  position,  had  so  extensive  an 
acquaintance  with  distinguished  men  in  this  country. 

lie  leaves  a  widow,  two  daughters  and  one  son,  James  Bradley"0  (H. 
C.  1852),  a  lawyer  of  Boston.  His  eldest  son,  William  Sidney^  (H. 
C.  1850),  a  gentleman  of  genial  nature,  rare  culture  and  great  execu- 
tive ability,  died  unmarried  at  Alexandria,  in  Egypt,  a  fortnight  be- 
fore him,  April  10,  1864.  William  S."  Thayer  was  born  at  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  April  15,  1829;  became  a  reporter  on  the  New  York  Evening 
Post,  in  1852:  in  1855  accompanied  Col.  Henry  L.  Kinney  in  his  ex- 
pedition to  Nicaragua,  and  on  his  return  renewed  his  connection  with 
the  Evening  Post,  as  associate  editor,  in  which  capacity  he  displayed 
marked  ability.  In  1861  he  was  appointed  U.  S.  Consul  General  to 
Egypt,  which  position  he  held  at  his  death. 

Thornton. — Wyllis  Stoughton,  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  Jan.  9,  a.  7  y.  5 
m.;  eldest  son  of  Rev.  James  Brown  Thornton,  of  the  Belknap  Church. 

Wbntwoeth. — Ebenezer,  at  Northfield,  Rice  Co.,  Minnesota,  May 
1st,  1864.  He  was  born  in  the  Hanover  District,  Norwich,  Conn., 
28th  Dec,  1783.  He  married  16th  September,  1807,  Catherine,  dau. 
of  Jacob  H.  Walrath,  of  Palatine,  Montgomery  Co.,  New  York.  He 
was  son  of  John"'  and  Elizabeth  (Webb)  Wentworth,  grandson  of 
William1  and  Martha  (Armstrong)  Wentworth,  and  gr.  grandson  of 
William,'3  who  was  son  of  Paul,'-  and  grandson  of  William,  the  immi- 
grant settler.  J.  W. 

Whitmore.— Gamaliel,  at  Bath,  Me.,  May  19,  1864.  In  the  Regis- 
ter, x.  295,  will  be  found  a  note  of  the  branch  of  the  family  to  which 
he  belonged,  traced  to  Francis  and  Mary  (Hall)  Whitmore  of  Bow- 
doinham.  John  the  fourth  son,  m.  Huldah  Crooker  of  Bath,  12th  Apr. 
1781,  and  had  for  seventh  child  this  Gamaliel,  b.  8th  February,  1794. 
He  m.  Mary  Dummer,  and  had  seven  children  of  whom  only  one  son 
and  two  daughters  survive. 

Winslow. — Gilbert,  at  Freetown,  Bristol  county,  Mass.,  March  19, 
a.  91  y.  10  m.  16  d.  He  was  the  second  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Ephraim(i  and  Hannah  (Gilbert)  Winslow,  and  a  descendant  of  Ed- 
ward1 Winslow  of  Droitwich,  Eng.,  {ante  xvir,  5  and  159),  through 
Kenelm,'  Kenelm'  of  Yarmouth,  Capt.  Josiah,1  who  m.  Margaret 
Tisdale  ;  CqI.  James,0  whom.  Charity  Hodges  ;  and  Ephraim,6  above, 
his  father. 

This  branch  of  the  Winslow  family  is  of  great  longevity. 
Ephraim'1  Winslow,  Esq.,  his  father  died  at  Assonet  Village  in  Free- 
town, Jan.  24,  1833,  a.  91  years,  6  months,  17  days  ;  Col.  James5 
Winslow,  his  grandfather,  was  killed  by  accident  at  Freetown  when 
near  70  years  of  age  ;  and  Capt.  Josiah1  died  at  Freetown  April  3, 
1761,  in  his  92d  year. 

At  his  death,  Mr.  Gilbert7  Winslow  owned  and  improved  the  same 
water  privilege  that  has  been  owned  and  occupied  by  four  successive 
generations  of  the  Winslow  family,  the  site  having  been  first  used  and 
the  darn  erected  thereon,  about  the  year  1690,  by  Capt.  Josiah'  Wins- 
low. 

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30*2  Marriages  and  Deaths.  [July, 

Mr.  Winslow's  mother,  Hannah  Gilbert,  was  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Gilbert  of  Freetown,  a  noted  loyalist  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution. E.  W.  P. 

Woodbridge. — John,  at  his  residence,  Dun  Glen,  near  Chillicothe, 
0.,  May  4,  a.  78.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Hon.  Dudley"  and 
Lucy  (Backus)  Woodbridge  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  where  he  was  born 
Nov.  25,  1785.  His  first  paternal  ancestor  in  America  was  Rev. 
John'2  Woodbridge,  (son  of  Rev.  John1  of  Stanton,  in  Wiltshire,  Eug.,) 
who  was  b.  1613,  came  to  N.  E.  1C34,  m.  prob.  before  1G40,  Mercy, 
dau.  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley,  (.whence  the  introduction  of  that 
patronymic  into  the  W.  family  as  a  favorite  baptismal  name),  re- 
turned to  England,  1647;  again  came  to  this  country  1663,  and  set- 
tled at  Newbury,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  March  17,  1695.  From  Rev. 
John,2  the  descent  is  through  Rev.  John?  eldest  son,  grad.  H.  C.  1664, 
ord.  at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  1666,  inst.  at  Wethersfield,  1679,  m. 
Abigail  Leet,  1671,  d.  1690  ;  Ep/waim?  of  Groton,  3d  son,  b.  1680, 
grad.  II.  C.  1701,  m.  Hannah  Morgan  1704,  d.  1724;  Dr.  Dudley? 
of  Stonington,  eldest  son,  b.  1705,  grad.  H.  C.  1724,  m.  Sarah  Shel- 
don, 1739,  d,  1790;  and  Hon.  Dudley?  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  and 
Marietta,  O.,  second  son,  who  was  born  in  Stonington  1747,  grad. 
Y.  C.  1766,  in.  Lucy,  dau.  of  Elijah  and  Lucy  (Griswold)  Backus,  of 
Norwich,  was  bred  to  the  bar  but  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  on 
removing  to  Marietta,  in  1788,  was  judge  of  C.  C.  P.  under  the  ter- 
ritorial government,  and  d.  at  Marietta  in  1823,  five  of  his  six  chil- 
dren surviving  him. 

His  maternal  ancestry  is  traced  to  William  Backus,  William 
Hyde,  and  Thomas  Tracy  of  the  original  35  proprietors  of  Norwich 
(who  went  there  from  Saybrook  in  1660);  the  first  Matthew  Gris- 
wold of  Windsor,  who  came  from  England;  and,  through  intermar- 
riages, to  the  Lees,  Huntingtons,  and  Winslovvs. 

John7  Woodbridge-,*  though  but  three  years  of  age  when  taken  to 
Marietta,  ever  retained  a  vivid  remembrance  of  the  hardships  and 
perils  of  pioneer  life.  While  still  young  he  was  sent  to  Bethlehem, 
Conn.,  and  there  placed  under  the  tuition  of  his  mother's  kinsman, 
Azel  Backus,  president  of  Hamilton  College,  New  York.  After  re- 
siding several  years  with  his  lather  in  Marietta  he  went,  in  1806,  to 
Lancaster,  0.,  where  he  entered  into  mercantile  business  removing 
however,  in  September  of  the  same  year  to  Chillicothe,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  days.  In  January  1809,  he  was  elected 
cashier  of  "  the  old  Bank  of  Chillicothe,''  then  newly  organized, — a 
position  he  held  with  distinguished  honor  till  the  expiration  of  the 
charter  in  1844,  a  period  of  35  years.  A  cotemporary  says  :  "'Only 
those  acquainted  with  the  history  of  banking,  and  the  great  financial 
difficulties  which  during  the  war  of  1812,  and  at  a  subsequent  period, 
obstructed  or  deranged  business,  can    fully  estimate  the    useful    and 


*  Dudley7  Woodbridge  of  Marietta,  and  Hon.  William'7  Woodbridge,  governor  of 
Michigan,  were  elder  brothers  of  John.7  A  third  brother,  David,7  died  rn  child- 
hood. Dudley7  m.  1st,  Jane  Robbins,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Ives  Oilman  of  Harmar  ;  2d 
Maria,  dau.  of  Gen.  George  Morgan  of  Morganza,  and  d.  in  L853.  William7  m. 
Juliana,  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Trumbull,  LL.  D.,  author  of  McFingal,  aud  died 
1861. 


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valuable  services  of  Mr.  W.  as  a  financier.  The  Bank  of  Chillicothe 
at  times  rendered  great  service  to  the  government,  and  when  most  of 
the  banking  institutions  were  crumbling  around,  maintained  its  credit 
with  fidelity  and  honor;" — and  another:  "  In  a  great  financial  crisis 
in  Ohio,  many  years  ago,  the  credit  of  the  stale  was  saved  by  the 
financial  skill  of  John  Woodbridge." 

Collaterally,  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  iron  from 
1819  to  1852.  His  closing  years  were  spent  in  retirement,  when  he 
indulged  his  taste  for  literary  and  agricultural  pursuits. 

Jan.  22,  1816  he  married  Elizabeth  (2d  dau.  of  Henry  and  Eleanor 
(Pleyel)  Buchanan),  of  Scottish  descent  although  her  father  emigrat- 
ed to  Kentucky  in  1796,  from  Fredericksburgh,  Spottsylvania  Co., 
Virginia.  This  most  happy  union  was  severed  by  the  death  of  Mr#. 
WM  Aug.  15,  1861.  Of  their  16  children,  10  reached  adult  age,  and 
9  survive. 

"In  1817,  he  united  with  Wm.  Key  Bond,  and  a  few  other  citizens, 
in  the  formation  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Chillicothe,  one  of  the  earliest 
parishes  in  the  diocese  of  the  venerated  Bishop  Chase.  But  one  male 
member  of  the  old  organization  now  remains." 

'Tis  more  than  three-fourths  of  a  century  since  Mr.  W.  first  trod 
the  soil  of  the  N.  W.  Territory.  He  was  perhaps  the  last  of  the 
pioneers  of  '88.  Hence  had  witnessed  the  growth  of  Ohio  from  a 
savage  wilderness  to  one  of  the  most  populous,  prosperous,  and  en- 
lightened states  of  the  Union.  After  the  constitution  was  formed, 
Chillicothe  remained  the  seat  of  the  state,  as  it  had  been  of  the  territo- 
rial legislature,  and  being  one  of  the  military  headquarters  during 
the  war  of  1812,  not  only  were  men  of  rank,  in  civil  and  military 
life,  attracted  there,  but  also  many  brilliant  intellects  and  genial 
spirits,  forming  a  society  unsurpassed  in  the  west. 

Thus  happy  in  his  domestic  and  social  relations,  Mr.  W.  truly  en- 
joyed life  during  his  early  manhood  and  middle^  age.  But  he  sur- 
vived his  early  associates,  and  could  not  replace  them  from  a  young- 
er generation.  As  a  man,  he  was  noted  for  his  firm  principles, 
sterling  integrity,  and  rare  business  talents.  His  fine  intellect  was 
highly  cultivated.  He  was  a  true  patriot,  a  cheerful,  consistent  Chris- 
tian, a  devoted  indulgent  husband  and  father,  a  gentleman  of  the  old 
school,  in  whose  manners  courtesy  ami  dignity  were  finely  blended. 
Of  vigorous  constitution,  with  simple  tastes  and  habits,  he  nearly  at- 
tained the  almost  invariable  fourscore  years  of  his  ancestors.       L. 


DATES   OF    INCORPORATION    OF   THE   COUNTIES   IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 

7.  Barnstable,  June  2,  1G85.  4.   Hampshire,  May  7,  1662. 
11.   Berkshire,  April  21,   1761.  2.  Middlesex,  May  10,    1G43. 

6.  Bristol,  June  2,  1085.  9.   Nantucket,  June  20,  1G95. 

8.  Dukes,  June  20, 1095.  12.    Norfolk,  March  2G,  1793. 
3.   Essex,  May  10,  1G43.  5.   Plymouth,  June  2,  1685. 

13.  Franklin,  June  21,  1811.  1.   Suffolk,  May  10,  1G43. 

14.  Hampden,  Feb.  20,  1812.  10.   Worcester,  April  2,  1731. 


304  J\T.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  <  [July, 


NEW  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

OBITUARIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 

[Prepared  by  William  B.  Trask,  Esq.,  Historiographer  of  the  Society.] 

Botfield,  Beriah,  Esq.,  M.  P.,  for  Ludlow,  died  at  his  residence  in 
Grosvenor  Square,  London,  Aug.  7,  18C8,  a.  5G.  He  was  the  only 
cbild  of  Beriah  Botfield,  Esq.,  of  Norton  Hall,  Daventry,  Northamp- 
tonshire, England,  and  Charlotte  Whithering  his  wife  ;  he  was  born 
at  Earl's  Ditton,  in  Shropshire,  March  5,  1807  ;  and  was  educated  at 
Harrow.  That  school  was  afterward  endowed  by  him  with  the 
"  Botfield  Medal  for    Modern   Languages,"    competed    for   annually. 

From  Harrow  he  proceeded  to  Christ  church,  Oxford,  and  took  his 
degree  of  B.  A.,  in  1828,  M.  A.,  1847.  At  an  early  age  Mr.  Botfield 
began  to  evince  a  love  for  books.  When  at  school  he  was  a  book 
collector,  and  continued  the  same  pursuit  at  Oxford,  buying  among 
other  works,  valuable  publications  on  botany,  which  for  a  time  he 
made  a  study.  Bibliography,  however,  and  not  botany,  became  in 
after  years  the  favorite  and  most  ardent  pursuit  of  Mr.  Botfield's 
life.  He  published  in  1849,  Notes  on  Cathedral  Libraries  in  Eng- 
land,  and  in  1860,  Shropshire,  its  history  and  antiquities.  In  1861, 
he  collected  and  edited  "  Prefaces  to  the  first  Editions  of  the  Greek 
and  Roman  Classics,  and  of  the  Sacred  Scriptures,"  contributed  to 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  &c,  to  the  Miscellanies  of  the  Philobiblon 
Society,  besides  other  literary  productions,  chiefly  bibliographical. 
Mr.  Botfield  printed  his  Stemmata  Botevilliana,  or  genealogical  collec- 
tions relative  to  his  family,  first  in  a  thin  octavo  in  1843,  and  after- 
wards in  a  thick  quarto,  in  1858;  only  thirty  five  copies  of  the  first 
were  privately  printed,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  second. 
The  latter  incorporates  his  wife's  family,  the  Leighton's,  and  some 
twelve  or  thirteen  other  families. 

He  was  treasurer  of  Roxburghe  Club,  member  of  the  Philobiblon 
Society,  Royal  Society  of  Literature,  &c,  and  was  made  a  corres- 
ponding member  of  the  N.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society  in  1859.  In  1840, 
Mr.  Botfield  was  first  returned  to  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Lud- 
low, again  in  1841,  and  from  1857  till  the  end  of  his  life.  In  politics 
he  was  the  personal  friend  and  follower  of  the  late  Sir  Robert  Peel, 
and  voted  for  free  trade  when  that  measure  was  first  introduced  in- 
to parliament.  When  young  he  lost  his  father,  and  before  he  at- 
tained majority  his  mother  died.  At  twenty-one  he  consequently 
came  into  complete  possession  of  his  property.  In  1857  he  was 
chosen  president  of  the  Shropshire  and  North  Wales  Natural  His- 
tory and  Antiquarian  Society,  and  was  connected  with  many  literary 
societies.  In  1858,  he  married  Isabella,  second  dau.  of  Sir  Baldwin 
Leighton,  of  Loton,  co.  Salop,  Bart.,  M.  P.,  for  South  Shropshire,  and 
in  default  of  any  issue  whatever,  has  left  the  whole  of  his  property, 
subject  to  various  legacies  to  his  wife,  and  entailed  the  greater  part 
upon  the  second  son  of  the  present  Marquis  of  Bath. 

The  London  Gentleman's  Magazine  says  :  "Mr.  Botfield  was'  prob- 
ably one  of  the  best  bibliographers  living.    To  look  over  a  collection 


1864.]  N.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  305 

of  scarce  and  valuable  books  was  to  him  one  of  the  greatest  of 
pleasures.  To  obtain  rare  works,  and  the  very  best  edition  of  any 
book  that  was  to  find  a  home  in  the  library  at  Norton,  he  deemed 
neither  time,  money,  nor  labor  ill  spent."  "  That  his  home  might  be 
hung  round  with  thoughts,"  the  owner  of  that  home  became  the  pur- 
chaser of  pictures.  The  specialty  of  the  Norton  Library  consists 
in  a  fine  collection  of  editions  of  classical  authors,  and  in  costly  folio 
editions  of  illustrated  works,  many  of  them  in  the  French  language. 
Among  them  Anthologia  Grceca,  1444,  Ojficium  Romanum,  1501,  on 
vellum  ;  only  one  other  known  to  exist.  Four  volumes  from  the 
press  of  Caxton,  with  woodcuts.  The  Bible,  1535,  by  Myles  Cover- 
dale,  of  which,  it  is  said,  only  one  perfect  copy  is  known  to  be  extant, 
now  in  possession  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  "  The  preamble  of  the 
dedication  of  this  book  is  extremely  important,  as  the  variation  there- 
in affords  the  clearest  evidence  of  the  time  when  the  sacred  Scrip- 
tures were  first  promulgated  under  royal  sanction  in  England  ;  inas- 
much as  the  first  copies  which  came  from  the  press  in  October,  1535, 
were  dedicated  to  the  reigning  Queen  Consort,  Anne  Boleyn:  but  this 
princess  soon  afterwards  declining  in  court  favor,  Coverdale  seems  to 
have  waited  till  the  tide  of  fortune  turned  against  her,  and  upon  the 
marriage  of  Henry  VIII,  May  20,  1536,  with  Lady  Jane  Seymour  who 
was  thought  to  favor  the  Reformation,  altered  the  preamble  of  the  dedi- 
cation in  the  remaining  copies  to  'your  dearest  wife  Jane,'  in 
honor  of  the  new  queen.  In  the  copy  at  Sion  College,  and  in  Lord 
Spencer's,  'Jane'  is  in  the  dedication.  In  the  Museum  copy,  'Anne  ' 
has  been  altered  into  'Jane.'  The  Lambeth  library  has  a  eopy  with 
each  ;  but  those  of  Dr.  Coombe  and  at  all  Souls  College,  Oxford- 
shire, and  many  others  have  neither,  wanting  that  page.  The  Bod- 
leian copy,  Lord  Jersey's,  Mr.  Lea  Wilson's,  and  that  in  Gloucester 
Cathedral  and  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and  Mr.  Botfield's  at 
Norton,  have  the  original  dedication  to  Queen  Anne,  and  these  were 
of  course,  among  the  very  first  imported  into  England." 

Lafontaine,  Sir  Louis  Eypolite,  died  in  Montreal,  Canada,  Feb.  26, 
1864,  a.  56.  He  was  born  at  Boucherville,  Canada  East,  in  October, 
1807  ;  was  the  third  son  of  Antoine  Menard  Lafontaine,  and  grand- 
son of  Antoine  Menard  Lafontaine,  Esquire,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
parliament  of  Lower  Canada,  from  1796  to  1804.  The  maiden  name 
of  his  mother  was  Bienvenu.  Mr.  Lafontaine  studied  for  the  bar  and 
early  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  polities  of  the  country.  At  that 
time  Mr.  Papineau  was  the  leader  of  the  Freneh  Canadian  opposition  to 
the  representative  of  the  British  Government  in  Canada,  or  as  they 
said  to  a  faction,  who  connected  themselves  with  his  name,  and 
usurped  his  authority.  Mr.  Lafontaine  was  in  that  sense  the  follow- 
er of  Mr.  Papineau,  (afterwards  his  rival),  under  whom,  it  is  believ- 
ed, he  had  studied  for  the  bar.  In  the  outbreak  in  1837,  warrants 
for  high  treason  were  issued  against  them,  though  Mr.  Lafontaine 
was  never  in  company  with  the  actual  insurgents.  But  among  the 
papers  found  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Girouard,  there  was  an  ironical 
letter  written  by  Mr.  Lafontaine  on  the  absurdity  of  rebellion, 
which  was  taken  by  the  authorities  to  mean  a  serious  appeal  to  arm/ 
ed  revolt  ;    but  this  idea  the  late  baronet  always  disclaimed.     A  re- 


306  JV.  E.  HisL-Gen.  Society.  [July, 

ward  being-  offered  for  his  apprehension,  he  fled  from  the  province 
to  England,  and  from  thence  to  Fiance,  where  he  remained  till  quiet 
had  been  restored  to  Canada,  under  Lord  Durham.  This  nobleman 
called  Mr.  Lafontaine  to  his  councils.  Mr.  L.  served  under  Sir 
Charles  Bagot,  in  company  with  Mr.  Baldwin,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Sir  Charles,  afterwards  Lord  Metcalfe.  In  March,  1848,  the  tory 
party  fell  to  pieces,  and  their  opponents  came  into  power,  having  a 
majority  of  two-thirds  of  the  house.  On  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
Baldwin,  Mr.  Lafontaine  took  the  premiership,  which  he  held  a  short 
time  and  then  retired  in  Oct.,  1851.  After  his  retirement,  Mr.  L.  went 
quietly  back  to  his  law  office,  where  his  opinion  was  much  sought  as 
consulting  counsel.  At  the  death  of  Sir  James  Stuart,Mr.  Drumrnond, 
then  attorney  general,  declining  to  supersede  his  old  leader,  tendered 
him  the  Chief  Justiceship  of  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench  of  Lower 
Canada,  his  appointment  dating  from  Aug.  13,  1853,  which  office  Mr. 
Lafontaine  accepted.  In  this  capacity  he  presided  at  the  Seigniorial 
Tenure  Court,  specially  constituted  to  determine  what  were  the  rights 
of  parties  under  the  tenure.  Though  called  a  court,  the  body  were 
in  fact  rather  codi  tiers  than  judges,  as  they  decided  general  princi- 
ples, not  the  rights  of  individuals  arising  out  of  ascertained  facts. 
The  rest  of  his  public  services  were  rendered  on  the  bench,  where 
his  judgments  were  all  written  out  at  great  length,  with  a  vast 
amount  of  labor.  Some  three  years  ago  he  went  to  Europe  for  his 
health,  since  which  he  has  as  usual  taken  his  regular  duty  in 
the  Court  of  Appeals.  On  the  28th  of  August,  1854,  he  was  created 
for  his  eminent  services,  a  baronet  of  the  united  kingdom.  He  was 
made  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E.  Historic-Gen.  Society  in 
1860. 

Sir  Louis  H.  Lafontaine  was  twice  married,  first  in  1831,  to  Adele, 
only  daughter  of  A.  Berthelot,  Esq.,  an  advocate,  of  Quebec;  and 
secondly,  iu  1860,  to  Mrs.  Kinton,  a  widow  lady,  nie  Morison,  by 
whom  he  leaves  two  sons  ;  the  younger,  a  posthumous  child,  born 
13th  of  April,  six  weeks  and  five  days  after  the  death  of  Sir  Louis. 

The  chief  justice  died  almost  literally  in  harness.  When  seized 
at  the  Court  House  by  an  attack  of  paralysis,  he  was  in  the  act  of 
signing  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  which  with  great  difficult}7  he  suc- 
ceeded in  accomplishing,— went  to  his  home  and  died. 

(Condensed,  chiefly,  from  Morgan's  Sketches  of  Celebrated  Cana- 
dians, Quebec,  1862;  and  Montreal  Herald,  of  27th  February,  1864.)^ 

Meriam. — Ebenezer,  died  at  his  late  residence,  47  Orange  street, 
Brooklyn)  N.  Y.,  March  19,  1864,  a.  69.  He  was  born  in  Concord, 
Mass.,  June  20,  1794,  in  the  house  of  the  farm  which  includes  Meri- 
am's  Corner,  where  the  British  troops  were  attacked  in  1775.  His 
father,  John,  was  son  of  Samuel.  The  latter  was  of  the  fourth  gen- 
eration from  the  brothers  Meriam  who  settled  in  Concord  in  1635. 
The  mother  of  Ebenezer,  Miriam  Meriam,  was  dan.  of  Lieut.  Francis 
Wheeler,  of  Concord,  and  grand-dau.  of  Simeon  Howard,  of  Acton. 

Soon  after  arriving  at  his  majority, — not  far  from  the  year  1816, — 
Mr.  Meriam  proceeded  to  Kentucky,  where  ho  was  for  a  number  of 
years  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  purification  of  salt-pet#e  as 
well  as  other  mineral  products  of  the  Mammoth  Cave    in    that   state. 


1864.]  JY.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  307 

He  subsequently  engaged,  extensively,  in  the  dry  goods  business  in 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  Upon  his  removal  to  New  York  city  about  the 
year  1838,  he  was  a  manufacturer  of  soap  and  candles.  His  indus- 
try and  business  capacity  enabled  him  to  procure  a  handsome  com- 
petence, a  good  share  of  which  was  liberally  devoted  to  charitable 
purposes,  and  to  the  pursuit  of  scientific  and  statistical  knowledge 
for  which  he  had  a  strong  passion.  From  his  earliest  childhood,  it 
is  said,  he  exhibited  a  taste  for  scientific  pursuits.  His  attention 
was  particularly  devoted  to  meteorological  researches,  For  over  30 
years  past,  Mr.  Men  am  kept  an  hourly  record  of  the  state  of  the 
thermometer  and  barometer,  noting  minutely  the  variations  of  weather, 
wind,  and  tide,  employing  at  his  own  expense,  two  or  three  clerks  to 
assist  him  in  his  observations.  His  collection  of  weather  statistics 
is  probably  more  full  and  accurate  than  those  of  any  other  man  in 
this  country  during  the  same  period,  and  may  hereafter  be  made  of 
great  value  to  science.  He  was  frequently  cited  before  the  courts 
to  decide  important  disputed  points  connected  with  these  subjects. 
He  invented  a  theory  of  cycles  of  atmospherical  changes,  the  accur- 
acy of  which  has  often  been  verified  by  scientific  men  in  this  country 
and  in  Europe.  In  1841,  he  commenced  the  publication  of  the  Muni- 
cipal Gazetteer,  a  work  devoted  to  history  and  the  interests  of  science, 
embracing  particulars  of  his  extended  researches.  It  was  also  an 
advocate  of  municipal  reform.  It  was  published  at  his  own  expense, 
and  is  almost  complete  up  to  the  period  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
contributor  to  the  journals  and  newspapers  of  New  York  city 
and  elsewhere,  upon  scientific  and  eleemosynary  subjects.  In  one 
of  his  letters,  dated  1862,  he  writes  that  the  New  York  Daily 
Journal  of  Commerce,  of  which  he  had  a  file  for  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, contains  upwards  of  2000  communications  written  by  him, 
and  of  all  these  he  had  a  complete  index,  making  a  snug  manu- 
script volume.  "  It  is  made  up,"  he  says,  "  in  chronological  order, 
I  therefore  use  my  memory  as  a  substitute  for  the  absence  of  alpha- 
betical arrangement."  "  His  memory,"  says  one  who  knew  him, 
"  was  wonderful,  seldom  if  ever,  requiring  a  date  or  reference  of  any 
kind  for  his  own  confirmation." 

He  would  not  take  adequate  pecuniary  compensation  for  his  men- 
tal labors,  for  he  considered  his  discoveries  were  for  the  public  bene- 
fit. "  A  great  mistake  was  often  made  by  those  having  but  little 
knowledge  on  meteorological  subjects,  in  thinking  Mr.  M.  foretold 
what  weather  might  be  expected.  This  he  never  professed  to  do,  but 
he  could  toll  us  days  and  months  before  the  information  would  reach 
us  in  the' usual  way,  that  there  had  been,  in  some  remote  portion  of 
our  globe,  many  thousands  of  miles  distant,  a  violent  terrestrial 
or  atmospherical  disturbance  ;  and  it  was  always  with  a  deep  humili- 
ty and  awe  that  he  would  direct  the  attention  of  his  assistant  to  the 
original  record,  the  published  memorandum  and  newly  received  ac- 
count of  an  earthquake  or  other  kindred  phenomenon,  corroborating 
his  statement. 

He  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.  E.  Ilist-.Gen. 
Society  in  1855.  Hem.  Mary,  dan.  of  Ozen  Strong,  of  Pittsfield, 
Mass.  The  widow  with  two  daughters  survive.  Mr.  David  K.  Sea- 
man, son-in-law  of  Mr.  M.,  was  for  many  years  an  assistant  in  his 
statistical  and  scientific  labors. 


308  JV.  E*  Hist-Gen.  Society.  [July, 

The  life  of  Mr.  Meriam  was  one  of  signal,  though  unobtrusive  well 
doing,  his  humanity  and  kindliness  of  heart  being  shown  to  every 
living  thing. 

Davis. — William  Jackson,  died  in  New  York  city,  March  26,  1864, 
a.  45.  He  was  born  at  Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.f  Dec.  20, 
1818;  was  son  of  Thomas  Davis,  who  was  born  at  Horse  Neck,  Fair- 
field Co.,  Conn.  His  ancestors  emigrated  from  Herefordshire.  The 
mother  of  William  J.  Davis,  whose  maiden  name  was  Susan  Myers,  of 
German  ancestry,  was  born  in  New  York.  She  died  April  2, 1855.*  *  * 
He  engaged  when  young  in  the  business  of  engraving,  but  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  it  on  account  of  the  feebleness  of  his  health. 
Finding  employment  of  a  different  character,  in  one  of  the  munici- 
pal oiliees,  he  was  enabled  to  indulge  his  antiquarian  desires,  and 
became  ill  a  short  time  an  ardent  historical  student.  "  His  special 
study  was  the  history  of  the  city  of  New  York,  as  to  which  he  was 
an  authority.  He  had  collected  all  the  early  published  accounts  and 
views  of  the  city,  its  buildings  and  streets,  as  well  as  information 
a. id  portraits  of  its  prominent  citizens  ;  and  Valentine's  Manuals  of 
the  Common  Council  were  enriched  with  many  of  the  interesting 
views  of  early  New  York  by  the  zeal  and  industry  of  our  late 
friend."  He  also  contributed  to  that  work  several  valuable 
papers,  some  of  which,  with  others,  written  by  Henry  B.  Dawson, 
Esq.,  were  published  in  1855,  in  a  volume  entitled  Reminiscences  of 
New  York  and  its  Vicinity.  He  was  an  esteemed  member  of  the  New 
York  Hist.  Society,  and  a  constant  contributor  to  the  pages  of  the 
Historical  Magazine,  a  work  in  which  he  took  a  deep  interest.  An 
appreciative  notice  of  Mr.  Davis  is  given  in  the  May  number  of  that 
periodical,  from  whence  we  have  drawn  the  substance  of  this  sketch. 

"  Although  but  little  known  as  an  author,  and  never  claiming  to 
be  one,  his  rank  as  a  historical  student  and  local  antiquarian  was 
very  high.  His  knowledge,  patiently  acquired,  minute,  authentic, 
and  impartial,  was  always  at  the  service  of  other  students."  "  Mr. 
Davis  was,  we  may  say,  the  originator  of  the  Bradford  Club,  having 
suggested  the  idea  and  the  name,  and  in  conjunction  with  some,  if 
not  all  the  present  members,  issued  in  1857,  A  Journal  of  the  'Expedi- 
tion to  Quebec  in  the  year  1775,  under  the  Command  of  Colonel  Benedict 
Arnold,  by  James  Melcin  a  Private  in  Captain  Dearborns  Company, 
which  he  edited  and  prepared  for  the  press,  and  also  in  1858,  the  Diary 
of  Washington  ;  from  the  first  day  of  October,  1789,  to  the  tenth  day  of 
March,  1790,  from  the  Original  Manuscript,  now  first  printed,  a  volume 
edited  by  Benson  J.  Lossing,  Esq.  He  was  for  a  time  private  secre- 
tary to  Hon.  George  Bancroft,  who  bears  high  testimony  to  his  char- 
acter, "  his  sweetness  of  disposition,"  his  patience  under  long  con- 
tinued suffering,  his  freedom  from  guile,  his  strong  attachments  to 
others,  etc.  "  His  knowledge,"  says  Mr.  Bancroft,  "of  the  special 
history  of  the  city  of  New  York  and  its  environs,  his  minute  ac- 
quaintance with  their  old  buildings  and  celebrated  spots,  exceeded 
that  of  any  one  I  have  met,  and  his  memory  was  very  unusually  re- 
tentive. His  leading  passion  was  for  books.  He  spent  all  the 
money  that  he  could  spare  from  the  necessary  subsistence  ibf  his 
family  in  purchasing  rare  and  curious  ones;   and  he  was  skilled  in 


1864.]  JV.  E.  Hut-Gen.  Society.  ,  309 

illustrating  them.  The  company  ho  liked  best  was  that  of  book  col- 
lectors. His  happiest  hours  were  those  which  he  passed  in  reading* 
the  details  of  by  gone  years  ;  and  sometimes  he  would  sit  silent  and 
alone  in  his  room  and  find  pleasure  enough  in  just  gazing  at  his  own 
library,  which  now  forms  the  chief  part  of  what  he  has  left  for  his 
children."  This  library  though  comparatively  small,  consists  chiefly 
of  well  selected  books,  some  of  them  being  the  earlier  works  on 
America  and  histories  of  the  French  war,  all  the  important  histories 
of  the  American  revolution,  biographies  of  the  prominent  actors  in  it, 
state  histories,  and  especially  a  tine  collection  of  New  York  history, 
lie  was  made  a  corresponding  member  of  the  N.E.  Historic-Genealogical 
Society  in  1S58  Mr.  Davis  m.  June  26,  1849,  Eleonora  C.  Ketchum, 
who  died  May  23,  1856.  They  had  four  children,  of  whom  two  sur- 
vive— a  son  and  a  daughter. 


PROCEEDINGS. 

Boston,  Wednesday,  April  6. 

A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  at  three  o'clock,  Rev. 
Martin  Moore,  vice-president,  in  the  chair. 

John  H.  Sheppard,  the  librarian,  reported  as  donations  since  the 
last  meeting.  II  volumes,  73  pamphlets,  2  manuscripts  and  a  file  of 
the  New  York  Djiltj  Times  for  1802-3.  Among  the  donations  was  a 
copy  of  the  book  of  Genesis,  in  the  Ch  nese  language,  presented  by 
Capt.  Charles  A.  Ranlet,  of  Charlestown. 

Frederic  Kidder,  from  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the 
Shakespeare  Celebration,  reported  that  the  Directors  had  invited  Rev. 
James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.  D.,  to  deliver  the  address,  and  that  he 
had  accepted  the  invitation. 

Col.  Almon  D.  Hodges,  made  some  remarks  upon  the  character  of 
the  late  John  Bar>to.v,  of  IVovidence,  R.  I ,  one  of  the  vice-presidents 
of  the  Society;  a  man  of  rare  integrity,  benevolence  and  ability;  and 
he  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which  were  unanimously 
adopted: — 

Risn/oed,  That  in  the  death  of  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  our  Society  has  experienced  the  loss  of  one  of  its  most  liberal 
benefactors,  an  upright,  honorable  and  honest  man,  a  true  and  faith- 
ful Christian,  an  enterprising  and  universally  respected  citizen,  and 
one  who  has  filled  offices  of  responsibility  and  trust  with  honor  to 
himself  and  for  the  good  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  connected. 

Resolved,  That  a  memoir  of  the  deceased  be  prepared  and  pub- 
lished in  the  JYew  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  wTith  the  afflicted  family  of 
the  deceased,  and  that  the  Recording  Secretary  be  instructed  to  com- 
municate to  them  these  resolutions. 

Rev.  Alfred  P.  Putnam,  of  Roxbury,  then  read  an  able  and  inter- 
esting paper  on  Our  country  as  seen  from  a  distance,  giving  his  experi- 
ence ot  the  manner  in  which  our  present  affairs  are  viewed  in  foreign 
countries,  derived  from  a  tour  that  he  had  lately  made.  ^ 

Rev.  F.  W.  Holland,  of  Cambridge,  from  the  special  committee  to 
which  were  referred  the  manuscripts  of  Rev.  George  G.  Hapgood,  of 
2S 


310  JV*.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [July, 

Delta,  N.  Y.,  on  the  eastern  languages,  made  a   report,   disagreeing 
from  the  views  there  set  forth. 

Saturday,   April  23. 

This  being  the  day  which  was  to  be  celebrated  in  England  as  the 
three  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Shak'spearc,  the  society 
observed  it  by  appropriate  exercises,  as  suggested  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bart- 
let,  of  Chelsea  (ante,  p.  216),  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  There  is  some 
doubt  about  the  day  of  Shakespeare's  birth;  and,  if  it  were  well  es- 
tablished, there  is  a  question  whether  the  date  ought  not  to  be  reduced 
to  New  Style,  which  would  fall  on  May  3d.  This  is  the  American  cus- 
tom. Thus,  the  landing  of  Columbus,  Oct.  12,  0.  S.,  or  21,  N.  S., 
1492,  and  the  birth  of  Washington  Feb.  11,  0.  S.,  or  22,  N.  S.,  1732, 
are  celebrated  by  us  Oct.  21st  and  Feb.  22d.  The  society  thought 
best  however,  to  observe  the  same  day  as  our  English  brethren. 

"It  was,"  says  the  Boston  Saturday  Evening  Gazette,  to  which  we 
are  indebted  for  this  report,  "  an  occasion  of  profound  interest  which 
was  participated  in  by  a  distinguished  and  brilliant  audience.  The 
exercises  were  commenced  at  precisely  3  o'clock.  Dr.  Winslow  Lew- 
is, Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  was  gratified  to  an- 
nounce that  the  Society  was  honored  by  the  presence  of  one  of  its  dis- 
tinguished members — the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth.  '  You  all 
know,'  continued  Dr.  Lewis,  'his  readiness  to  do  any  required  act 
of  kindness  to  all.  I,  therefore,  cordially  invite  him  to  assume  the 
chair  and  thereby  confer  upon  me  a  great  personal  obligation,  and  on 
the  Society  the  prestige  of  his  eminent  social  position  and  excellence.' 

The  invitation  was  cordially  approbated  by  the  audience. 

Gov.  Andrew,  on  assuming  the  chair,  remarked  that  he  had  to  as- 
sume easy  and  simple  duties,  and  that  he  took  the  chair  only  for  the 
purpose  of  introducing  the  gentlemen  whose  addresses  and  the  gentle- 
man whose  poem  wouhl  form  tin.1  attractions  of  the  day.  He  would 
ask  the  attention  of  the  audience  to  an  address  from  Rev.  James  Free- 
man Clarke. 

Mr.  Clarke  commenced  his  Address  by  saying  that  so  little  is 
known  of  the  outward  life  of  Shakespeare,  that  the  destructive  critics 
of  the  twentieth  century  could  easily  explain  away  his  existence  and 
consider  him  as  a  mere  myth.  We  do  not  know  certainly  when  he  was 
born,  how  his  name  is  spelt,  what  his  father  did,  whether  Shakespeare 
had  any  education,  or  anything  about  him  from  his  birth  to  his  mar- 
riage. We  know  that  he  married,  when  only  eighteen,  a  woman 
eight  years  older  than  himself,  that  he  went  to  London,  became  an 
actor,  dramatic  writer  and  proprietor  of  a  theatre,  wrote  two  plays  a 
year,  became  rich,  went  back  to  Stratford,  and  died  aged  fifty- two. 
We  know  that  he  was  contemporary  with  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Spen- 
ser, Lord  Bacon,  Coke,  Cecil,  Hooker,  Montaigne,  Cervantes,  Tasso, 
Galileo,  Descartes,  Rubens  the  artist,  Grotius,  Marlowe,  Chapman, 
—  and  that  not  one  of  them  mentions  his  name,  nor  he  theirs.  He  is 
spoken  of  with  love  and  respect  in  his  lie  time  by  Ben  Jonson;  by 
Meres  in  1598,  when  Shakespeare  wa3  still  in  London;  by  tl#  Earl 
of  Southampton,  who  calls  hiin  his  especial  friend;  and  possibly  also 
by   Spencer.     After  his  death  he  was  almost  forgotten  for  a  hundred 


1861]  Jf.  E.  Hist-Gen.  Society.  311 

years,  though  Milton,  Dryden  and  others  continued  to  admire  him. 
Voltaire  compared  his  Hamlet  to  the  work  of  a  drunken  savage,  and 
says  it  contains  '*  grossieretes  abominalhs  "  and  "  folles  non  moins 
d'goutantes."  He  was  rediscovered  by  Lessing  and  Goethe,  rehabili- 
tated by  Schlegel,  Coleridge,  Lamb — and  is  now  considered  not  only 
as  a  wild  genius,  but  also  a  consummate  artist,  by  all  critics. 

By  the  matured  opinion  of  the  world  he  stands  at  the  summit  of 
Human  Intelligence,  the  greatest  brain  God  ever  sent  upon  earth. 
But  as  Imagination  is  his  chief  faculty,  it  follows  that  Imagination  is 
the  chief  faculty  of  the  human  mind.  His  Imagination  is  the  king — 
it  controls  his  Reason,  Judgment,  Fancy,  Humor,  Wit— and  brings 
each  drama  into  a  unity  of  tone  and  idea.  His  charac'ers  differ  from 
all  other  creations  in  being  growths  from  within,  not  being  made  from 
without.  He  proves  man  to  be  a  microcosm,  a  world  in  himself — for 
he  created  out  of  himself  a  world  of  truth  and  reality.  His  moral  in- 
fluence does  not  consist  in  his  rewarding  the  good  and  punishing  the 
bad;  but  in  his  always  making  goodness  attractive,  and  vice  repul- 
sive— and  in  his  showing  that  there  is  in  man  a  power  to  conquer  the 
evil  in  himself.  He  is  gross,  but  not  as  gross  as  his  age — but  though 
gross  is  never  vicious.  Compared  with  the  other  writers  of  his  day, 
he  is  chaste  as  a  saint.  His  respect  for  women,  and  his  admirable 
pictures  of  female  characters,  show  his  purity  of  soul.  He  belongs 
to  England  and  America — and  both  may  be  benefited  by  his  lessons, 
and  his  wisdom. 

John  H.  Sheppard,  Esq.,  followed  with  beautifully  written  and  im- 
pressive remarks,  introductory  to  a  poem  written  for  the  occasion,  in 
which  he  defended  Shakespeare  from  the  loose  and  ill-considered 
charge  sometimes  brought  against  him,  of  improprieties  and  immoral- 
ities of  his  writings.  Shakespeare  was  pure;  and  if,  now  and  then, 
an  expression  creeps  out  that  offends  prudish  modesty,  it  must  be  ta- 
ken as  an  excrescence  that  belongs  more  to  the  age  in  which  he  wrote 
than  to  Shakespeare  himself. 

Mr.  Sheppard  was  led  by  his  subject  to  a  youthful  reminiscence. 
He  described  in  a  vivid,  picturesque  manner  his  first  night  at  a  thea- 
tre, long  years  ago,  in  his  college  days.  The  house  was  the  Federal 
Street  Theatre;  the  play  was  Hamlet.  Mr.  Cooper  was  the  Hamlet 
and  Mrs.  Powell  the  Ophelia.  Mr.  S.  spoke  of  the  novelty  of  the 
scene,  the  manly  dignity  of  Cooper;  his  deep-toned,  mellow  voice;  no 
bellowing  and  ranting,  like  some  of  the  popular  actors  of  the  present 
day — the  beauty  and  grace  of  Mrs.  Powell — the  excellence  of  Mr. 
Bernard — the  Warren  of  that  day  —  and  the  fairy-like  appearance  of 
the  entire  scene,  with  a  richness  of  coloring  and  a  vivacity  that  seem- 
ed to  belong  more  to  the  vigorous  fancy  of  youth  than  to  the  mature 
and  ripened  judgment  of  a  septuagenarian.  He  became  young  again 
as  his  mind  went  back  to  halcyon  days  and  that  supreme  scene  which 
was  so  indelibly  impressed  upon  his  memory.  Mr.  Sheppard's  poem 
which  followed  was  exceedingly  beautiful  and  adapted  to  the  occasion. 

Rev.  Mr.  Holland  followed  with  "  A  Study  of  Shakespeare,"  that 
showed  how  well  the  speaker  knew  his  subject,  and  how  happily  he 
could  illustrate  that  subject  to  an  intelligent  and  attentive  audience. 
He  said  that,  notwithstanding  so  little  was  known  of  Shakespeare's 


312  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  [July, 

early  life  and  the  domestic  incidents  in  his  career,  he  was  intimately 
and  dearly  known  to  us  by  our  sympathies.  Mr.  Hollands  eifort 
was  a  masterly  Shake>pearian  analysis.  No  one  feature  in  the  geni- 
us that  he  was  endowed  with  was  predominant;  he  had  no  pet  char- 
acters; no  idol;  his  tendencies  were  impartial;  he  was  a  witness  who 
could  not  abate  one  jot  of  the  truth  he  was  obliged  to  utter;  he  was 
the  morning  star  of  true  philosophy;  the  creator  of  the  English  dra- 
ma; the  inspirer  of  all  our  literature; 

u  Nothing  can  cover  his  high  fame  but  heaven." 
This  closed  the  proceedings,  and  the  audience  retired  after  a  season 
ofrare  intellectual  interest  and  enjoyment." 
We  give  below  Mr.  Sheppard's 

ODE  ON  SHAKESPEARE'S  BIRTHDAY. 

In  Stratford  upon  Avon 

Where  the  silent  waters  flow, 
The  immortal  Drama  woke  from  sleep, 

Three  hundred  years  ago; 
Then,  as  the  long,  dark  ages  rolled  away, 
A  light  from  Heaven  shone  on  Shakespeare's  face. 
Land  of  the  illustrious  Dead  !     With  thee  this  day, 
We  love  to  linger  near  that  hallowed  place, 
For  west  thou  not  the  Fatherland  of  our  New  England  race  ? 
Beyond  the  Rocky  Mountains, 

From  th«  Golden  Gate  of  fame, 
Far  East  to  Sehoodic's  misty  shores 

Is  heard  his  honored  name. 
Live  where  we  may,  such  life-like  scenes  he  drew, 
Arrayed  in  rohes  of  beauty,  all  his  own, 
Nature  herself  proclaims  each  picture  true 
To  Albion's  echoing  hills-, — nor  there  alone, 
As  e'en  Niagara  speaks  in  Piospero's  thunder-tone. 

Ah  !  what  a  halcyon  memory 

Our  school-hoy  days  bring  on, 
When  young  Othello  told  us  how 

He  Desdemona  won. 
Where  are  the  voices  that  once  filled  the  air  ? 
Let  not  stern  manhood  deem  the  illusion  wrong, 
When  the  boy  dreamed  the  enchanted  isle  was  there 
Near  Academic  grove,  unknown  to  song 
Where  Kennebec  among  the  hills  meandering  glides  along. 

Not  in  the  Theatre  alone 

Is  seen  his  wondrous  power, 
Though  some  great  actor  tread  the  stage, 

The  pageant  of  an  hour; 
He  visits  many  a  humble  home — and  when 
Some  brave  thought  stirs  the  heart  by  sorrow  riven, 
"We  feel  like  heroes— though  we  live  like  men 
In  lowly  lot;  for  here  full  oft  i  t  even 
The  Bard  of  Avon  sweeps  th'  iEolian  harp  of  Heaven. 
England  !  with  all  thy  glory 

From  the  Druid  days  of  old, 
Not  Crecy's  pride,  nor  Agincourt, 

Nor  Field  of  Ihe  Cloth  of  Gold, 
Shines  with  such  virtue  in  all  coming  time 
As  genius,  learning,  minstrelsy  inspire. 

They  till  the  ideal  world  with  thoughts  sublime,  ' 

Guiding  Ambition's  eye  to  aim  far  higher, 
Than  light  the  flames  of  civil  war,  with  strange,  unholy  fire  ! 


1864.]  N.  E.  Hist-Gen.  Society.       .  313 

They  gleam  like  stars  in  history 

Alons<  a  divary  waste, 
Who  first  enlarged  ihe  bounds  of  mind, 

Or  raised  the  tone  of  taste. 
Thus  Bacon  looms  np  in  that  glorious  age 
Of  Spenser's  lay  and  Jonson's  critic  eye, 
When  a  Promethean  spark  illumed  the  Stage, 
And  Shakrspkark  drew  Mich  scenes  of  time  gone  l>y 
That  life  a  Diama  seems,  midst  shadows  of  Eternity. 

Wednesday,  May  4. 

A  monthly  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  the  president,  Win- 
slow  Lewis,  M.  D.,  in  the  chair. 

The  librarian  r<  ported  as  donations  27  volumes,  58  pamphlets,  36 
newspapers  (181G-18),  and  a  number  of  autographs  and  circulars. 

The  corresponding  secretary  reported  that  F.  W.  Sawyer,  of  Bos- 
ton, had  accepted  resident  membership,  to  which  he  had  been  elected. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Rev.  J.  F.  Clarke,  D.  D.,  J.  H.  Sheppard  and 
Rev.  F.  W.  Holland,  for  the  able  manner  in  which  they  had  acquit- 
ted themselves  at  the  Shakespeare  celebration,  April  23,  and  copies 
of  their  addresses  and  the  ode  of  Mr.  Sheppard  were  requested. 

Rev.  F.  W.  Holland  was  unanimously  elected  a  Director  in  place 
of  the  late  Mr.  Barstow. 

Rev.  William  P.  Tilden,  read  a  carefully  prepared  and  discrimina- 
ting paper  on  Hon.  Horace  Mann,  LL.  D.,  whose  labors  in  the  cause 
of  education  have  made  him  so  well  known. 

Wednesday,  June  1. 

A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  president  Lewis,  presid- 
ing. 

The  librarian  made  his  monthly  report  of  donations  as  follows: — 
27  volumes,  55  pamphlets,  and  3  hound  volumes  of  newspapers, 
namely:  the  Columbian  Centinel,  1827-29;  the  latter  from  Melvin 
Lord,  of  Boston. 

William  B.  Trask,  the  historiographer,  read  memoirs  of  two  de- 
ceased members,  nam'  ly;  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman.  of  Bernardston, 
resident,  who  died  Nov.  21.  1863,  aged  58;  and  Ebenezer  Meriam, 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who  died  March  19,  1864,  aged  69. 

William  H.  Whitmore,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  Heraldry, 
made  the  first  report  of  said  committee.  This  is  printed  entire  in  the 
present  number  of  the  Register. 

Rev.  F.  W.  Holland,  by  request  of  the  Directors,  repeated  his  ad- 
dress on  Shakespeare,  having  been  obliged  to  omit  a  portion,  for  want 
of  time,  on  the  23d  of  April. 


Barnard,  Roby,  Thomas. — James  Barnard  of  Boston,  m.  in  Boston, 
April  19,  1706-7,  Elisabeth  Roby,  and  had  children  Elisabeth, 
Esther,  Mary,  Hannah,  Mary,  James,  William,  John,  Mary,  and  Me- 
hitable,  who  were  baptized  at  the  Second  Church,  the  last  in  1722. 

Mary  Roby,  sister  of  Elisabeth  above,  m.  a  Thomas  and  was  livyig 
in  1720.  Can  any  one  inform  me  any  thing  further  about  the  above 
families  ?  J.  G.  Locke. 

Boston,  April,  1864. 


314  Book  Notices.  ,  [July, 


BOOK    NOTICES. 

The  Assault  on  Stony  Point  by  General  Anthony  Wayne,  July  16,  1779. 
Prepared  for  the  New  York  Historical  Society  and  read  at  its  regular 
Monthly  Meeting,  April  1,  1862.  With  a  Mop,  Fac- Similes,  and  lllus- 
tratire  Notes.  By  Henry  B.  Dawson.  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  1863.  Roy- 
al 8vo.,  pp.  156. 

This  is  the  first  installment  of  Mr.  Dawson's  uniform  edition  of  his  Gleanings  from 
the  Harvest- Fields  of  American  History,  as  he  modestly  styles  his  minor  historical 
works;  which  edition  we  announced  last  year  (ante  xvn,  87,)  as  in  preparation,  to 
be  limited  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  and  published  by  subscription. 

The  book  before  119  is  a  beautiful  specimen  of  printing, — on  thick  paper,  with  a 
wide  margin,— and  fully  sustains  the  meiited  repuUtiou  of  the  Riverside  Press, 
from  which  it  issues.  Every  collector  who  prize  elegant  editions  of  valuable  books 
will  desire  to  place  this  work  and  the  other  volumes  of  the  series  upon  his    shelves. 

Mr.  Daw~on  has  devoted  much  time  to  the  study  of  the  military  history  of  our 
country.  For  yaars  he  has  been  collecting  materials,  upon  the  subject;  nor  has  he 
confined  himself  to  printed  documents  and  manuscripts  in  public  depositories,  but 
has  gathered  together  a  private  collection  of  original  manuscripts  ot  gre\t  value. 
His  Battles  of  the  United  States  by  Sea  and  Land,  noticed  several  years  ago  in  the 
Registrr  (xui,  81.  3b'(i),  has  won  lor  him  a  high  reputation  as  an  historian.  He  is 
therefore  particularly  well  qualified  for  the  present  undertaking. 

Besides  the  ample  materials  in  his  own  library,  Mr.  Dawson  has  had  tb.3  use  of 
the  private  papers  of  Gen.  Wayne  himself.  Indeed  we  learn  that  lie  intends  after 
finishing  the  works,  now  in  hand  to  write  a  memoir  of  this  brave  and  skillful  com- 
mander. 

The  work  evidently  has  been  a  labor  of  love.  The  numerous  fac-similes  of  im- 
portant documents — no  less  than  eighteen  in  number  and  some  of  them  extending 
to  several  pages — must  have  add  d  much  to  the  expense  of  the  work.  There  is  also  a 
plan  of  the  field  of  operations,  from  a  survey  by  fhitlfch  engineers,  published  in 
1784,  at  London. 

This  affair  has  usually  been  called  the  Surprise  of  Stony  Point ;  but  Mr.  Dawson 
shows  that  it  was  in  no  sense  a  surprise,  as  the  enemy  were  at  their  posts  ready  to 
receive  the  assailants.  He  therefore  prefers  the  word  Assault,  which  he  uses  in  his 
title. 

The  Life  and  Character  of  the  Hon.  Bichard  Skinner  ;  a  discourse  read 
before  and  at  the  request  of  the  Vermont  Historical  Society,  at  Montpelier, 
October  20,  1863.  By  Winslow  U.Watson.  Albany,  N.  Y.  :  J. 
Munsell.     1863.     8vo.,  pp.  30. 

From  the  above  di.-course  of  Mr.  Watson's  we  gather  the  following  particulars  : 
Hon.  Richard  Skinner  was  the  third  son  of  Gen.  Timothy  Skinner  of  Litchfield, 
Conn.,  by  his  wife  Susannah,  dau.  of  Isaac  Marsh.  He  was  boru  in  L.  May  30, 
1778.  While  a  lad  he  was  a  clerk  in  a  store  at  New  Haven,  was  afterwards  engaged 
in  the  same  employment  in  Albany,  and  subsequently  entered  the  law  school  at 
Litchfield.  Soon  after  receiving  his  diploma  from  that  institution  he  made  his 
advent  in  Vermont,  and  finally  settled  in  Manchester.  He  held  the  office  of  State's 
Attorney  previous  to  1813,  and  was  made  Judge  of  Probate.  In  Dec,  1812,  he  was 
presented  as  a  candidate  for  Congress  and  was  elected  as  a  representative,  and  again 
in  1815.  The  same  year  he  was  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  new  Supreme 
Court  in  Vermont;  the  next  year  was  made  its  Chief  Justice  and  again  in  1817. 
He  was  a  second  time,  in  1818,  elected  a  representative  to  the  General  Assembly 
and  was  chosen  speaker  of  the  House  In  1S20,  he  was  chosen  governor  of  the 
state  and  occupied  the  executive  chair  through  three  successive  terms.  life  was  for 
five  consecutive  years  annually  elected  as  Chief  Justice  of  tin;  Supreme  Court.  In 
1828,  on  account  of  ill  health  he  declined  a  reappointment.     He  was  thrown  from 


1864.] 


Book  Notices.    '  .  315 


bis  carriage  on  the  10th  of  May,  1833,  and  in  consequence  of  the  injuries  then  re- 
ceived died  May  23d  of  that  month.  He  m.  Sept.  18,  1803,  Fanny  Pierpont,  eldest 
dan.  of  Robert  Pierpont  of  Manchester.  She  survived  her  husband  a  few  years. 
His  only  son,  Mark  Skinner,  is  a  resident  of  Chicago. 

Secession  in  Switzerland  and  in  the  United  States  compared ;  being  the 
Annual  Address,  delivered  Oct.  20th,  1803,  before  the  Vermont  State 
Historical  Society,  in  the  Halt  of  Representatives,  Capitol,  Montyelier . 
By  J.  Watts  De  Peyster.  Catskill:  Joseph  Joesbury,  printer, 
Journal  Office.     1864.     8vo.,  pp.  72. 

General  De  Peyster,  as  the  title  of  his  address  indicates,  gives  some,  points  of 
resemblance  between  the  doings  of  the  Swiss  secessionists  and  the  operations  of  our 
southern  separatists.  As  the  effort  to  shatter  the  Alpine  Republic  proved  abortive, 
so  the  attempt  to  divide  and  destroy  our  Free  Government  will  come  to  nought. 
As  the  national  life  struggle  in  Switzerland  ended  in  a  more  healthy  National  exist- 
ence, so  our  Republican  Government  after  passing  through  her  fiery  trial  will  be- 
come stronger  and  better  fitted  to  perform  its  great  work  among  the  nations. 

The  History  of  Carolina,  containing  the  exact  description  and  Natural 
History  of  that  country,  together  with  the  present  state  thereof  and  a 
Journal  of  a,  thousand  miles  traveled  through  several  nations  of  Indians, 
giving  a  particular  account  of  their  customs,  manners,  SfC,  fyc.  By  John 
Lawson,  Gent.,  Surveyor  General  of  North  Carolina.  London: 
Printed  fur  VV.  Taylor  at  the  Ship;  and  P.  Baker  at  the  Black  Boy, 
in  Pater  Noster  Row,  1714.  Raleigh  :  Printed  by  Strother  & 
Marconi  at  their  Book  and  Job  office.     1800.     12mo.,  pp.  390. 

We  have  read  the  reprint  of  tin's  curious  book  which  seems  to  be  but  little  known 
either  in  its  original  or  present  form.  The  author  had  a  desire  to  travel,  and  w;  s 
informed  that  Carolina  was  the  best  country  he  could  go  to.  He  embarked  on 
board  a  ship  in  the  Thames  for  Charleston,  S.  C,  which  port  he  reached  Dec.  28, 
1700.  In  addition  to  the  Indian  history,  which  is  original  and  entertaining,  he 
gives  us  an  account  of  his  travels  from  South  to  North  Carolina,  and  writes  out 
many  singular  observations",  the  results  of  his  eight  years  bojnurn  in  that  region, 
lie  "not  only  surveyed  the  sea  coast,1'  as  he  says  :  "and  those  parts  which  are 
already  inhabited  by  the  Christians,"  but  likewise  viewed  the  interior  territory,  the 
discovery  of  a  great  portion  of  which  had  scarce,  then,  been  made  public,  lie  pro- 
fesses to  give  "  a  faithful  account  thereof,"  laying  down  everything  "with  impar- 
tiality and  truth  "  A  somewhat  copious  list  of  the  natural  productions  of  the 
country  is  furnished,  as  well  as  descriptions  of  beasts,  birds,  fishes,  insects  and 
reptiles  that  abounded  there.  The  work  is,  on  the  whoie,  a  curiosity  in  our  historical 
literature.     A  German  translation  was  published  at  Hamburgh  in  1722. 

Abstract  of  the  Census  of  Massachusetts,  1800,  from  the  Eighth  U.  S. 
Census,  with  Remarks  on  the  same.  Prepared  under  the  direction  of 
Oliver  Warner,  Secretary  of  the  Common  wealth.  By  Geo.  Win- 
gate  Chase.  Boston:  Wright  &  Potter,  State  Printers.  1803.  8vo. 
pp.  373. 

Besides  the  abstract  of  the  last  United  States  census,  which  is  very  thorough  and 
comprehensive,  Mr.  Chase  has  given  in  a  compact  form  all  that  could  be  obtained 
relative  to  the  population  of  Massachusetts  at  various  periods,  including  the  Colonial 
censuses  of  1764-5  and  1776,  and  the  seven  previous  United  States  censuses,  1 790— 
1850.  In  all  of  these  the  population  of  each  town  is  given.  Tables  of  social  sta- 
tistics, occupations,  &c,  add  to  the  value  of  the  work. 

Another  feature  of  the  book,  and  on^  that  must  have  cost  Mr.  Chase  great  labor, 
is  an  alphabetical  list  of  all  the  counties  and  towns,  past  and  present,  in  Massachiy, 
setts,  with  the  dates  of  their  incorporation,  their  original  names,  the  changes  ra 
their  names  and  boundaries,  and  other  particulars.  This  is  essential  to  a  complete 
understanding  of  the  relative  increase  and  decrease  of  population  and  wealth  in  the 


316  '  Book  Notices.  [July, 

different  towns  and  sections  of  the  State.  In  no  other  book  is  such  a  list  to  be 
found.  Besides  its  importance  to  the  statistician,  it  will  be  found  very  useful  to  the 
local  historian  and  genealogist. 

Mr.  Chase  has  shown  himself  very  competent  for  the  task  assigned  him  by  the 
Secretary  of  this  Commonwealth;  and  we  hope,  when  future  censuses  are  taken, 
that  persons  equally  capable  and  faithful  may  be  found  to  ptepare  their  results  for 
public  use. 

The  Historical  Magazine  and  Notes  and  Queries  concerning  the  Antiquities, 
History  and  Biography  of  America.  June,  1864.  New  York  : 
Chalres  B.  Richardson,  sin.  4to,  32  pages. 

The  number  of  the  Historical  Magazine  now  before  us  contains  the  usual  variety 
of  matter  and  maintains  the  high  reputation  that  it  has  acquired.  With  the  pres- 
ent issue,  Mr.  Richardson,  the  publisher,  who  established  the  magazine,  retires 
from  its  direction.  His  successor,  Mr.  Shea,  has  been  the  editor  for  the  last  few 
years.  He  now  assumes,  also,  the  direction  of  the  business  department.  This  he 
does,  he  assures  us,  "simply  from  the  desire  to  see  the  magazine  sustained  in  a  way 
to  meet  the  wants  of  scholars."  We  are  glad,  since  Mr.  Richardson  has  found  it 
necessary,  from  the  increase  of  his  otler  business,  to  sever  his  connection  with  the 
work,  that  it  has  fallen  into  so  good  hands. 

The  project  of  such  a  periodical  as  this,  was  started  one  Monday  afternoon  in  Oc- 
tober, 185K,  as  Mr.  Kichardson  and  two  members  of  the  Publishing  Committee  of 
the  Historic  Genealogical  Society  were  leaving  a  meeting  of  that  committee,  held  at 
Mr.  Drake's,  No  2b'  liromfield  street,  in  this  city,  to  take  action  upon  publi>hin£ 
the  Register  the  following  year,  proposals  for  which  had  been  made  by  Mr.  Kichard- 
son. Before  these  three  persons  separated  the  principal  features  of  the  magazine 
were  decided  upon. 

The  public  mind  was  ready  to  receive  such  a  work  and  eminent  authors  and  his- 
torical students  in  all  parts  of  the  country  gave  their  hearty  approval  of  the  plan. 
Mr.  Richardson  agreed  to  run  the  pecuniary  risk  of  publishing  if  the  editor  would 
labor  without  compensation  while  the  publication  was  an  experiment.  This  was 
agreed  to  ;  the  work  was  commenced,  and  volume  has  been  added  to  volume  till 
the  eighth  has  been  half  completed.  We  are  not  surprised  to  learn  that  Mr. 
Richardson  parts  reluctantly  with  a  work  that  has  employed  his  time  and  talents  for 
the  better  portion  of  his  business  career.  May  he  prosper  in  all  his  undertakings, 
and  may  the  magazine  lose  noue  ot  its  value  from  his  withdrawal  from  its  manage- 
ment. 

The  Giles  Memorial.  Genealogical  Memoirs  of  the  Families  bearing 
the  names  of  Giles,  Gould,  Holmes.  Jennison,  Leonard,  Linda  11,  Curwen, 
Marshall,  Robinson,  Sampson,  and  Webb  ;  also  Genealogical  Sketches  of 
the  Pod,  Very,  Tarr  and  other  families,  with  a  History  of  Pemaquid, 
ancient  and  modern  ;  some  accounts  of  early  settlements  in  Maine;  and 
some  details  of  Indian  warfare.  By  John  Adams  Vinton.  Boston  : 
printed  for  the  author  by  Henry  VV.  Dutton  &  Son,  1864.  8vo. 
pp.  GOO. 

Those  of  our  readers  who  have  had  the  pleasure  of  examining  the  Vinton  Memo- 
rial will  need  no  urging  to  their  acquisition  ol  this  volume.  Like  that  work,  it  is 
full  in  detail,  exact  in  dates,  well  arranged  and  copiously  indexed.  Few  writers  on 
the  subject  are  more  thorough  than  Mr.  Vinton,  or  more  capable  of  putting  the  re- 
sult of  their  labors  in  a  satisfactory  form.  There  are  about  a  score  of  our 
family  histories  which  are  indispensable  to  the  genealogist;  this  is  to  be  added  to 
the  list.  Our  old  families  are  so  allied  that  when  the  history  of  any  one  or 
two  of  them  is  properly  written  it  contains  items  of  information  valuable  to  thous- 
ands not  connected  with  the  main  stem. 

The  place  of  honor  is  here  given  to  the  Giles  family,  descended  from  Edward 
Giles  of  Salem.  Facing  the  title  page  is  a  coat  of  arms,  of  which  Mr.  Vinton  as- 
sures us  three  copies  are  extant,  all  dating- back  almost  to  the  lirst  generation.  Such 
honors  properly  avouched  are  worthy  of  record. 

Cotemporaneous  with  this  Edward  was  Thomas  Gyles  of  Salem   and  Pemaquid. 


18G4.J  Book  Notices.  317 

A  note  on  p.  102  gives  1he  author's  belief  that  John  Gyles  of  Boston  was  of  the 
same  family,  and  the  identity  of  the  arms  used  by  the  three  renders  it  probable  that 
they  were  near  relatives  of  Edward. 

As  to  the  other  families  we  need  not  detail  the  list.  All  of  them  are  names  well 
known  to  us,  and  the  sketches  are  extensive  enough  to  give  one  a  fair  idea  of  the 
family  tree.  The  Robinson  fami  y  is  that  of  Rev.  John,  of  Ley  den.  The  notes  and 
biographies  are  numerous  and  interesting.  We  have  only  to  hope  that  though 
Mr.  Vinton  has  done  with  his  own  paternal  and  maternal  pedigrees,  he  will  find 
encouragement  to  pursue  a  path  of  study  for  which  he  has   peculiar  qualifications. 

Life  and  Times  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  By  James  Parton.  New  York  : 
Mason  Bros.,  1864.     2  vols.  12mo.,  pp.  G27  and  707. 

There  is  no  special  call  for  us  to  review  this  book  at  length,  since  the  genealogi- 
cal facts  have  all  been  laid  before  our  readers  in  time  pa*t.  But  we  desire  to  call 
attention  to  it  as  the  best  and  most  interesting  life  of  the  great  Bostonian,  and  to 
express  our  gratification  at  the  method  by  which  Mr.  Parton  has  managed  to  make 
much  solid  information  excessively  attractive. 

The  biography  is  indeed  replete  with  information,  but  the  animated  style  prevents 
any  sense  of  weariness.  We  seem  to  be  reading  a  memoir  as  fictitious  and  enter- 
taining as  any  of  Macaulay's,  but  we  find  that  the  liveliness  is  the  result  of  a  careful 
delineation  of  the  subject. 

Mr.  Parton  is  indeed  the  greatest  living  writer  of  biographies  in  this  country,  and 
in  the  present  case  he  has  been  favored  in  the  choice  of  his  subject.  The  result  is 
the  most  entertaining  work  of  the  season. 

A  Historical  Discourse  delivered  at  Worcester,  in  the  Old  South  Meeting 
House,  Sept.  22,  1803  ;  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  erection.  By 
Leonard  Bacon,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  first  church  in  New  Haven, 
Conn.  With  introductory  remarks  by  Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton,  the 
President  on  the  occasion.  And  an  Appendix.  Worcester: 
Printed  by  Edward  R.  Fiske,  1863      8vo,  pp,  10G. 

Judge  Barton  in  his  introductory  remarks,  chiefly  historical,  informs  us  that  the 
meeting-house,  the  centenary  of  whose  erection  was  so  appropriately  observed, 
was  first  occupied  for  religious  services  on  the  day  of  the  annual  Thanksgiving,  Dec. 
8,  1703,  on  which  occasion  a  Thanksgiving  and  historical  discourse  was  delivered 
by  Rev.  Thaddeus  Maccarty,  the  minister  of  the  town.  This  discourse  was  never 
published.  The  pastor  and  the  flock  have  long  since  passed  away,  but  the  edifice 
in  which  they  worshipped  still  remains.  Judge  Barton  gives  us  some  of  the  par- 
ticulars of  its  history,  and  Rhv.  Mr.  Bacon  reviews  in  a  graceful  and  becoming  manner 
the  changes  of  the  century.  Theitppendix  is  made  up  of  matter  pertaining  to  the  gath- 
ering, with  historical  sketches  and  notes  connected  with  the  church  and  its  minis- 
ters, all  of  which  are  of  value  to  those  interested  in  local  parochial  subjects,  or  the 
spirit  in  general  of  past  times. 

The  "  Old  South  "  of  Boston,  erected  thirty-three  years  previous,  was  almost  an 
exact  model  of  the  Old  South  of  Worcester.  From  the  roof  of  the  old  porch  of  the 
latter  "  Isaiah  Thomas,  on  the  14th  of  July,  1776,  proclaimed  to  the  assembled  peo- 
ple the  Declaration  of  Independence  after  the  document  had  made  a  laborious 
journey  of  ten  days  from  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  where  Congress  was  then  sitting." 

A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Hostile  Conduct  of  the  Barbarous  Natives  to- 
wards the  Dutch  Nation.  Translated  by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan.  Al- 
bany :     J.  Munsell,  18fi3.     8vo,  pp.  48. 

Dr.  O'Callaghan  gives  the  following  account  of  the  document  which  he  now  in- 
troduces to  English  readers  :  "  The  paper  of  which  the  following  is  a  translation, 
iB  to  be  found  in  vol  vi.  of  the  original  Dutch  MSS.  in  the  Secretary's  Office,  Albany, 
N.  Y.  It  consists  of  a  petition  dated  31st  October,  1655,  one  copy  of  which  was. 
addressed  to  the  States  General  of  the  United  Netherlands  ;  another  to  the  Burgo- 
.    29 


318  Book  Notices.  [July, 

masters  and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Amsterdam,  and  a  third  to  the  Direct- 
ors of  the  West  India  Company,  Chamber  at  Amsterdam." 

The  Indian  Treaty  of  Aug.  30,  1645;  the  petition  of  the  Dutch  Inhabitants  of 
Graveseiid,  Sept.  8,  1655.  to  the  Director  and  Council  of  New  Netherlands,  and 
other  documents  throwing  light  on  the  subject,  are  printed  as  an  Appendix. 

The  tract  is  got  up  in  a  handsome  style . 

Notes  respecting  the  Family  of  Waldo.  Printed  for  private  circulation 
only.     Edinburgh  :     printed  by  Ballantyne  &  Co.     1864.     pp.  35. 

This  little  book  by  Morris  C.  Jones,  Esq.,  of  Bristol,  Eng.,  contains  a  very  inter- 
esting account  of  the  descendants  of  a  certain  Waldo  of  London,  whose  children 
were  born  about  1556,  1570.  The  eldest  son,  Lawrence  Waldo  had  fifteen  chil- 
dren :  his  descendants  acquired  weahh  and  high  social  position,  and  have  been 
traced  out  in  many  lines  by  Mr.  Jones. 

The  autnor  has  also  noticed  the  fact  of  the  existence  of  a  family  of  Waldos  here. 

One  branch,  indeed,  is  now  settled  in  England,  Joseph  Waldo,  son  of  Cornelius 
W.  of  Boston,  having  removed  thither  in  1783.  What  relationship  there  may  have 
been  between  this  family  and  the  one  here  traced  is  still  unknown;  but  the  Eng- 
lish family  is  believed  to  have  originated  in  the  Netherlands,  and  the  name,  Corne- 
lius, of  the  American  patriarch  is  certainly  a  proof  of  his  Joreign  nativity. 

We  ate  very  much  pleased  with  the  appearance  of  this  book,  and  hope  that  more 
of  our  distant  kinsman  will  fo'low  the  example  given  them,  by  informing  us  about 
families  of  the  same  name,  at  least,  as  our  early  settlers. 

Hyde  Genealogy ;  or  the  Descendants  in  the  Female  as  well  as  Male 
Lines  from  William  Hyde  of  Norwich,  with  their  places  of  residence  and 
dates  of  birth,  marriages,  fyc,  and  other  particulars  of  lhi-m  and  their  fam- 
ilies and  ancestry.  By  Reuben  II.  Walworth,  LL.  D.  In  two  vol- 
umes. Albany  :  J.  Munsell,  78  State  Street.  1864.  8vo,  pp. 
1446  in  both  volumes. 

The  author  of  this  immense  genealogy,  or  rather  collection  of  genealogies,  has  cer- 
tainly fi-i formed  a  good  work.  It  is  impossible  for  us  to  do  hi:n  justice  by  any 
brief  sy  y  sis  of  his  book.  It  is  not  only  a  record  of  the  Hyde  family,  but  from  the 
plan  pursued  it  contains  a  record  of  numerous  other  families.  Thus  the  first  Wil- 
liam llyde  i  ad  only  two  children — Samuel  Hyde  and  Hester  Post.  One-half  of 
these  volumes  is  given  to  the  records  of  the  latter.  The  same  principle  carried  out 
shows  us  how  small  a  portion  of  the  woik  is  properly  a  Hyde  genealogy. 

Some  people  object  to  this  plan  of  including  remote  female  descendants,  and  con- 
ten  1  that  genealogies  should  be  confined  to  those  bearing  the  family  name  of  the 
common  ancestor.  As  a  general  rule  we  think  they  are  right;  otherwise  there 
would  be  a  great  deal  of  useless  repetition  in  books  of  this  description,  and,  when 
particular  care  is  not  taken  in  the  arrangement,  some  confusion.  Still  there  are  advan- 
tages in  having  a  few  books,  like  the  Book  of  the  Lockes,  the  Vinton  Memorial  and 
the  present  work,  which  trace  descendants  of  all  names.  Such  compilations 
show  the  i  itimate  connection  of  our  New  England  families,  besides  furnishing  data 
that  have  a  statistical  value.  But  even  in  such  cases,  it  is  a  question  whether  it 
would  not  be  better  to  preserve  the  female  branches  separately  in  appendices.  Any 
defect  in  the  plan,  however,  if  such  there  be,  is  more  than  compensated  by  the 
amount  of  valuable  information  which  Chancellor  Walworth  has  here  collected. 
Even  the  objectors  to  this  plan  must  admit  that  this  and  the  other  books  mentioned 
above  are  remarkable  lor  their  thoroughness  of  research  and  for  judgment  and 
ability  in  using  materials. 

Everything  about  this  book — the  typographical  execution,  the  illustrations  and 
the  form — is  excellent.  It  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  contributions  yet  made  to 
our  science,  and  will  justly  be  placed  in  the  front  rank. 

Among  the  interesting  notes  will  be  found,  the  pedigree  of  the  Harlakendens, 
pp.  1101-1174,  embracing  those  of  the  Haynes  and  Wy  1 1  is  families;  that  of  the 
Tracys,  of  whom  Thomas  of  Norwich  was  grandson  of  Richard  Tracy  of  Stan  way, 
sheriff  of  Gloucester  in  1559,  pp.  1175-9;  and  the   biographies  of   Mrs.  Wafworth, 


I 


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i 


Lieut.  George  A.  Woodruff,  Maj.  Gen.  John  Sedgwick,  and  Maj.  Gen.  John  Pope, 
pp.  1180-1190.  ' 

We  have  frequently,  when  marriages  occur,  notes  giving  the  pedigree  of  the 
party  thus  engrafted  on  the  family  tree,  showing  a  great  deal  of  research,  and  a 
thorough  love  of  the  subject. 

The  arrangement  being  simple  is  easily  understood  ;  while  nearly  two  hundred 
and  fifty  p.iges  of  indices  enable  the  student  to  use  readily  the  material  here  accu- 
mulated. 

Early  History  of  New  England  •  being  a  Relation  of  Ho  stilt  Passages 
between  the' Indians  and  European  Voyagers  and  First  Settlers;  and  a 
Full  Narrative  of  Hostilities  to  the  close  of  the  War  with  the  Pcquols,  in 
1631;  also  a  Detailed  Account  of  the  Origin  of  the  War  with  King 
Philip.  By  Increase  Mather.  With  an  Introduction  and  Notes, 
by  Samuel  G.  Drake.  Boston  :  Printed  for  the  Editor,  and  sold 
by  him  at  13  Brom field  street.  Also  by  J.  Munsell,  Albany,  N. 
Y.     1864.    Small  4to,  pp.  309. 

Mr.  Drake  has  done  well  to  reprint  Increase  Mather's  Relation  of  the  Troubles  which 
have  hapned  in  New  England  by  reason  of  the  Indians  there,  from  the  Yeir  1614  to 
the  Year  1(575.  This  has  long  been  one  of  the  rarest  of  the  rare  books  on  American 
history  which  collectors  have  sought  to  add  to  their  treasures.  We  have  heard  of 
but  one  copy  of  the  original  edition  in  any  of  the  public  libraries  in  this  country;  and, 

fof  private  libraries,  only  three  are  known  to  us  to  possess  it,  namely,  those  of 
John  Carter  Brown,  Esq  ,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  Charles  Deaue,  Esq.,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass  ,  and  George  Brinley,  Ksq.,  of  Hartford,  Ct. 

The  work  was  published  in  1G77,  nearly  two  centuries  ago,  and  the  present  re- 
print is  the  first  that  has  appeared.  That  so  valuable  a  work  should  have  been 
suffered  to  become  so  scarce  is  strange.  This  reprint  is  uniform  with  that  of 
the  author's  work  on  Philip's  War,  noticed  by  us  last  year  (ante  xvu,  192),  entitled 
ji  Brief  History  of  the  War  ivith  the  Indians  in  New  England,  §c .,  which,  though 
printed  before  this  work  by  both  Mather  and  Drake,  is  a  continuation  of  its  history. 

In  April,  1848,  Mr.  Drake  announced  editions  of  these  two  works  as  in  prepara- 
tion. He  has  now  issued  them  in  an  elegant  style,  each  being  enriched  with  an 
historical  Introduction,  many  valuable  Notes,  an  Appendix  of  documents  and  an 
excellent  Index.  It  is  needless  to  inform  our  readers  that  Mr.  Drake's  labor  has 
been  performed  in  the  most  thorough  manner.  In  these  two  volumes,  we  have  a 
history  ot  the  New  England  aborigines  from  April  1614  to  August  1G7G.  Incident- 
ally, much  of  the  general  history  of  New  England  is  given. 

Only  small  editions  of  these  two  works  have  been  printed,  namely,  ten  copies  in 
folio,  all  of  which  are  taken  up,  and  two  hundred  and  filty  copies  in  quarto  The 
present  edition,  therefore,  if  not  secured  soon,  will  probably  be  difficult    to    obtain. 

We  hope  Mr.  Drake  will  add  to  this  elegant  series,  a  reprint  of  Hubbard's  Indian 
Wars,  and  a  second  edition  of  his  rare  Old  Indian  Chronicle. 

A  Monograph  of  the  House  of  Lempricre,  recording,  by  tabular  pedigrees, 
biographical  notices,  and  other  illustrative  data,  its  history  from  A.  D. 
970  to  18G2.  By  J.  Bertrand  Payne.  With  Illustrations  from 
Designs,  by  the  author.  London  :  privately  printed,  18G2.  Large 
4to,  pp.  30. 

We  have  already  noticed  the  extensive  register  of  Jersey  families,  which  will  pre- 
serve Mr.  Payne's  name  in  coming  years,  and  we  have  now  to  express  our  admiration 
of  the  beautiful  volume  which  contains  the  record  of  one  of  the  most  noted  of  those 
families. 

The  family  is  traced  with  a  fair  amount  of  probability  to  Everard  de  Lempriere,  or 
L'Empereur,  born  about  970,  through  nine  descents  to  Raoul  Lempriere,  who  ob- 
tained a  fief  named  after  himself  in  the  island  of  Jersey,  in  1270.  His  grandson,  of 
the  same  name,  became  of  considerable  local  importance,  purchased  numerous  seig- 
neuries  and  estates,  and  became  a  Jurat  of  Royal  Court,  a  position  held  unijiter- 


320  Errata,  [July, 

ruptedly  by  one  or  more  of  the  direct  descendants  for  the  period  of  fourteen  gene- 
rations. "  The  Lemprieres  have  given  to  the  island  one  Governor,  one  Lieutenant 
Governor,  five  Baillies,  three  Lieu'enant-baillies,  two  Attorneys-general,  four  So- 
licitors-generals, and  twenty-five  Jurats." 

This  monograph  traces  the  various  branches  of  the  family,  giving  tabular  pedi- 
grees of  them  and  their  alliances,  as  also  of  the  French  families  bearing  similar  names, 
and  claiming  the  same  origin.  The  book  contains  several  interesting  wood  cuts  of 
seals  of  arms,  and  several  large  engravings  of  the  quartering^  of  the  different  mem- 
bers of  the  family.  These  are  beautilully  engraved,  and  the  arrangement  and  ac- 
cessories are  very  tasteful. 

The  most  noted  individuals  here  recorded,  are  Rev.  John  Lempriere,  author  of  the 
Classical  Dictionary,  Michael  Lempriere,  Bailly  of  Jersey  in  Cromwell's  time,  and 
Vice-Admiral  George-Oury  Lempriere,  R.  N. 

These  monographs  are  a  great  advance  in  English  Genealogy,  a  great  improve- 
ment on  the  meagie  and  incorrect  "  Peerages"  and  u  Commoners."  We  trust  Mr. 
Payne  will  find  more  of  the  noted  families  of  the  Channel  Islands  ready  to  open  their 
records  to  him,  and  prepared  to  preserve  tliein  in  as  handsome  form  as  this. 

Necrology  of  Alumni  of  Harvard  College,  1851-52  to  1862-63.  By  Joseph 
Palmer,  of  the  Class  of  1820.  Boston  :  Printed  by  John  Wilson 
&  Son,   1864.      8vo,  pp.  536. 

Our  readers  will  remember  that  for  the  past  dozen  years,  the  Boston  Daily  AAver~ 
tiitr  has  annually  published  obituary  notices  of  such  graduates  of  Harvard  College  as 
had  died  during  the  previous  year,  all  except  the  first  having  been  printed  on  the 
morning  of  Commencement  Day  (ante  xiv,  375  *,  xvi,  3(53).  These  notices  were  pre- 
pared by  Dr.  Palmer,  the  first  historiographer  of  our  society.  They  have  increased 
in  extent  and  value  every  year.  The  value  of  such  brief  biographies  is  evident,  and 
the  Alumni  having  desired  to  preserve  the  record  in  a  permanent  form,  a  committee 
has  undertaken  the  publication  of  this  volume.  It  is  a  book  highly  creditable  to  the 
author,  from  the  evidences  it  contains  of  unwearied  diligence  and  care;  it  is  very 
valuable  to  all  genealogists,  since  it  gives  the  parentage  marriage  and  offspring  of 
so  many  of  our  noted  citizens.  Harvard  hns  a  right  to  be  proud  of  such  a  list,  com- 
prising not  only  members  of  the  learned  professions,  but  also  the  prominent  mer- 
chants and  inventors  of  our  day;  not  only  the  distinguished  men  of  New  England 
but  of  all  the  country. 

The  last  lists  are  especially  worthy  of  notice,  as  they  comprise  so  many  of  the 
best  and  most  promising  young  men  who  have  bravely  given  their  lives  to  the  ser- 
vice of  their  country. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  Colchester,  with  some  Transcripts  from  the  Re- 
cording of  Michaell  Taintor,  of  Brain  ford,  Conn.  Transcribed  by 
Charles  M.  Taintor.  Hartford  :  Case,  Lockwood  &  Co.  1864. 
12mo.  pp.  156. 

Mr.  Taintor  has  given  the  records  of  Colchester  for  the  first  half  century  from  its 
organization  as  a  township  in  1098,  his  ancestor,  Michaell  Taintor  having  been  one 
of  its  original  settlers,  and  town  clerk  for  thirty  years.  It  contains  records  of  births 
marriages  and  deaths  ;  but  lacks  an  index,  which  would  have  doubled  its  value. 
Mr.  Taintor  is  author  of  a  family  genealogy  of  the  Taiutors,  and  doing  good  service 
in  the  line  of  family  history. 

ERRATA. 

Page  124.  6  linefr.  bot.  for  Jeffery  r.  Jeffrey. 
14      125,  22  "   "     "     after  ''Street"  add  semicolon  in  place  of  period. 
"      128,  line  11  after  "endeared,"  dele  period. 
41      129,  7  line  fr.  bot.  for  1754  r   1719. 
41      130,  line  12  for  "Peterham"  r.  Petersham. 


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1864.]      Biographical  Sketch  of  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman.         321 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  HON.  HENRY  W.  CUSHMAN. 
[By   Hon.  George  T.  Davis,  of  Greenfield,  Massachusetts.] 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  the  town  of  Bernardston, 
Massachusetts,  August  9,  1805.  He  was  the  son  of  Hon.  Polycarpus 
L.  Cushman,  and  of  Sally  Wyles  Cushman  of  that  town.  He  track- 
ed his  ancestry  to  the  first  of  the  name  of  Cushman  who  came  to  this 
country,  as  follows:  Robert  Cushman,  stated  by  Savage  to  have 
been  one  of  the  most  active  promoters  of  the  migration  from  Holland 
in  1620  of  the  pilgrims  of  the  Mayflower;  Elder  Thomas  Cushman, 
well  described  on  his  own  tombstone  as  a  "  precious  servant  of  God;" 
Rev.  Isaac  Cushman;  Lieut.  Isaac  Cushman;  Capt.  Nathaniel  Cush- 
man; Dr.  Polycarpus  Cushman;  Hon.  Polycarpus  L.  Cushman;  Hen- 
ry Wyles  Cushman. 

He  received  his  education  principally  in  the  common  school  and 
at  Deerfield  and  New  Salem  academies,  in  his  native  county.  From 
the  age  of  eighteen  to  that  of  twenty,  he  pursued  his  studies  at  the 
military  academy  of  Capt.  Alden  Partridge,  at  Norwich,  Vt.  From 
this  institution  he  received  in  1827  the  honorary  degree  of  master 
of  arts.  He  married  June  16,  1828,  Maria  Louisa  Dickman,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Dickman,  Esq.,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  whose  tombstone 
bears  record  that  he  was  "  the  first  printer,  the  first  bookseller,  and 
the  first  postmaster  of  Greenfield."  Mrs.  Cushman  died  Oct.  11,  1855, 
and  he  was  again  married  June  2,  1858,  to  Anne  Williams  Fettyplace, 
daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Fettyplace,  Esq.,  of  Salem.  This  lady 
survives  him.  lit;  left  no  children  by  either  marriage.  He  died  in 
Bernardston,  Nov.  21,  1863,  after  a  severe  illness  of  seme  weeks  du- 
ration, followed  to  the  grave  by  the  regrets  of  the  community  among 
which  his  life  had  been  passed,  and  on  which  he  had  exerted  an  in- 
fluence equally  conspicuous  and  beneficial. 

Mr.  Cushman's  life  was  eminently  one  of  responsibility  and  of  la- 
bor, physical  and  intellectual.  After  leaving  the  Norwich  academy, 
he  for  some  years  taught  school  in  the  winters  and  labored  in  the 
summers  upon  his  father's  farm;  then  for  some  years  he  had  charge 
of  a  public  house,  which,  while  under  his  care  was  noted  for  neat- 
ness, order,  and  perfection  of  management;  then,  and  to  the  close  of 
his  life,  he  devoted  himself  to  political  and  public  trusts,  to  the  care 
of  his  own  means  and  of  the  means  of  others,  to  literary  and  antiqua- 
rian researches,  to  a  round  of  recurring  duties,  public  and  private, 
which  he  discharged  with  unfailing  precision,  honesty  and  judgment. 
The  mention  of  a  port  ion  of  the  offices  and  trusts  which  he  filled  will  best 
indicate  the  amount  and  variety  of  his  labors.  He  was  for  nineteen 
years  the  clerk  and  treasurer  of  his  own  town,  and  for  fifteen  years 
a  member  of  its  school  committee.  In  1837,  1830,  1840  and  1844  he 
represented  his  town  in  the  State  Legislature.  In  1844  he  was  cho- 
sen by  the  legislature  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  Senate,  caused  by  the 
death  of  Hon.  William  Whitaker.  Here,  by  a  singular  coincidence, 
he  sat  side  by  side  with  his  father,  Hon.  P.  L.  Cusliman,  of  opposite 
Vol.  XVIII.  30 


322  Biographical  Sketch  of  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman.     [Oct., 

politics,  who  bad  been  elected  to  the,  senate  for  that  term 
by  the  votes  of  the  people  of"  Franklin  county.  In  1847 
and  for  five  years  thereafter,  he  was  the  democratic  candi- 
date for  lieutenant  governor,  and  in  1851  and  1852,  there 
having  been  no  choice  by  the  people,  he  was  elected  by  the  legisla- 
ture to  that  office.  In  1853  he  represented  his  town  as  a  delegate  to 
the  convention  held  for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  State  Constitu- 
tion. His  legislative  record  is  that  of  an  industrious  and  judicious 
legislator.  He  was  a  director  of  the  State  Life  Assurance  Company 
at  Worcester,  and  of  the  Conway  Fire  Insurance  Company;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  board  of  agriculture,  which  he  actively  aided  in 
founding  iu  1852.  lie  was  a  trustee  of  the  New  Salem  and  Deer- 
field  academies,  a  resident  member  of  the  New  England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society,  and  a  corresponding  member  of  the  State  His- 
torical Society  of  Wisconsin.  He  became  in  1849  the  first  President 
of  the  Franklin  County  Bank,  located  at  Greenfield,  and  so  continued 
by  annual  re-election  till  his  death..  He  was  for  many  years  a  director 
of  the  Franklin  Savings  Institution,  and  was  President  of  it  when 
he  died.  He  was  for  many  years  President  of  the  Franklin  County 
Agricultural  Society,  and  held  that  position  when  he  died.  He  held 
for  many  years  the  position  of  a  trustee  of  the  State  Reform  School 
at  Westboro.  He  gave  much  of  his  time  and  attention  to  the  Pow- 
ers Institute,  an  institution  of  education,  situated  in  his  own  town, 
and  also  to  the  County  School  Association  of  Franklin.  In  his  own 
religious  denomination  his  views  were  well  defined,  and  his  labors 
incessant.  For  many  years  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath 
School  of  his  religious  society.  He  was  a  life  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Unitarian  Association  and  of  the  American  Bible  Society.  He 
was  much  resorted  to  for  the  settlement  and  management  of  estates, 
and  as  an  arbiter  in  controversies  between  men  ;  and  all  that  he  un- 
dertook to  do  was  sure  to  be  faithfully  and  exactly  performed. 

As  an  antiquarian,  his  labors  commenced  early,  and  continued 
throughout  his  life.  In  1834  he  published  in  a  newspaper  called  the 
Franklin  Mercury,  an  historical  sketch  of  Bernardston,  carefully  pre- 
pared, and  constituting  the  foundation  of  a  more  elaborate  work 
which  he  had  nearly  completed  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  pre- 
pared and  delivered  before  many  lyceums,  a  lecture  on  the  Shays 
insurrection,  which  combined  and  preserved  many  illustrative  local 
details.  In  1855  he  published  a  volume  of  050  pages,  containing  a 
genealogy  of  the  Cushman  family  from  1017  to  1855,  a  work  whose 
accuracy  and  thoroughness  leaves  very  little  to  be  done  by  those  who 
after  him  may  undertake  to  glean  the  same  field. 

In  1855  and  1858  he  presided  at  the  great  gatherings  at  Plymouth 
of  members  of  the  Cushman  family,  who  then  assembled  from  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  to  do  honor  to  the  ancestry  whose  virtues 
had  illustrated  the  name. 

Duriug  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  does  not  seem  to  have  exhibit- 
ed an  active  interest  in  the  details  of  politics.  He  had  always  been 
most  fortunate  and  happy  in  his  domestic  relations.  His  house  be- 
came year  after  year  the  centre  of  a  cordial  and  genial  hospitality, 
long  to  be  remembered  by  those  who  enjoyed  it;  and,  as  his  ifi'e  rip- 
ened, he  occupied  himself  more  and  more  in  shaping  the  plans  by 
which   his  memory  was  to  be  kept  green  iu  the  community  where  so 


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many  successive  generations  of  his  ancestors  had  lived  and  died. 
His  means  were  in  part  inherited,  but  were  all  the  result  of  careful 
thrift,  unmingled  with  speculation  and  unstained  by  fraud.  No  man 
ever  better  deserved  the  praise  implied  in  the  old  monumental  lines 

No  folly  wasted  his  paternal  store; 

No  guilt,  or  sordid  avarioe,  made  it  more. 

His  journals,  carefully  kept  for  many  years,  are  full  of  evidences 
of  earnest  religious  feeling,  and  they  also  reflect  day  by  day  the  hap- 
piness of  a  well  ordered  and  well  spent  life. 

In  August,  1863,  three  months  before  his  death,  one  of  the  most 
cherished  plans  of  his  life  took  shape  in  the  completion  and  dedica- 
tion of  a  public  library  which  lie  had  endowed  and  presented  to  the 
town  of  Bernardston,  under  conditions  and  limitations  which  make 
it  practically  certain  that  all  the  people,  without  distinction  of  sect 
or  position,  will  for  generations  to  come  enjoy  its  benefits.  His 
will,  prepared  by  himself  not  long  before  his  death,  and  leaving  the 
bulk  of  his  property  to  public  uses,  is  the  embodiment  of  the  pre- 
vailing idea  to  which  all  the  labors  and  the  economies  of  his  life 
pointed — that  in  the  region  where  he  had  lived,  his  name  should  be  iden- 
tified from  generation  to  generation  and  from  age  to  age,  with  edu- 
cation and  with  the  moral  and  industrial  progress  of  the  people. 
The  desire  which  dictated  his  bequests  is  as  universal  as  human  na- 
ture itself,  and  lies  at  the  foundation  of  social  progress;  but  it  is 
not  in  many  men  as  absorbing  as  it  was  in  him.  "Strong  men"  it 
has  been  said,  "have  wills;  weak  men  have  wishes."  Mr.  Cush- 
man's  kindliness  and  reticence  of  manner  veiled  a  remarkable  force 
of  will  and  tenacity  of  purpose.  These  qualities,  well  directed,  made 
him  efficiently  useful  in  life,  and  the  recollection  of  them  and  their 
results  will  not  perish  in  his  death. 


Note  by  the  Editor. — The  New  England  Historic  Genealogical 
Society  at  its  annual  meeting,  Jan.  6,  18G4,  passed  resolutions  of  re- 
spect to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Cushman,  (ante,  p.  214).  The  bequest 
referred  to  in  those  resolutions  was  the  second  legacy  which  this  soci- 
ety has  received,  that  of  Dr.  Bond,  received  in  1859,  being  the  first. 
These  and  the  liberal  donations  of  the  late  Mr.  Barstow,  are  the  only 
large  gifts  that  the  society  has  received  since  its  organization.  The 
clause  of  Mr.  Cushman's  will  relative  to  this  society  is  as  follows: 

"  3d.  To  the  '  New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society'  of  the 
city  of  Boston,  I  give  and  devise  all  my  books  and  pamphlets,  num- 
bering some  six  or  seven  hundred  copies;  also,  all  my  newspapers 
and  manuscripts  of  all  kinds,  including  all  my  account  books  (which 
are  first  to  be  used  in  the  settlement  of  my  estate),  said  legacy  be- 
ing subject  to  the  selection  of  any  books  by  my  wife  agreeable  to 
the  legacy  to  her.  1  give,  also,  to  said  society,  an  excellent  portrait 
of  my  venerated  Father-in-Law,  Thomas  Dickman,  Esq.,  of  Spring- 
field (which  was  painted  by  William  Ewell,  Esq.,  of  Springfield, 
about  the  year  1S31),  a  history  of  whose  life  can  be  seen  pasted  on 
the  back  of  said  portrait.  I  give,  also,  to  said  society  my  private  Di- 
aries and  Journals,  contained  in  six  or  more  quarto  and  one  smaller 
volume;  all  my  pictures  in  frames  or  otherwise;   and  all  my  Daguer- 


324         Biographical  Sketch  of  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman.      [Oct., 

reotypes  and  portraits  of  all  kinds  that  I  may  possess.  And  it  is  my  will 
that  a  complete  Catalogue  of  my  said  Library,  papers,  pictures  and 
portraits  shall  be  made,  and  the  same  shall  be  labelled  with  the 
name  of  the  donor,  and  shall  be  kept  together  with  care  and  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation,  in  a  case  by  themselves,  in  one  part  of 
the  Library  room  of  said  society.  I  give  also  to  said  Society  a  steel 
engraving  of  myself,*  executed  by  H.  W.  Smith;  tu  be  used  as  the 
society  shall  think  proper.  I  give  to  said  Society,  also,  the  remain- 
der of  the  edition  of  the  '  Cushman  Genealogy  '  that  may  be  unsold, 
including  some  250  copies  unbound,  now  in  the  hands  of  Messrs. 
Bridgman  &  Childs,  of  Northampton,  making  in  all  some  500  copies; 
and  I  direct  that  the  money  that  may  be  received  from  the  sales  of 
the  said  'Cushman  Genealogy'  shall  be  invested,' and  the  income  on- 
ly, used — first,  to  bind  and  keep  in  repair  the  books,  &c,  belonging 
to  my  library;  and  second,  for  the  purchase  of  books  relating  to  gen- 
ealogy, for  the  benefit  of  said  society.  The  proceeds  of  the  sales  of 
said  Cushman  Genealogy  shall  be  called  the  Cushman  Genealogical 
Fund,  and  shall  be  used  to  enlarge  the  Library  of  said  Society,  as 
aforesaid." 

The  steel  plate  engraving  of  Mr.  Cushman,  mentioned  above,  has 
been  received  from  the  estate  by  the  society,  and  impressions  from 
it  accompany  this  memoir. 

Hon.  Hugh  W.  Greene,  editor  of  the  Troy  Whig,  a  personal  friend 
of  the  deceased,  wrote  an  obituary  notice  of  him  which  we  copy,  as 
follows: — 

"  It  has  been  the  good  fortune  of  the  author  of  this  article  to  en- 
joy an  intimate  personal  acquaintance  with  Gov.  Cushman  during 
the  last  few  years  of  his  life;  and,  although  then  widely  separated 
from  him,  the  intelligence  of  his  sudden  decease  came  to  us  as  a  deep 
personal  sorrow.  He  was  emphatically  a  Christian  gentleman,  and, 
in  all  he  said  and  did,  illustrated  the  virtues  and  graces  of  that  high 
character.  He  held  many  and  important  public  trusts,  and  discharg- 
ed the  duties  of  all  of  them  to  the  universal  acceptance  of  the  pub- 
lic. But  it  was  as  a  private  citizen,  with  a  wide  and  well  improved 
field  of  usefulness,  that  he  will  be  the  longest  and  most  favorably 
remembered.  He  was  literally  the  father  of  the  town  of  Bernardston, 
where  he  resided;  and  there  was  not  one  of  its  interests  that  did  not 
receive  his  paternal  care,  and  which  he  did  not  strengthen  by  munifi- 
cent pecuniary  aid.  He  was  a  devoted  Christian,  and  lor  many  years  a 
member  of  the  Unitarian  Church;  but  his  benevolence  was  never  cir- 
cumscribed by  his  creed,  for  it  flowed  out  wherever  there  was  a 
barren  spot  to  be  refreshed  by  kindly  sympathy  or  material  aid. 

"  No  public  improvement  and  no  private  want  appealed  to  him  in 
vain.  He  was  generous  with  discrimination;  never  giving  from  im- 
pulse, but  as  the  result  of  a  conviction  of  duty,  and  because 
he  believed  that  what  he  gave  was  worthily  and  judiciously 
bestowed.  Possessed  of  an  ample  fortune,  and  blessed  with  a  part- 
ner fitted  to  adorn  it,  he  dispensed  an  elegant  hospitality,  which  will 
long  be  remembered  by  a  large  circle  of  intelligent  and  cultivated 
men,    who   were  accustomed  to  gather  around  his  fireside,  a^id  who 

*  "  The  same  can  be  found  in  my  Iron  Safe." 


1864] 


Abstracts  from  Early  Wills. 


325 


will  always  remember  him  as  the  kind  host,  the  appreciative  friend, 
the  pure  and  honest  gentleman." 

An  Address  delivered  at  his  funeral  in  Bernardston,  Nov.  24,  1863, 
by  Rev.  John  B.  Green,  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
there,  has  been  printed.     We  make  a  single  extract: — 

"  As  a  neighbor  and  friend,  few  will  miss  him  more  than  n^self. 
I  shall  miss  the  cordial  welcome  with  which  he  used  to  greet  me  at 
the  threshold;  I  shall  miss  the  kindly  hospitality  which  was  at  all 
times  extended;  I  shall  miss  the  pleasant  and  instructive  conversa- 
tion with  which,  out  of  his  large  store  of  knowledge,  he  used  to  de- 
light me;  1  shall  miss  his  fatherly  counsel,  which  no  one  better  than 
myself  knows  how  much  I  need,  and  which  was  so  tenderly  and  feel- 
ingly given;  I  shall  miss  his  manly  form  and  intelligent  lace  in  this 
house  of  God,  so  dear  to  his  heart;  I  shall  miss  him  all  the  more 
from  the  fact  that  no  trifles  could  keep  him  away.  Always  in  his 
place  on  the  Sabbath,  an  intelligent  and  attentive  listener, — some- 
thing sure  to  be  appreciated  by  every  preacher  of  the  gospel.  I 
shall  miss  him  from  his  pew.  But  above  all,  shall  I  miss  his  upright 
example;  his  living  illustration  of  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  whose 
mighty  principles  guided  his  walk  among  men." 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Green's  discourse,  the  Rev.  John 
F.  Moors,  of  Greenfield,  who  had  been  long  an  intimate  friend  of  Mr. 
Cushman,  made  some  remarks  upon  his  life  and  character,  which  are 
printed  in  the  appendix  to  that  discourse.  A  brief  quotation  from  it, 
will  close  this  note: — 

"He  was  eminently  a  business  man;  and,  while  he  had  a  wonder- 
ful method  and  accuracy  of  detail,  he  had  a  mind  capable  of  grasp- 
ing great  principles.  He  was  one  in  whom  we  all  put  confidence. 
We  trusted  alike  in  his  ability  and  integrity.  We  knew  that  what- 
ever lie  undertook  would  be  done,  and  well  done.  He  has  left  a 
memorable  example  of  untiring  industry  and  conscientious  fidelity." 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  EARLIEST  WILLS  ON  RECORD  AND 
ON  THE  FILES  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK,    MASS. 

[Prepared  by  William  B.  Trask,  Esq.l 

Continued  from  page  158. 

Thomas  Ruck.  7  Dec.  1662.  I,  Thomas  Ruck  of  Boston,  being  sick 
&  weake  in  Body  but  of  perfect  memory  doe  make  this  my  last 
will.  That  my  wife,  Elizabeth  Ruck,  shall  haue  all  my  Estate  in 
Lands,  House,  debts,  goods  &  mouables  of  what  quail ity  & 
quantity  soeuer,  for  life.  After  the  decease  of  my  said  wile,  my  will 
is,  that  the  said  Estate  be  equally  diuided  by  my  three  Children, 
John  Ruck,  Samuell  Ruck,  Sf  Joane,  the  wife  of  Henry  Farnham, 
amonge  themselues,  &  my  will  is,  that  my  dau.  Joane  Famhams 
third  part  shall  bee  Enjoyed  by  her  during  her  life,  and  after  her 
decease  I  Giue  vnto  her  sonn,    Thomas   Swan.     All   debts  I  Owe  in 


326  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  [Oct., 

right  or  Conscience   to  any    Person   or    Persons   whatsoeuer,    wilhin 
Conuenient  time  after  my  decease,  be  paid.      "  Thomas  Ruck. 

In  the  presence  of 

Sam:  Ruck,  William  Pearse. 

1st  May  1G68.  William  Pearse  deposed.  Power  of  Administration 
to  the  Estate  of  the  late  Thomas  Ruck,  Sen'",  deceased,  is  granted  to 
Elizabeth  Ruck,  his  Relict.  (Lib  vi,  11.) 

Inuentory  of  the  Goods  of  Thomas  Ruck,  deceased,  taken  by  Mr. 
Edward  Collicott  &  Goodman  Deaken.  Elizabeth  Ruck,  Relict  of  the 
late  Thomas  Ruck  Senr.  deposed.   (Lib,  v,  133.) 

Edward  Dennison. — I,  Edward  Dennison,  of  Roxbury,  being  weake  & 
sick  &  Expecting  my  great  change,  but  at  prsent  of  wound  judg- 
ment &  memory,  doe  declare  my  last  will.  Just  debts  &  funeral  Ex- 
pences  paid.  My  will  is  that  my  wife,  Elizabeth  Dennison,  during 
her  Widdowhood,  shall  according  to  her  best  skill  &  the  Council  & 
aduice  of  her  Christian  Friends  manage  my  whole  Estate,  for  the  main- 
tenance of  her  self  &  of  my  children,  and  that  shee  shall  not  sell 
any  of  the  Land  except  meere  necessity  require  for  the  payment  of 
my  debts  &  the  releife  of  the  family,  nor  sell  any  of  the  Timber  but 
for  repair  of  the  Houses,  &  fences.  If  my  wife,  Elizabeth,  marry  againe, 
my  will  is,  that  halfe  of  the  Estate  bee  at  her  dispose  duringe  her 
life,  and  that  shee  see  to  it  that  due  Care  bee  taken,  that  the  other 
halfe  bee  put  into  Faithfull  hands  &  improued  for  the  Comfort  of  my 
children.  After  the  decease  of  my  wife,  my  will  is,  that  the  whole 
Estate  remaining,  bee  diuided  into  two  Equall  parts,  &  that  my  sonn, 
William,  shall  haue  the  one  halfe  thereof  for  his  Portion,  and  that 
the  other  halfe  bee  equally  diuided  betweene  my  daughters,  wherein 
they  shall  haue  share  &  share  alike,  without  any  Consideration  what 
I  haue  formerly  giuen  any  of  them.  In  Case  any  of  my  Children 
marry,  before  my  wives  decease,  my  will  is,  that  such  children  should 
haue  Forty  pounds  allowed  them,  out  of  my  Estate,  for  their  present 
inCouraginent,  and  that  after  my  wines  decease  that  Summe  bee 
abated  out  of  the  whole  proportion.  I  desire  my  brother,  John  Weld, 
&  my  beloued  Kinsman,  M1'  Thomas  Weld,  to  bee  my  Ouerseers,  & 
ordaine  my  wife,  Elizabeth,  sole  Executrix,  and  giue  her  power  to  dis- 
pose of  JSIOO  of  the  Estate  at  her  decease,  prouided  that  shee  giue 
vnto  my  daughter,  Mary,  in  regard  of  her  weakness,  not  less  than 
£20,  more  than  the  rest.     25l1'  April,  1G68.  Edw:  Dennison. 

In  the  presence  of 

Samuel  Danforth,  John  Slebins. 

On  the  day  of  the  date  hereof  the  said  Mr  Edward  Dennison  did 
declare  it  to  bee  his  mind  &  Earnest  desire  that  his  sonn,  William, 
should  bee  brought  up  in  good  literature,  according  as  the  improue- 
ment  of  his  Estate  will  beare,  this  wee  Attest. 

Samuell  Danforth,  John  Stcbins. 

28th  May  1G68.  Mr  Samuel  Danforth  fr  John  Slebins  deposed 
(Lib  VI.  12.) 

Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Mr  Edward  Dennison  taken  by  jThomas 
Weld,  John  Bowles,  John  Stebins,  13  May  1GG8.  apprised  at  £1257.  5. 
[including  dwelling  house,  home   lott,   two   orchards,    9  Acres    "as 


1864.]  Abstracts  from- Early  Wills.  327 

you  goe  towards  Boston,"  £100;  24  Acres  of  wood  Land  neere  the 
great  pond,  £80;  12  Acres  of  marsh  &  vpland  toward  muddy  River, 
£80;  7  Acres  of  wood  land  noere  dead  swamp,  £40;  9  Acres  of  vp-" 
land  neere  tlie  heirs  of  Isaac  Heath,  £70;  5  Acres  of  Salt  marsh  in 
Lower  calfe  pasture,  £40;  12  Acres  of  salt  marsh  in  the  Lower  Oalfe 
pasture  £70;  4  Acres  more  or  lesse  Commonly  called  Pine  Island,  £40; 

00  Acres  of  Common*  wood  land  in  the  second  Diuission,  £150;  7  Acres 
more  or  less  wood  land  neere  Hopkins,  £15.] 

28ll<  May  1G68.  Mr*  Elizabeth  Dennison  deposed.  (Lib  V.  92.) 
Added  by  Mrs  Dennison,  16  March  1084.  55  acres  \  of  wood-land 
lying  at  Jamaica  end  in  Roxbury. 

John  Taylor.  The  last  will  of  John  Taylor  senior,  of  Weighmouth, 
now  lying  sick  &  weake  of  Body  but  of  Rational  vnderstanding.  My 
debts  hormestly  paid.  To  my  wife,  Rebecca  Taylor,  my  bed  &all  that 
belongs  to  it  &  my  Household  Stuftc  to  her  disposing,  &  House  roome 
soe  long  as  slice  doth  line.  To  my  sonn,  John  Taylor,  all  my  House 
&  Lett  adjoyning  to  it,  &  seauentcene  Acres  of  my  Common  Lotts, 
to  him  &  his  heires  foreuer  .To  my  dau.  Rebecca  Gurney,  Seauen  Acres 
of  my  Common  Lotts.  I  Giue  Eight  shillings  to  my  dau.  Gurney.  I 
appoint  my  sonn,  John  Taylor,  to  bee  my  Execute1-.     6:  11  mo.:   1067. 

John  X    Taylor. 

In  the  presence  of  his  mark. 

Obadiah  Whitman,  John  Dyer,  who  deposed,  22  May  1008.  (Lib  VI.  13.) 

Inventory  of  the  goods  &  Estate  of  John  Taylor,  of  Weighmouth, 
lately  deceased,  apprized  by  Thomas  Dyar,  John  Uolbrook.    Arnt.  £22. 

John  Taylor  deposed  22  May  1008,  to  the  inventory  of  his  late 
father,  John  Taylor's  Estate.  Mentions  a  house  &  0  Acres  of  land, 
£10;  24  Acres  of  land  in  the  woods,  £5.   (Lib.  V.  130., 

Robert  Garrett. — -The  last  will  &    Testament  of   Rob.x    Gariell,  of- 
Boston,    being  of  perfect  judgment  &  sound  memory  for  the   dispos- 
ing of  my  Outward  Estate,  being  now  vpon  a  voyage  to  the  Barbados. 

1  give  to  my  wile,  Mary,  my  House  in  Boston  wherein  shoe  now 
dwells,  for  her  life,  &  after  her  decease  I  giue  tin;  said  House,  with 
the  Appurtenances,  vnto  my  fowre  Children,  John  Garret,  Rob*.  Garret, 
Mary  Garrett  §-  Sarah  Garrett,  to  bee  Equally  Diuided  Amongst  them, 
&  soe  many  of  them  as  shall  beeliuinge,  &  haue  any  child  or  children 
liuingo,  &  to  their  heires  seuerally  foreuer;  and  for  all  my  Goods  & 
Catle  [chattells]  I  Giue  &  bequeath  to  my  said  wife,  Mary,  whome  I 
make  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will,  dated  Nouember  27:  1000. 

Robert  X    Garret. 
.Wittnes  his  marke. 

Revelop  .Bellingham,  Joseph  X  Fowlers  marke, 

Richard  Bellingham. 
Joseph  J'owler  deposed  1st  August  16G8.  (Lib.  VI.  13.) 

Henry  Flint.* — 24:  11  mo:  1052.  Concerning  my  children  & 
Estate.  1.  vntill  my  wife  or  any  of  the  children  marry  I  leaue  all  my 
Estate  in  the  power  &  to  the  Wisdome  &  discretion  of  my  wife  for 
her  Comfort  &  bringing  vp  of  the  children.  2.  If  shoe  should  bee 
called  away  by  death,  before  the  Children  bee  growne  to    take    s^me 

*  The  will  of  Rev.  Henry  Flint  is  here  given  entire. 


328  .Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  [Oct., 

Care  of  themselues  &  of  one  another,  then  I  leaue  it  to  her  Wisdome 
to  make  choyce  of  the  next  person  to  whom  shee  may  Commit  the 
Care  of  Children  &  Estate  vntu.  31y.  To  my  sonn,  Josias,  I  giue  my 
Dwelling  House,  with  those  two  Lotts  it  stands  vpon,  which  I  bought 
of  Richard  Wright,  fy  Ml  Moses  Paine,  deceased,  together  w,h  all  that 
Land  of  mine,  now  in  the  Occupation  of  William  Vezie,  after  the 
decease  of  his  mother.  4ly.  I  Giue  to  my  sonn  Seth*  my  great  Lott 
&  halfe  my  bookes,  if  it  please  God  to  make  him  a  Scholler;  if  hee  bee 
brought  vp  to  some  other  Course  of  life,  then  his  brother  Josias\  to 
haue  them  all,  &  to  allow  him  for  halfe  in  some  pay  Sutable  to  his 
Condition.  61y.  to  my  daughters  I  appoint  Each  of  them  an  Hundred 
pounds,  if  my  Estate  will  reach  it.  1  ly.  if  any  of  my  Children 
marry  whilst  my  wife  doth  line  &  and  Continueth  vnmarried  I  leave 
it  to  her  Wisdome  what  Portion  to  giue  at  p'sent,  though  I  intend 
that  finally  all  my  yong  Children  should  bee  made  Equall.  81y.  for 
the  prseut  I  know  not  what  Porsion  of  my  Estate  to  assign  to  my 
wife  in  Case  God  call  her  to  marriage,  otherwise  then  as  the  Law  of 
the  Country  doth  prouide  in  that  Case,  accounting  all  that  I  haue  to 
little  for  her;  if  I  had  nothing  else  to  bestow  vpon  my  children. 

Richard  Bracket,  aged  56  yeares  or  there  abouts  deposed  saith,  that 
about  Fowre  dayes  before  the  late  M1'  Henry  Flint  departed  this  life, 
himself,  &  Mrs  Joanna  Quinsey  being  with  him,  they  heard  him  say  hee 
had  made  &  written  his  will,  which  being  now  produced,  vnder  Mr 
Flints  owne  hand  writting,  which  they  well  known  to  bee  soe,  &  the 
sume  &  substance  thereof  hee  himselfe  repeated  to  them,  only  said 
that  his  sonn,  Josiah,  being  growne  vp,  should  bee  his  Executor,  with 
his  wife  Executrix. 

Taken  vpon  Oath  by  the  said  Richard  Brocket,  before  the  Gour., 
Capt.  Goohin  &  Record1".  2  July  16G8,  who  allowed  of  the  will  hereby 
proued.  '    Edw  :  Rawson  Record^ 

An  Inuentory  of  the  Estate  of  Mr  Ilenery  Flint,  Teacher  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  at  Braintry,  as  it  was  apprized  by  Capt  Richard 
Brachett,  Goodman  Gregory  Belcher  &  Mr  Moses  Paine.  Mentions — the 
dwelling  house  &  barne,  the  orchard  &  homestall,  the  feeding  in  the 
burying  place  &  the  Land  in  the  stony  feild,  together  with  a  small 
peece  of  vpland  &  flatts,  lying  in  the  great  Knights  neck,  which  was 
part  of  Buttons  Lott,  &  about  7  Acres  of  marsh  with  vpland  belong- 
ing to  it,  lying  betweene  Spearcs  farme  &  Catt  Island,  £395;  L  and  & 
little  Knights  neck,  about  5  Acres,  £15;  vpland  &  meadow  about 
28  Acres  in  great  Knights  neck,  £140;  a  meadow  at  the  holes  with 
Islands  of  Creeke  lying  by  it,  £20;  the  farme  at  Smelt  Brooke,  £200. 

2'1  July  1668.  Mra  Margery  deposed  that  this  paper  contains  a  true 
Inuentory  of  the  Estate  of  the  late  Mr  Henry  Flint,  her  late  husband, 
to  her  best  knowledge,  &c  (Lib.  V.  95.) 

Jane  Humphery. — I,  Jane  Hmnphery,  being  weake  in  Body,  &  not 
knowinge  how  soone  the  Lord  may  take  mee  hence,  doe  this  29lh  of 
the  Eleauenth  month  1666,  declare  how  I  would  haue  my  goods  dis- 
posed of    after    my    decease.      I    give    to  my    sonn     Williams    wife, 

*  Seth  died  at  Dedham,  May  12,  1G73,  in  his  second  year  at  Harvard  College,  and 
in  the  2lst  year  of  his  age. 

f  Josiah,  the  eldest  son  of  Henry,  was  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Dorchester,  where 
he  died  Sept.  15,  1 680,  aged  35  years.  See  the  inscription  on  his  tomhstone,  jn 
Register  ii,  page  382. 


1864.]  Abstracts  from  Early  Wills.  329 

ye  jump  *  which  was  my  sister  Sarah  Caps,  [Clap's,]  Also  my  best 
Redd  Kersey  petticoate  &  sad  gray  Kersey  Waseoate,  my  blemmish 
Searge  Petticoate  &  my  best  hatt,  my  white  fustian  VVascott,  a 
wrought  napkin  with  noe  lace  about  it,  a  black  sike|  neck-cloath,  a 
quart  glass  Bottle,  a  handkerchife,  a  blew  Apron,  a  plaine  black 
quoife  without  lace,  a  white  Holland  apron  with  a  small  lace  at  the 
bottome.  I  Giue  to  my  sonn  Amiells  wife,  a  redd  Searge  Petticoate 
&  a  blackish  Searge  Petticoate,  a  green  Searge  Waseoate,  &  my 
hood  &  muffe.  Also  my  greene  Linsey  woolsey  petticoate,  my 
whittlej  that  is  fringed  &  my  jump;  my  blew  short  coate,  a  wrought 
napkin  with  noe  lace  about  it;  a  handkerchife,  a  blew  Apron,  my  best 
black  quife  with  a  lace,  a  black  Stuffe  neckcloath,  a  white  Holland 
Apron  with  two  breathes  in  it,  Six  yards  of  Redd  cloath,  if  it  will 
hold  out  after  all  things  bee  discharged;  a  greene  vnder  Coate,  I 
Giue  to  my  daughter,  Jane,  my  stalling  kersey  Coate  &  my  murry 
Waseoate,  my  Cloake  &  my  blew  Waseoate,  a  pare  of  fine  sheets,  a 
holland  Table  cloath,  halfe  a  duzzen  of  napkins,  my  best  white  Apron, 
my  wrought  platter;  a  pare  of  pillow  beers;  my  best  shift,  one 
napkin  wrought  about  &  laced;  my  little  chest  &  one  of  my  best 
neck-cloaths,  one  of  my  best  plane  quiues,  my  best  holland  square 
cloath  with  a  little  lace  &  one  Callico  vnder  neck-cloath,  a  stone 
jugg,  a  yard  of  Holand  that  is  hemmed  &  marked  with  an  J,  a 
siluer  spoone  &  my  wedding  Ring.  I  Giue  to  my  sonn,  Joseph  Weekes, 
my  great  old  chest,  my  best  brass  pann,  two  platters  a  bigger  &  a 
lesser,  &  aCouerlide;  my  booke  of  Mr.  Burrowes  Gospell  Worship,  a 
sheet  of  Cotton  &  linnen,  also  a  Tablecloath.  I  Giue  to  my  Grandchild, 
Amiell  Weekes,  my  bed  &  chafe  boulster  &  my  Rugg.  To  my  Grand- 
child, Ebenezer,  my  Feather  Boulster  &  a  pure  of  new  blanckets.  To 
my  Grandchild,  Thandifull,  two  pillows,  two  old  Pillow  beers  &  my 
skillet.  To  my  Grandchild  Elizabeth,  Amiels  Daughter,  my  new  great 
Chest,  my  spinning  wheele,  my  little  brass  pan  &  my  little  Bible; 
Also  I  giue  vnto  Thanckfull,  the  biggest  of  my  small  boxes.  To  my 
grandchild,  Jane  Weekes,  one  of  my  best  platters.  To  my  Grand- 
child, llenue,§  my  lesser  small  Box.  To  my  sonn,  Amiell,  my  Great 
Bible.  To  my  sonn  Amiell  §-  William  Tenn  pounds  of  hemp  yarne  &  Cot- 
ton to  be  put  vpon  it,  to  be  Equally  deuided  betweene  them.  I  giue  to 
my  sonn,  Amiell,  Mr.  Borrowes  Booke  of  Gospell  Conuersation  &  my 
psalme  booke,  Also  my  Cowe.  I  Giue  to  my  sonn,  William,  my  booke 
of  Mr.  Shepards  workes,  also  15  shillings.  I  giue  tenn  shillings  to 
my  Grandchild,  John  Weekes,  &  to  Each  of  the  other  of  my  sonn 
Williams  Children,  Fine  shillings,  if  there  bee  soe  much  remaininge 
when  things  bee  discharged.  I  Giue  to  to  my  sonn  in  Law,  Benjamin 
Bate,  Mr.  Taylors  Booke  on  the  32  psalme.  I  Giue  to  my  sister,  Jone 
Clap,  a  tine  thine  neck-cloath  &  a  Square  cloath  with  a  little  lace 
vpon  it.  I  Give  to  my  sister,  Susannah  Clap,  the  next  best  neck-cloath 
to  that  of  Sister  Jones,  &  square  Cloath.  I  Giue  to  my  Couzen, 
Hannah  Clap,  my  next  best  neck-cloath  &  the  next  best  Square  Cloath 

*  Jump. — A  short  coat,  or  a  sort,  of  bodice  for  women, 
t  A  country  word,  signifying  a  quillet  or  furrow.     Silk  may  be  intended. 
t  Whittle. — A  white  dress  for  a  woman;  a  double  blanket  worn  by  west  country- 
women in  England,  over  the  shoulders,  like  a  cloak. 
$  Renew  Weeks,  dau.  of  William  Weeks,  b.  12  Aug.,  1760;  m.  Benj.   Carpenter. 

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Boston  Records. 


[Oct., 


&  whatsoeuer  Else  T  haue  I  Giue  to  ray  Sonn,  Amiell,  wliome  I  make 
my  Executor.  I  Giue  my  best  greene  Apron  .to  Mary  Atherton.  This 
being  my  last  will  &  Testament,  1  wittnes  my  hand  in  prsence  of  vs. 

The  marke  of  Jane  x  Humphery. 

Roger  Clap 

Samuell  Paull. 

19  Nov.  1668.  Capt.  Roger  Clap  #f  Samuell  Paule  deposed. 

An  Inuentory  of  the  txoods  of  Jane  Humphery,  Widdow,  late  qf 
Dorchester,  deceased,  taken  the  20  Oct.  1668,  by  Roger  Clap,  James 
Humphery.     Arat.  £39.12.04.  Debts  owing,  £1.3.09. 

19  Nov.  1668.  Amiell  Weekes  deposed  to  the  Inuentory  of  the  Estate 
of  the  late  Jane  Humphery,  Widdow,  his  late  mother.  (Lib.  V.  108.) 

[Jane  Humphrey,  as  the  name  was  usually  written,  was  the  widow 
of  Jonas  Humphrey,  of  Dorchester,  who  died  19  March,  1662.  Jane 
was  his  second  wife,  and  Mr.  Humphrey  was  her  second  husband. 
Her  maiden  name  was  Jane  Clap,  sister  of  Capt.  Roger  Clap.  She 
m.  1st,  George  Weeks,  by  whom  she  had  sons  Amiel,  Joseph  and 
William.     Mr.  Weeks  died  in  Dorchester,  Oct.  21,  1659.] 


BOSTON  RECORDS. 

[Copied  by  William  B.Trask,  Esq.] 

Continued  from  page  172. 

Boston  Deaths. 

Fitch.  Zechariah,  ye  sonne  of  Jeremiah  Fitch  &  of  Sarah  his  wife; 

deceased  13  August  1661. 
Bradford.    Martha,  y*  Daughter  of  Robert  Bradford  deceased  the  13lh 

August  1661. 
Woodee.        Sarah,  ye  Daughter  of   Richard  Woodee  &  of  fraud's  his 

wife,  deceased  23'1  August  1661. 
Savage.         John,  ye  sonne    of   Cap1  Thomas   Savage  &    of  Mary  his 

wife,  deceased  23"'  Aug"1  1661. 
Thomas.        Searg1  Evan  Thomas  deceased  the  25,h  Augst  1661. 
Wardell.      Abigail,  y^  Daughter  of  William  Wardell  &  of  Elizabeth 

his  wife,  dyed  23  August  1661. 
Lake.  Edward,  ye  sonne  of  Mr  Thomas  Lake  &  of  Mary  his  wife, 

deceased  21"'  August  1661. 
Phillips.       Nicholas,  y°  sonne  of  Nicholas  Phillips  &  of  Hannah  his 

wife,  deceased  18"'  Aug'.  1661. 
Mattocke.      Elizabeth,  ye  Daughter  of  Samuell  Mattocke  &  of  Constant 

his  wife,  deceased  the  3li  day  of  September  1661. 
Paine.  Hannah,  ye  Daughter  of  Mr  John  Paine  &  of  Hannah  his 

wife,  deceased  the  13"'  of  September  1661. 
Palsgrave.    Arabella,  ye  Daughter  of  M'   John   Palsgrave  &  of  Mary 
his  wife,  deceased  9th  Sep'.  1661.  j 


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331 


Nash.  Robert  Nash,  deceased  13th  September  1661. 

Stone.  John,  ye  sonne  of  John  Stone  &  of  Sarah  his  wife,  deceas- 

ed, 12*  Sep1.  1661. 
Knight.        Johanna,  ye  Daughter. of  Richard  Knight  &  of  Johanna 

his  wife,  deceased  23d  Sept.  1661. 
Warren.       John,  ye  sonne  of   John    Warren    &  of   Sarah   his    wife, 

deceased  19th  Sept  1661. 
Pearse.         John  Pearse  dyed  17th  Sep1.  1661.  ■' 

frigs,  Mary,  ye  Daughter  of  Madit  Ings  &  of  Joan  his  wife,  de- 

ceased 5th  October  1661. 
.Robinson.     Ephraim,  ye  sonne  of   Thomas    Robinson,   deceased ,  22* 

Sept.  i66i. 
Mason.         Sarah,  yfc  Daughter  of  Richard  Mason  &  of  Sarah  his  wife, 

deceased  9th  Sep1  1661. 
Bagly.          Sarah,  ye  Daughter  of  Orlando  Bagly  &  of  Sarah  his  wife, 

deceased  30  Sep1.  1661. 
Pemberton.    Beujamine,  ye  sonne  of  James  Pemberton  &  of  Sarah  his 

wife,  deceased  30  Sep1.  1661. 
Russell.         William,  ye  sonne  of  William  Russell  &  of  Alice  his  wife, 

deceased  29th  Aug1.  1661. 
Feild.  Sarah,  ye  Daughter  of   Robert   Feild  &  of  Mary  his  wife, 

;,  J  deceased  30th  Sept.  1061. 

Snelling.     Thomas  Shelling,    a "shipp    Carpinter,    dying    intestate, 

Living  at  Dartmouth  in  England,  the  16th  of  October 

1661. 
Ilabell.         Elizabeth  Habell  deceased  the  31  August  1661. 
Davis.  James  Davis,  seaman,  deceased  17th  October  1661. 

Edwards.     Nicholas  Edwards,  a  stranger  Living  at  Barbadoes  nere 

spixes  Bay,  deceased  22th  October  1661. 
Dens.  William,  ye  sonne  of  Richard  Dens  &  of  Jane  his  wife, 

deceased  25*  July  1661. 
Robbinson.    Mary,  ye  wife  of  Thomas  Robbinson,  deceased  the  26th 

October  1061. 
Hudson.       Elizabeth,  ye  Daughter  of  Francis  Hudson  &  of  Mary  his 

wife,  deceased  23  October  1661.  ,, 

Elliot.  Margery  Elliot  deceased  30th  October  1661. 

BiUtolph.      Thomas,  ye  sonne  of  Thomas  Buttolph  Junior,  &  of  Mary 

his  wife,  deceased  30*  October  1661. 
Barlow.       Thomas  Barlow  deceased  23*  October  1661. 
Sweete.         Temperance,  ye  Daughter  of  John  Sweete  &  of  Susanna 

his  wife,  deceased  28  9ber  1661. 
Sanford.      James  Sanford  deceased  yc  2fl  November  1661. 
Bowhonnon.  John,  ye  sonne  of  John  Bohoonnon  &  of  May  his  wife,  de- 
ceased 14*  November  1661. 
Wales.  Nathaniell  Wales  senr  deceased  4*  December  1661. 

Ashly        ''    Johanna,  ye  wife  of  Thomas  Ashly,  deceased  the  27*  of 

December  1661. 
Wheeler.       Roger  Wheeler  deceased  7  December  1661. 
Pearse  George  Pearse  deceased  7  December  1661. 

Bill.  Hope  Still  Bill,  the  Daughter  of  Thomas  Bill,  deceased 

28*  November  1661. 


332 


Boston  Records. 


[Oct., 


Mannings.    Anne,  ye  wife  of  William  Munnings,  deceased  ye  4th  Dec- 
ember 1661. 

Saffin.  John,  ye  sonne  of  John  Saffine  &  of  Martha  his  wife,  de- 

ceased 11th  December  1661. 

Meeres.  Stephen,  ye  sonne  of  Robert  Meeres  &  of  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  deceased  10th  December  1661. 

Brisco.  Oecile,  ye  wife  of  William  Brisco,  deceased  ye  9th  Decem- 

ber 1661. 

Gallop.  William,  ye  sonne  of  Samuell  Gallop  &  of  Mary  his  wife, 
deceased  28th  November  1661. 

Wheeler.        Jane  Wheeler  deceased  27th  December  1661. 

Hitchbon.  Salomon  &  David,  twins,  ye  sonnes  of  David  Hitchbone 
&  of  Katherine  his  wife,  deceased  19th  December  1661. 

Pearse.  William,  ye  sonne  of  William  Pearse  &  of  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  deceased  4th  Jan  :  61. 

Jones.  Rice  Jones  deceased  3  Janvary  1661. 

Wales.  Isabell,  ye  wife   of  Nathaniell  Wales,  deceased  the  18th 

December  1661. 

Paddy.  John  Paddy  deceased  ye  8th  of  Janvary  1661. 

Stoddard.  Joseph,  the  sonne  of  Mr  Anthony  Stoddard  &  of  Christian 
his  wife,  deceased  27th  of  December  1661. 

Graves.  Elizabeth,  ye  Daughter  of  Richard  Graves  &  of  D[o]rothy 

his  wife,  deceased  2a  Janvary  1661. 

Chart.  Elizabeth,  the    Daughter  of  John    Cleare  &  of  Anne  his 

wife,  deceased  23  Jan.  1661. 
Thomas,  yc  sonne  of  the  said  John  Cleare  &  of  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  deceased  31  Janr.  1661. 

Rohlinson.  Samuell,  the  sonne  of  Thomas  Robbinson,  deceased- ,16th 
Janvary  1661. 

Clarke.  Daniell,  yc  sonne  of  Christopher  Clarke  &  of  Rebecca  his 
wife,  deceased  161)'  M'ch  16f|: 

Greenough.  Samuell,  ye  sonne  of  William  Greenough  &  of  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  deceased  21  Mrch  16££. 

Bogle.  Margaret,  ye  wife  of  Alexander  Bogle,  deceased  ye  22th 

Febru.  1661. 

Hull.  Mary,  ye  Daughter  of  Thomas  Hull  &  of  Hannah  his  wife, 

deceased  19th  Mrch  1.661. 

Garret.         Richard  Garret  deceased  29th  March  1662. 

Haugh.  Mr  Sam11  Haugh,  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  Reading,  de- 
ceased at  Mr  Hezekiah  Vshers  house  in  Boston,  the  30tU 
Mrch  1662. 

Nowell.  George,  the  sonne  of  George  Nowell  &  of  Lydia  his  wife, 
deceased  30^  Aprill  1662. 

Wales.         Nathaniell  Wales  deceased  20th  May  1662. 
This  is, a  true  Copie  of  ye  seua'll  deathesfor  the  Towne  of  Boston, 

from  the  29th  day  of  Janvary   1658  vnto  the  20"'  day  of  May    1662, 


wch  I  giue  into  the  Recorder. 


As  Attest  Jonath.  Negus. 


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333 


Boston  Marriages. 
Sunderland.  John  Sunderland  was  marryed  to  Mary  Viall,  the  Daugh- 
ter of  John  Viall,  the  20  Janvary  58.  1658,  by  Major 
Ilumphery  Atherton. 
Mosse.  Thomas  Boyden  was  marryed  to  Hannah  Mosse,  Widdow, 

the  3  November  1658,  By  Richard  Bellingliam   Dep1 

Gover. 
Barnard.      Nathaniel!  Barnard  was  marryed  to  Mary  Lugg,  ye  lllh 

Febr.  1658,  By  Richard  Bellingliam  Dep1  Governo1". 
Webster,       James  Webster,  a  Scotish  man,  was  marryed  to    Mary 

Hay,  an  Irish  maide,  the  14th  Febr.  1658 
Porter.  Joshua    Nash    was    marryed   to    Elizabeth    Porter,    the 

Daughter  of  Edward  Porter   of  Boston,  23  Febr.  1658, 

By  Jn°  Endecot  Gov1". 
Barnard.      Richard   Barnard   was   marryed  to  Elizabeth  Negus,  y^ 

Daughter  of  Benjamine  Negus  of  Boston  2(1  Mrch  16-§-|, 

by  Major  Hnmphery  Atherton. 
Stubbs.         Richard  Stubbs,  of  Hull,  was  married  to  Margaret  Read, 

3d  M'ch  16f|,  By  MajV  Hump.  Atherton. 
Fisher.  Samuell  Fisher  was  Married  to  Milcha  Snow,  ye  Daughter 

of  Thomas  Snow,  of  Boston,  22th    Mrch  16f|,  By  Jo  : 

Endecott  Govr. 
Rosse.  John  Rosse  was  Married  to  Mary  Osborne,  the  Daughter 

of  John    Osborne   of   Weymouth,  ye  tth   May  16ff,  By 

John  Endecott  Goverr. 
Shearer.        Thomas    Shearer  was  marryed   to  Hannah    Bumsteed/  ye 

Daughter  of  Thomas  Bumsteed,  of  Boston,  18th  Aprill 

1659,  By  Richard  Bellingliam  Dep1  Governor. 
Megdaniell.  John   Megdaniell,   was  married   to   Elizabeth    Snath  ltth 

May  1658,  By  Jo  :  Endecott  Governor. 
Penniman.    James   Penniman  was  Maryed   to    Mary  Crosse,  the  10th 

May  1659,  By  Jn°  Endecott  Gov™. 
Blackston.     Mr  William  Blackston  was   Marryed  to  Sarah   Stephson, 

Widdow,  4th  July  1659,  By  John  Endcott  Gov. 
Shutt.  William  Shutt  was  Marryed  to  Hopestill  Viall,  ye  Daugh- 

ter of  John  Viall,  of  Boston,  first  July    1659,    By   Jo. 

Endecott  Govr. 
Aldine.  John  Aldine  was  marryed  to  Elizabeth  Everill,  Widdow, 

theRelictof  Abiell  Everill,  deceased,  Is'   Aprill   1660, 

By  Jo  :  Endecot  Gov. 
Glover  Mr  Peletiah  Glover  was   marryed  to  Hannah  Cullick,  the 

20th  May  1660. 
Gillam.         Zechariah    Gillam    was    marryed    to   Phebe   Phillips,   ye 

Daughter  of  Leiu1  W»    Phillips,  of  Boston,    26th  July 

1659. 
Price.  Richard  Price  was  marryed  to  Elizabeth  Crumwell  ye  18th 

August  1659,  By  Major  Hump.  Atherton. 


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The .  Heralds'  Visitations. 


[Oct.', 


THE    HERALDS'   VISITATIONS. 

[From  the   Vicissitudes  of  Families,  by  Sir  Bernard  Burke,  First  Series,  pages  217 

to  221.] 
These  heraldic  records  contain  the  pedigrees  of  the  landed  pro- 
prietors of  the  time,  [in  England,]  entitled  to  bear  arms,  and  were 
compiled  by  virtue  of  a  commission  under  the  privy  seal,  issued  to 
the  two  provincial. Kings  of  Arms,  authorizing  and  commanding  each 
of  them,  either  personally  or  by  deputy,  to  visit  the  whole  of  his 
province  as  often  as  he  should  think  [it,  to  convene  before  him  all 
manner  of  persons  who  pretended  to  the  use  of  arms,  or  were  styled 
esquires  and  gentlemen,  and  to  cause  those  thus  summoned  to  show 
by  what  authority  they  claimed  the  distinction.  In  furtherance  of 
their  arduous  and  oftimes  invidious  duties,  great  and  almost  un- 
reasonable powers  were  granted  to  them.  The)'  had  full  power  and 
license,  not  only  to  enter,  upon  reasonable  request  and  at  reasonable 
hours  of  the  day,  into  all  churches,  castles,  houses,  and  other  places, 
to  peruse  therein  all  arms,  cognizances,  crests,  and  other  devices, 
and  to  record  the  same,  with  the  descents,  marriages,  and  issue,  in 
Register  Books, — which  are  now  so  well  known  as  the  Visitations, — 
but  also  to  correct  and  reform  all  bearings  unlawfully  usurped  or 
inaccurately  adopted,  and  in  certain  cases  to  reverse,  pull  down,  and 
deface  the  same.  The  mode  of  procedure  was  this:  On  arriving  at 
the  place  wherein  the  Visitation  was  to  be  holden,  the  provincial  king 
issued  a  warrant,  directed  to  the  high  constable  of  the  hundred,  or  to 
the  mayor  or  chief  officer  of  the  district,  commanding  him  to  warn 
the  several  knights,  esquires,  and  gentlemen,  particularly  named  in 
such  warrant,  as  well  as  all  others  within  his  jurisdiction,  to  appear 
personally  before  him,  at  the  house  and  on  the  day  speciOed,  and  to 
bring  with  them  such  arms  and  crests  as  they  then  bore,  together  with 
their  pedigrees  and  descents,  and  such  evidences  and  ancient  writings 
as  may  justify  the  same  in  order  to  their  being  registered.  On  the 
day  appointed,  the  provincial  king  or  his  deputy  attended,  and  so 
long  as  the  laws  of  chivalry  were  honored  and  esteemed,  general 
attention  and  respect  were  paid  to  these  summonses;  attested  pedi- 
grees were  submitted  to  the  heralds,  and  thus  were  produced  the 
important  registrations  of  which  I  am  speaking,  and  which  have 
preserved  to  the  present  period  many  a  line  of  descent  that  would 
otherwise  have  been  irretrievably  lost.  With  the  lapse  of  years,  how- 
ever, the  estimation  in  which  the  Visitations  were  held  gradually  died 
away,  and  after  the  Revolution  of  1688  all  the  efforts  of  the  decayed 
Court  of  Chivalry  were  unavailing  to  continue  their  operation.  One  of 
the  circumstances  that  tended  most  effectually  to  their  destruction  was 
the  incompetence  and  dishonesty  of  the  persons  who  were  deputed  by 
the  heralds  to  collect  information.  True  it  is,  that  when  these  illicit 
proceedings  were  discovered,  the  delinquents  suffered  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, and  we  have  on  record  a  curious  document  which  alludes 
to  a  far  severer  punishment  ;  being  a  warrant  from  the  Earl  of  Essex, 
Earl  Marshal,  to  Robert  Tress  well,  Somerset  Herald,  dated  Dec.  31, 
1597,  signed  by  Dethick,  Camden,  and  Segar,  and  directed  to  all 
justices  of  the  peace,  constables,  and  headboroughs,  authorizing  the 


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apprehension  of  one  W.  Dakyns,  "  a  notable  dealer  in  arms  and 
maker  of  false  pedigrees,  for  which  fault,  about  xx  years  past,  he 
lost  one  of  his  ears." 

The  Visitations  made  under  the  early  commissions  are  in  many 
instances  a  narrative,  and  (as  maybe  supposed  in  their  commence- 
ment) meagre  in  detail,  sometimes  containing-  little  more  than  notes 
of  arms  of  the  gentry,  and  the  Founders  and  Priors  of  monasteries, 
and  seldom  exhibiting  more  than  the  lineal  descending  line  of  the 
family  ;  subsequntly  they  assume  a  more  important  form,  affording 
full  and  accurate  statements  of  pedigrees,  and  supplying  collateral 
details.  The  various  entries  are  in  most  cases  attested  by  the  signa- 
tures of  the  heads  of  the  house,  and  occasionally  by  persons  on  their 
behalf. 

The  earliest  of  the  Visitations,  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms, 
took  place  in  1529,  comprising  the  counties  of  Gloucester,  Worcester, 
Oxford,  Wilts,  Berks  and  Stafford,  and  at  intervals  of  about  twenty- 
five  years,  they  continued,  to  be  made  until  their  final  discontinuance, 
towards  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century.  The  originals  of  these 
records  are,  with  some  exceptions,  in  the  College  of  Arms.  Various 
transcripts,  however,  exist,  and  the  library  of  the  British  Museum  is 
surpassingly  rich  in  its  collection  of  heraldic  Mss.  That  great 
national  institution,  now  so  ably  presided  over  by  Antonio  Panizzi, 
Esq.,  contains  some  of  the  original  Visitations,  and  copies  of  most  of 
the  others,  and  the  care  with  which  they  are  indexed,  and  the  facility 
afforded  by  the  attention  and  valuable  assistance  constantly  and  un- 
reservedly afforded  by  the  intelligent  Librarians  at  the  Museum 
Reading-Room,  render  the  consultation  of  these  important  documents 
a  matter  of  not  the  slighted  difficulty  to  the  veriest  neophyte  in 
hearaldic  research.  In  some  of  the  libraries  at  Oxford,  Cambridge, 
especially  in  Queen's  College  in  the  former  University,  and  in  Caius 
College  in  the  latter,  and  in  many  private  collections,  such  as  the 
splendidly  rich  one  of  Sir  Thomas  Phillipps,  Bart.,  at  Middle  Hill, 
co.  Worcester,  these  documents  may  frequently  be  met  with. 
I  annex  the  dates  of  the  various  Visitations,  printing  within  brackets, 
each  of  those  of  which  there  is  not  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum  : 

Bedfordshire:  1566,  1582,  [1586,]  1634,  [1669.]  Berks:  1531, 
1566,  [1597,]  1623,  1664.  Bucks:  1566,  1574,  1634.  Cambridgeshire: 
1575,  1590,  1619.  Cheshire:  1533,  [1566,]  [1569,]  1580,  1591,  1612, 
[1663].  Cornwall:  1530,  1573,  1620.  Cumberland:  1615,  [1665.] 
Derbyshire:  1569,  1611,  [1634,]  1662.  Devon:  1531,  1564,  [1572,] 
1620.  Dorset:  1530,  1565,  1623.  Durham:  1575,  1615,  [1666.] 
i^sCT:  1552,  1558,  1570,  1612,  1634,  [1664.]  Gloucester:  [1530,] 
[1569,]  1583,  1623.  Hants:  1530,  1552,  1575,  1622.  Hereford: 
[1569,]  1586,  1634.  Herts:  1572,  [1615,]  1634.  Huntingdonshire:  1564, 
[1566,]  1613.  Kent:  [1530,]  1574,  1592,  1619,  1623,  1663.  Lanca- 
shire: 1533,1567,  1613,  [1664,]  Leicestershire:  1563,  1619.  Lincoln: 
[1562,]  1564,  1592,  [1634.]  London:  1568,1634,  [1664]  Middlesex: 
[1572,]  [1634,]  1663.  Monmouth:  [1683]  Norfolk:  1563,  1589, 
1613.  [1664,]  [1668.]  Northampton:  [1564,]  [1617,]  1618.  North- 
umberland: 1575,  1615,  [1666]  Notts:  1530,  1569,  [1575,]  1614, 
[1662.]  Oxford:  [1530,]  1566,  1574,  1634.  Rutland:  1618.  Shrop- 
shire: [1569,]    1584,    1623,    [1663.]       Somerset :  [1531,]    1573,    1591, 


336 


Lovering  Family. 


[Oct., 


1623.  Staffordshire:  [1528,]  1563,  1583, 1614,  1663.  Suffolk:  1561, 
1577,1611.  Surrey:  1530,  1552,  1572,  1Q23,  1662.  Sussex:  1530, 
1574,1633,  [1662.]  Warwick:  1563,  1619.  Westmoreland:  1615, 
[1664.]  Wills  :  [1530,]  1565,  1623.  Worcester:  [1530,]  1569,  [1634,] 
Yorkshire:  1530,  [1552,]  1563,  1574,  1584,  1612,  1665. 


LOVERING  FAMILY. 

[Communicated  by  Thomas  B.  Wvman,  jr.,  Esq.,  of  Charlestown.] 

In  Bond's  Watertown  record  is  made  of  Thomas  Loverin  of  Wa- 
tertown,  son  of  William  of  Aldham,  Co.  Suffolk,  and  John  L.  of  Water- 
town,  who  came  from  Dedham,  co.  Essex.  The  following-  abstracts  of 
documents  on  the  Middlesex  Inferior  Court  files  for  1704  give  more 
light  relative  to  the  Lovering  family.  The  first  is  a  power  of  attor- 
ney given  by  David  Loverin,  Citizen  and  Draper  of  London,  the  only 
surviving  son  of  William  L.  late  of  Aldham,  near  Iladleigh  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  England,  to  John  and  Samuel  Marion  of  Water- 
town  in  New  England,  to  take  possession  of  property  falling  to  him  as 
heir  of  Thomas  Loverin  deceased,  by  virtue  of  his  will  dated  13  Aug. 
1692.  This  power  of  attorney  is  dated  10  Mch.  1703,  and  has,  against 
David  Loverin's  name,  a  round  seal,  bearing  these  arms  : — On  a  bend, 
three  martlets  ;  on  a  canton  in  the  sinister  chief,  a  rose. 

2d  A  Certificate  of  John  Sponer,  rector,  and  Joshua  Horrex  and 
Caleb  Wade,  churchwardens,  of  Aldham,  "that  the  persons  whous 
names  are  hereunder  written  were  the  sons  and  daughters  of  William 
Loverin,  formerly  of  the  Parish  of  Aldham  in  the  co.  of  Suffolk,  and 
Susanna  his  wife,  and  were  baptized  as  .appears  by  the  register  kept 
for  the  parish,  William  Loverin  bapt.  6  Sept.  16  [torn  off]  John,  20 
Feb.,  1622;  George  20  Jan'y  1624  :  Thomas,  30  Nov.,  1626;  Jona- 
than, 10  Sept.  1629  ;  Susanna  19  Jany,  1631  :  David  20  May,  1633; 
Elizabeth  21  Aug.,  1636  ;     Edward,  8  Jany,  1637. 

Burials  in  the  church  yard  of  the  aforesaid  parish: 

Edward  Loverin,  buried  24  June,  1639;  John,  16  Mch.,  1663  ; 
William  1  Dec  ,  1666,  Susanna  Close.  10  Jany,  1681. 

3rd.  Deposition  of  Henry  Nelson  apothecary,  aged  88  years,  and 
Richard  Buddie,  gentleman,  aged  46  years,  both  of  Aldham,  and  John 
Beare  of  Sl  Sepulchre's  parish,  London,  upholsterer.  Nelson  knew 
William  Loverin  and  his  family.  Mr  L.  frequented  Arthur  Gale's 
house  in  Iladleigh  when  he  served  as  an  apprentice  to  Mr  Gale,  an 
apothecary.  Knew  that  Thomas  Loverin  was  put  as  apprentice  to 
a  clothier  at  Dedham,  six  miles  from  Aldham,  and  set  up  his  trade  at 
Dedham.  In  the  year  1667  he  went  to  New  England,  afterwards  re- 
turned to  Dedham  and  in  about  six  months  went  again  to  New  Eng- 
land. Richard  Buddie  m.  Susanna,  daughter  of  Susanna  Close,  the 
daughter  of  Wm.  Loverin.  The  testimony  is  that  David  is  the  only 
surviving  heir  of  AVilliam  Lovering.  Sworn  before  Samuel  Dash- 
wood,  Mayor  of  London;  witnesses,  Francis  Harding  and  John 
Butler.  John  Butler  confirmed  his  testimony  at  Boston  before  Judge 
Addington,  22  Oct,  1703. 


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NEW  BRICK  CHURCH,  BOSTON. 

List  of  Persons  connected  therewith  from    1722  to  1775.      Compiled 

from  the  Records. 

[Communicated  hy  Thomas  B.  Wyman,  Jr.,   Esq.,  of  Charlestown.] 

Continued  from  p.  240. 

Camment. — (113)  Paul,  Mrs.  Wheeler  offered  him,  bap.  Oct.  30, 
1726. 

Candish. — (545)  Rebeccah,  bap.  Aug.  9,  1741  ;  (650)  Susannah, 
bap.  Nov.  25,  1744;  (712)  Elisabeth,  bap.  Mar.  15,  1747;  (41) 
Joseph,  owned  cov.  Aug.  9,  1741. 

Carlile — Carlisle." — (659)  Hannah,11  bap.  Feb.  17,  1744;  (748) 
Thomas,1'  bap.  Aus;.  14,  1748. 

Carter.— (438)"Mary,  (439)  Jane,  adults,  bap.  Feb.  12,  1737-8. 

Cartright  — Cartwright.1 — (69)  Hannah,1'  owned  cov.  Feb.  10, 
1750;  (820)  Tho'uas,1  bap.  Mar.  17,  1750-1;  (862)  Timothys  bap. 
Feb.  11,  1753;  (918)  Samuel,  bap.  May  13,  1760;  (969)  William/ 
bap.  June  19,  1763;  (984)  Hannah,  bap.  Aug.—,  1764;  (998) 
James,  bap.  Sept.  8,  1765;  (1043)  Eliz'v  bap.  Feb.  21,  1768. 

Cathcart. — (199)  Susannah,  adm.  Sept.  5,  1756. 

Chamberlan  —lin.  —(67)  Mary,"  adm.  July  22,  1733;  (346) 
Mercy, !l  bap.  Dec.  15,  1734. 

Champlett. — (74)  Rebeckah,  woman,  bap.  June  28,  1725. 

Chandler.— (Ill)  Mary,  adm.  Aug.  10,  1740;  (122)  John,  adm. 
June  28,  1741;  (393)  Samuel,  bap.  Mav  30,  1736;  (419)  Edward,  bap. 
June  26,  1737;  (469)  Samuel,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Feb.  25,  1738-9; 
(504)Joseph,p.do.bap.Mar.  30,  1740;  (569)  John,  bap.  Mar. 28,  1742; 
(662)  John,  bap.  April  7,1745;  (775)  Sarah,  bap.  Aug.  6,  1749 ; 
(822)  John,  bap.  Mar    31.   1751. 

Charade.— (150)  Margaret,  adm.  Feb.  2,  1745-6. 

Chase. — (39)  Susanna,  owned  cov.  May  10,  1741  ;  (49)  Rebeccah, 
owned  cov.  Feb.  2(j,  1743-4  [?];  (540)  Edward,  bap.  May  17,  1741; 
(584)Josiah,  bap.  Sept.  26,  1742;  (628)  Bethiah,  bap.  Feb.  26, 
J743-4;  (648)  Ebenezer,  bap.  Nov.  18,  1744. 

Ciieesman.— (138)  George,  adm.  Aug.  22,  1742;  (583)  George, 
bap.  Sept.  12,    IS  42. 

Clark,  &c— -(34)  Eliza,  adm.  July  28,  1728;  (164)  Sarah,  bap. 
Nov.  17,  1728;  (196)  John,  bap.  Feb.  22,  1729-30,  (227)  William, 
bap.  April  11,  1731  ;  (317)  Elizabeth,  bap.  Mar.  3,  1733-4  ;  (67) 
Elizabeth,  owned  cov.  Dec.  2,  1750;  (813)  John,  bap.  Dec.  2,  1750; 
(200)  Eliza  Clarke,  adm.  Oct.  3,  1756;   (203)  Eliz,  bap.  Abril  13,  1760. 

Clemens.— (421)  Sarah,  bap.  July  31,  1737;  (457)  Rebekah,  bap. 
Sept.  17.  1738  ;  (568)  Anna,  bap.  Mar.  28.  1742;  (626)  Sarah,  bap. 
Feb.  5,  1743-4;  (689)  Mary,  bap.  Feb.  9,  1745-6;  (753)  Elizabeth, 
bap.  Oct.  9,  1748;  (789)  James,  bap.  May  6,  1760;  (826)  Margaret, 
bap.  July  21,  1751. 
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338  New  Brick  Church,  Boston.  [Oct., 

Clougtl— (265)  Nehemiah,  adult,  bap.  April  23.  1732;  (266)  Ne- 
hemiah,  (267)  Kezia,  children  of  above,  bap:  April  23,  1732. 

Colbie-— ColbyJ— (26)  Benj,1,  bap.  Oct.  20,  1723;  (193)  Eliza,* 
bap.  Jan.  4,  1729-30;  (253)  Obadiah, '  bap.  Dec.  12,  1731;  (307) 
Ann, l  bap.  Oct,  14,  1733. 

Collins. — (65)  James,  a  man,  bap.  Mar.  21,  1724-5  ;  (66)  Eliza, 
his  (James's)  daughter,  bap.  Mar.  21,  1724-5;  (68)  Mary,  bap.  Mar. 
28,  1725;  (131)  James,  bap,  Aug.  6,  1727;  (183)  Abigail,  bap.  Aug. 
17,  [?]  1729;  (210)  Abigail,  bap.  Aug.  9,  1730;  (278)  Lydia,  bap.  Nov. 
12,  1732  ;  (339)  William  Pell,  bap.  Sept.  8,  1734;  (396)  Lydia,  bap. 
July  18,  1736;  (468)  Sarah,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Feb.  25,  1738-9;  (1068) 
Isabella,  bap.  Oct.  23,  1769;  (1088)  Daniel  Dane,  bap.  Jan.  12,  1772. 
Condee — Condkee'1 — Condy.' —  (19)  Eliza,1  bap.  April  21,  1723  ; 
(48)  Eliza  ,  bap.  Oct.  18,  1724;  (126)  Mary,'  bap.  April  23,  1727; 
(130)  J6anna,c  admitted  Jan.  10,  1741-2. 

Coolidge.— (16)  Margaret,  owned  cov.  July  10,  1737;  (422)  Mar- 
garet, bap.  July  31,  1737;  (490)  Sarah,  bap.  Sept,  '33,  1739;  (125) 
Margaret,  adm.  July  26,  1741  ;  (558)  John,  bap.  Jan.  31,  1741-2; 
(619)  Joanna,  bap.  Jan.  1, 1743-4;  (688)  Marv,  bap.  Jan.  26,  1745-6; 
(722)  Joseph,  bap.  Aug.  16,  1747;  (768)  John,  bap.  April  2,  1749; 
(800)  Jonathan,  bap.  Aug.  19,  1750;  (825)  William,  bap.  June  23, 
1751;  (869)  Margaret,  dau.  Joseph  and  Margaret  Coolidge.  bap.  by 
Mr.  Foxcroft,  April  29,  1753;  (1107)  John  Lucas,  bap.  Feb.  14, 
1773.        '  ' 

Cooper.— (207)  Hannah,  bap.  May  24,  1730;  (261)  Edward,  bap. 
Mar.  26,  1731. 

Copp.— (37)  Rebecca,  bap.  April  5,  1724;  (86)  William,  bap.  Nov. 
21,  1725;  (141)  Whitwell,  by  Mr.  Cooper,  bap.  Jan.  7,  1727-8;  (195) 
Ann,  bap.  Feb.  1,  1729-30;  (273)  William,  bap.  Sept.  24,  1732. 
Cornish.— (173)  Elizabeth,  adm.  May  17,  1752. 
Cowell.— (143)  Echvard,  adm.  Jan.  8,1743-4;  (641)  Hannah, 
bap.  Aug.  19,  1744  ;  (739)  Hannah,  bap.  May  I,  1748;  (777)  Susan- 
nah,  bap.  Aug.  20,  1749;  (831)  Rebekah,  bap.  Aug.  18,  1751;  (847) 
Hubbard,  bap.  April  19,  1752. 

Crafts.— (926)  Anna,  bap.  Nov.  23,  1760;  (973)  William,  bap. 
Oct.  9,  1763;  (1028)  Thomas,  bap.  April  12,  1767;  (1065)  Eben', 
bap.  May  21,  1769;   (1104)  Percis,  bap.  Oct.  25,  1772.' 

Crombie. — (159)  William,  who  was  a  member  of  a  Scots  ch.  in 
"London,''  adm.  Jan.  31,  1747-8;  (161)  Rebeckah,  from  ye  ch.  in 
London  Derry  alias  Nutneld,  adm.  Oct.  9,  1748;  (760)  William,  bap. 
Nov.  13,  1748. 

Cross.— (165)  Mar//,  adm.  Oct.  8,  1749;  (799)  William,  bap.  Aug. 
12,  1750;  (864)  Abigail,  bap.  Mar.  4,  1753;  (892)  the  son  of  Mr. 
C.  bap.  May  5,  1755.      . 

Culliver—  (465)  Ebenezer,  bap.  Dee.  24,  1738. 
Cunnabell. — (88)  Samuel,  adm.  Nov.  6,  1737. 
Cussens. — (53)  Hannah,  adm.  June  27,  1731;  (440)  Elisabeth,  bap. 
Feb.  19,  1737-8;  (669)  Susannah,  bap.  Aug.  18,  1745. 
Daggett.— (80)  Hannah,  bap.  July  25,  1725. 

Dane  (see  Deane). — (6G)  Abigail,  owned  cov.  June  3,  1750;  (796) 
Edward,  bap.  July  8,  1750  ;    (833)  Mary,  bap.  Sept.  1,  1751  ;    (872) 


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Thomas,  son  of  Thos.  and  Abigel,  by  Mr.  Eales  of  Stoningtown  Con- 
nect, bap.  Aug.  12,  1753;  (890)  Anstis,  dau.  of  Mr.  D.  bap.  Mar.  2, 
1755. 

Davis— (17)  Jacob,  bap.  Mar.  10,  1722-3;  (53)  Eliza,  bap.  Nov. 
15,  1724;  (65)  Sarah,  owned  cov.  Nov.  26,  1749;  (142)  Seth,  adm. 
Dec.  11,  1743:  (613)  Seth,  adult,  bap.  Dec.  11,  1743;  (781)  William, 
bap.  Dec.  3,  1649;  (827)  Sarah,  bap.  July  21,  1751. 

Dawson.— (529)  Benjamin,  bap.  Feb.  -2,  1740-1;  (587)  Hannah, 
bap.  Oct.  17.  1742. 

Deal1  (l1).— (110)  Rebecca,  adm.  May  18,  1740;  (513)  Abigail,1- 
p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  July  27,  1740;  (576)  Aaron  John,  bap.  June  27, 
1742. 

Deane1' — Dkan.! — (898)  Abigail,1  dau.  of  Thomas,  bap.  Jan.  16, 
1756;  (231)  Edward:'  adm.  Mar.  1,  1772. 

Deeuing  —  Deuing.'"— (94)  Thomas,  adm.  Dec.  31,  1738;  (160) 
Sarah,-  bap.  Nov.  3,  1728;  (206)  Abigail,  •  bap.  May  24,  1730;  (282) 
Sarah  >>  Nov.  26,  1732;  (349)  Henry,1^  bap.  Jan.  26,  1734-5  ;  (916) 
Elizh,  •  bap.  April  27,  1760. 

Dickson.— (955)  David,  bap.  Sept.  12,  1762;  (218)  Hannah,  adm. 
May  4,  1766. 

Doak.— (1100)   Bridget,  bap.  July  26,  1772. 

Dolbear. — (9)  Susannah,  owned  cov.  Aug.  8,  1731;  (240)  Sarah, 
bap.  Aug.  22,  1731  ;   (274)  John,  bap.  Oct.  1,  1732. 

Dorothy. — (33)  John,  owned  cov.  Dec.  30,  1739;  (497) Eliza,  bap. 
Dec   30,  1739. 

Douglas.— (51)  Joseph,  man,  bap.  Nov.  8,  1724;  (52)  Eliza,  bap. 
Nov.  8,  1724;  (60)  Joseph,  bap.  Jan.  24,  1724-5. 

Downed— Downs.  —(209)  Anna,  adm.  April  17,  1763;  (915)  Ma- 
ry Anna1,  bap.  April  20,  1760;  (975)  Nath  Holmes,1'  bap.  Nov.  6, 
1763;   (1018)  Thomas,  ■  bap.  Jan.  4,  1767. 

Drown.— (54)  Bathsheba,  adm.  Sept.  12,  1731;  (242)  Bathsheba, 
adult,  bap.  Sept.  12,  1731. 

Doubleday.1'— (220)  Mary  ^  adm.  May  11,  1766;  (1026)  Thom- 
as,' bap.  Mar.  29,  1767;  (1057)  Thomas,'  bap.  Feb.  12,  1769; 
(1075)  Elizh, :i  bap.  Oct.  14,  1770;  (1087)  Susannah,1  bap.  Dec.  29, 
1771. 

Dunham.— (554)  John,  bap.  Dec.  20,  1741.  ■  ■■  1/  .  ■■; 

Dunkenfield.— (1016)  Eliz  ■',  bap.  Sept.  21,  1766 ;  (1056)  Eliz\ 
bap.  Feb.  5,  1769. 

Dunton.— (28)  Thomas,  bap.  Dec.  1,  1723.  ■ 

Dupee,  &c. — (56)  Elias,  dismissed  to  us  from  ye  0.  Chh.  adm. 
Oct.  17,  1732;  (59)  Mary,  adm.  Feb.  25,  1732-3;  (229)  Elisa,  bap. 
April  11,  1731;  (269)  Elisa,  bap.  April  23,  1732:  (306)  Walter,  bap. 
Sept.  30,  1733;  (336)  Grace,  Aug.  25,  1734;  (412)  Isaac,  bap.  April 
3,  1737;  (685)  Thomas,  bap.  Dec.  22,  1745;  (181)  Grace  (Dupuy), 
adm.  Jan  4,  1756;  (182)  Mary  (Dupuy),  adm.<  Jan.  4,  1756;  (956) 
Henry  Frankland,  bap.  Oct,  3,  1762;  (21 1)  Elias  Dupee  and  (212) 
Elizabeth,  wife,  adm.  Nov.  26,  1763. 

Eaton. — (746)  Anne,  bap.  yu  Moth1  in  Cov  .  with  yc  West  Chh. 
July  24,  1748  ;  (850)  Mary,  bap.  July  5,  1752;  (887)  Jerusha,  dau. 
of  Mr.  E.  bap.  Feb.  9,  1755.        ' 


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Edmonds,— (214)  Joseph,  adm.  Oct.  21,  1764;  (977)  Hannah  Gary 
bap.  Jan.  16,  1704;  (992)  Elizabeth,  bap.  Mar.,  3,  1765;  ( 1014)  Joseph, 
Sept.  14,  1766;  (1044)  Nath  ,  bap.  June  24,  1768;  (1093)  Sarah  Hall 
bap.  Mar.  1,  1772. 

Edwards. — (49)  Elisabeth,  adm.  Jan.  4,  1729;  (199)  David,  bap. 
Mar.  28,  1729-30;  (224)  Benja,  bap.  Feb.  28,  1730-1;  (263)  Elisa, 
bap.  April  9,  1732;  (263)  Elisa,  bap.  April  9,  1732  ;  (280)  Robert, 
bap.  Nov.  19,  1732;  (71)  Bathsheba,  adm.  Sept.  16,  1733;  (313) 
Alexander,  bap.  Dec.  23,  1733;  (348)  John,  bap.  Jan.  5,  1734-5; 
(350)  Edward,  bap.  Feb.  2,  1734-5;  (382)  Bathsheba,  bap.  Feb.  29, 
1735-6  ;  (416)  Dolin,  bap.  May  15,  1737  ;  (425)  Ann,  bap.  Sept.  4, 
1737;  (447)  Hannah,  bap.  May  21,  1738  ;  (920)  Bathsheba,  bap. 
July  20.  1760;  (957)  Rebeckah,  bap.  Oct.  3,1762;  (1051)  galley, 
bap.  Nov.  13,  1768; 

Eisinger.— (45)  Dorothy,  owned  cov.  Mar.  13,  1742-3;  (629) 
Dorothy,  bap.  Mar.  25,  1744;  (684)  Peter,  bap.  Nov.  3,  1745;  (728) 
Burrington,  bap.  Jan.  3,  1747-8. 

Eustis. — (180)  Anne,  adm.  Jan.  4,  1756. 

Everton.— (3)  Eliza,  owned  cov.  July  20,  1729;  (182)  Eliza,  bap. 
July  20,  1729;  (377)  Anne,  bap.  Feb.  8,  1735-6;  (338)  Katherine,  bap. 
Aug.  25,  1734;  (477)  Katherine,  bap.  April  29,  1739;  (149) 
Elisabeth,  adm.  Aug.  18,  1745. 

Faerservis. — (888)  Matthew,  son  of  James,  bap.  Feb.  16,  1755. 
Farnum. — (39)  Frances,  owned  cov.  May  17,  1741;   (192)  Joseph, 
bap,    Jan.    4,    1729-30;    (539)    John,    bap.   May    17,    1741;     (721) 
Frances,  bap.  Aug.  16,  1747. 

Favors.  (?)— (1069)  Elisha,  bap.  Dec.  26,  1769. 
Fifield. — (36)  Jonathan  Armitage,  bap.  Mar.  23,    1723-4. 
Forsdyke.— (895)  Mary,  dau.  of  James,  bap.  June  22,  1755,  (897) 
Tho %  son  of  Tho\  bap.  Jan.  1,  1756. 

Foster. — (31)  John  Junr.  owned  cov.  Nov.  18,  1739;  (33)  James, 
bap.  Feb.  23,  1723-4  ;  (123)  Abigail,  bap.  Mar.  19,  1726-7  ;  (184) 
Ebenezer,  bap.  Aug.  31,  1729;  (494)  Jonathan,  bap.  Nov.  18,  1739; 
(520)  John,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Nov.  23,  1740;  (574)  Edward,  bap. 
June  13,  1742;  (620)  Mary,  bap.  Jan.  15.  1743-4;  (137)  Edward, 
adm.  July  25,  1742;  (680)  Martha,  bap.  Oct.  13,  1745;  (717)  Mar- 
tha.bap.MaySl,  1747;  (754)  Susannah,  bap.  Oct.  9,  1748;  (763;  Alice, 
(764)  Hannah,  bap.  Jan.  29,  1748-9;  (804)  Edward,  bap.  Sept.  2, 
1750;  (830)Abigail, bap.  Aug.  11,  1751;  (866)Heman,  bap. Mar.  18, 
1753;  (882)  Philip,  bap.. Mar.  10,  1754;  (1012)  Ann  Lewis,  bap. 
May  25,  1766.  / 

Freeman. — (23)  Sarah,  owned  cov.  April  9, 1738;  (452)  Sarah,  bap. 
July  2,  1738. 

Freeze. — (69)  James,  a  man,  bap.  April  4,  1725. 
Fullerton.— (258)  Elis \  bap.  Feb.  27,  1731-2;  (325)  John,  bap. 
April  21,  17^4;   (326)  Rebeccah,  bap.  April  21,   1734;  (400)  Nathan- 
iel, bap.  Sept.  19,  1736;   (443)  Sam  .  bap.  April  22,    1738. 

Gallishan — Gullison. — (70)  Mary  Gullison,  alias  Gallishan, 
owned  cov.  Jan,  26.  1752;  (841)  Stephen  Gallishan,  or  Gullison  as 
some  say,  bap.  Feb.  23,  1752. 

Gallop.— (55)  Margaret,  adm.  Oct.  17,  1732;  (345)  Margaret, 
bap.  Nov.  24,  1734. 


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Gardner — Gardener. — (168)  John,  was  dismissed  from  ye  N. 
North  Chh.  adm.  April  22,  1750;  (401)  Mary  Gardener,  bap.  Nov. 
7,  1730;  (474)  John,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  April  I,  1739;  (670)  Jona- 
than, bap.  Aug.  18,  1745;  (706)  Sarah,  bap.  Feb.  26,  1748-9;  (59) 
Sarah,  owned  cov.  Sept.  4,  1748  ;  (232)  Anna,  adm.  April  5,  1772  ; 
(1103)  James,  bap.  Aug.  30,  1772. 

Gatchell. — (59)  Mary,  bap.  Jan.  17,  1724-5. 

Gkdney,  &c. —  (18)  Bartholmew  Gidney,  and  (19)  wife,  adm.  Feb. 
23,  1722-3;  (42)  Mary  Gidney,  bap.  May  31,  1724  (84)  William, 
bap.  Oct.  31,  1725;  (117)  Win.  bap.  Dec.  4,  1726;  (154)  Eliza,  bap. 
Aug.  11,  1728;  (276)  John,  bap.  Oct.  29,  1732;  (318)  Joseph,  bap. 
Mar.  17,  1733-4;  (352)  Edward,  bap.  Feb.  16,  1734-5;  (387)  Sarah, 
bap.  April  11,  1736;  (426;  Broughton,  bap.  Sept.  4,  1737;  (459) 
George  Broughton,  by  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Oct.  22,  1738;  (492.)  Sarah, 
by  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Nov.  4,  1739;  (549)  Hannah,  bap.  Sept.  13,  1741; 
(607)  William,  bap.  Aug  28,  1743;  (205)  Joseph  Gidney,  adm.  Aug. 
10,  1700. 

Gee.— (51)  Ann,  adm.  Feb.  7,  1731-2. 

George.— (320;  Ann,  bap.  Mar.  24,  1733-4. 

Giles. — (202)  Bartholemew,  adm.  Mar.  21,    1757. 

Godfrey. — (430)  Elizabeth,  bap.  by  mistake  Sarah,  Oct.  9,  1737. 

Goldthwait'  (e')  &c. —  (2)  Martha  ,n  owned  cov.  Nov.  10,  1728; 
(163)  Martha,*  bap.  Nov.  10,  1728;  (213)  Joseph,'  bap.  Oct.  1 1, 
1730;  (257)  John/'  bap.  Jan.  2,  1731;  (321)  Philip,"  bap.  Mar.  31, 
1734;  (385)  Samuel,1  bap.  Mar.  21,  1735-0;  (423)  Benja,"  bap.  Aug. 
7,1737;  (480)  Martha,"  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  May  13,  1739;  (524) 
Michael  Burrell,"  bap.  Jan.  11,  1740-1;  (575)  Sarah,-  bap.  June  20, 
1742;   (604)  Thomas,-  bap.  July  24,  1743;    (640)  Martha,"  bap.  July 

22,  1744;  (179)  Benjamin,-  adm.  Jan.  4,  1756;  (912)  Benjamin,1- 
son  of  Benj.  bap.  Feb.  3,  1760;  (939)  Sarah,1'  bap.  Aug.  9,  1761; 
(958)  Hannah,1  bap.  Oct.  17,  1762;  (1006)  Susannah,1'  bap.  Jan.  5, 
1700;  (1027)  Ezekiel,1'  bap.  Mar.  29,  1707;  (  1070)  Benj",1'  bap. 
May  13,  1770;   (1097)  Rebecca,1  bap.  April  20,  1772. 

Goodridge. — (37)  Anna,  adm.  Aug.  25,  1728;  (58)  Grace,  adm. 
Feb.  25,  1732-3. 

Goold — Gould.1— (4)  Elizabeth,'1  owned  cov.  May  10.  1730; 
(204)  Willm,  bap.  May  17,  1730;  (208)  Eliza/  bap.  July  12,  1730; 
(200)  Thomas,  bap.  Mar.  5,  1731-2;  (68)  Sarahs  adm.  July  22, 
1733;  (301)  William,1'  bap.  July  22,  1733;  (308)  George/1  bap.  8  br. 
21,  1733;  (357)  Mercy,"  by  Mr.  Gee,  bap.  April  20,  1735;  (379)  Be- 
thiah,"  bap.  Feb.  8,  1735-0;  (390)  Samuel,"  bap.  May  2,  1730;  (435) 
Mercy,1'    bap.    Dec.  4,-1737;    (495)  Thomas,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  Dec. 

23,  1739;   (528)  Rebekah,  bap.  Feb.  22,  1740-1. 

Gray— Grey. -(510)  Ellis,  bap.  June  29,  1740;  (572)  Sarah,  bap. 
May  9,  1742;  (639)  Hannah,  bap.  July  22,  1744;  (091)  Ellis,  bap. 
Mar.  2.  1745-0;  (720)  William,  bap.  Aug.  10.  1747;  (03)  iMcholas, 
owned  cov.  May  7,  1759;  (812)  Edward,  bap.  Nov.  25,  1750;  (821) 
Mary,  bap.  Mar.  24,  1750-1;  (829)  William,  bap.  Aug.  4,  1751 ; 
ELLIS  Grey,  Rev.  Colleague  with  Mr.  Welsted  from  Sept.  27,  1738; 
died  Jan.  7,  1753;  (805)  Sarah,  bap.  Mar.  11,  1753;  (894)  Bathsheba, 
dan.    of  Mr.    G.   bap.  June  15,  1755;    (*762)  Sarah,   bap.   Dec.  25, 


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1748;  (932)  Benja,  bap.  April  26,  1761;  (981)  Samuel,  bap.  June 
17,  1764;  (1015)  Mary,  bap.  Sept.  14,  1766 ;  ( 1073)  Henry,  bap. 
Sept.  9,  1770;   (1089)  Betsey  Archer,  bap:  Jan.  12,  J 772. 

Greenough. — (39)  John,  bap.  April  12,1724;  (70)  Elizabeth, 
bap.  May  30,  1725;  (102)  Sarah,  bap.  July  17,  1726  ;  (139)  Mary, 
by  Mr.  Colraan,  bap.  Dec.  3,  1727;  (47)  Thos,  adm.  Nov.  9,  1729; 
chosen  Deacon,  April  7,  1755;  (235)  Elisa,  bap.  June  20,  1731  ;(25l) 
Jerusha,  bap.  Nov.  21,  1731;  (299)  Joseph,  bap.  May  6,  1733;  (52) 
Elisabeth,  adm.  April  4,  1732;  (319)  William,  bap.  Mar.  17,  1733-4; 
(331)  Richard,  bap.  June  30,  1734;  (367]  Sarah,  bap.  Aug.  31.  1735; 
(370)  Newman,  bap.  Sept.  14,  1735;  (403)  Martha,  bap.  Dec.  19, 
1736;  (428)  Hannah,  bap.  Sept.  11,  1737;  (446)  Thomas,  bap.  Mav 
14,  1738;  (481)  Jerusha,  p.  Mr.  Gray,  bap.  May  13,  1739;  (506) 
William,  bap.  May  4,  1740;  (531)  Sarah,  bap.  Mar.  8,  174U-1  ;  (561) 
Mary,  bap.  Mar.  14,  1741-2;  (570)  John,  bap.  April  11,  1742;  (616) 
Wm.  bap.  Dec.  25,  1743;  (658)  John,  bap.  Feb.  17,  1744-5;  (668) 
Elizabeth,  July  21,  1745:  (701)  Samuel,  bap.  July  20,  1746;  (7.05) 
Mary,  bap.  Nov.  2,  1746;  (729)  Jerusha,  y.  daii.of  Thomas,  Jan.  17, 
1747-8;  (790)  Nathaniel,  bap.  May  20,  1750;  (853)  David  Stoddard, 
bap.  Aug.  2,  1752;  (188)  Martha,  adm  Feb  29,  1756;  (92l)Chaun- 
cv,  son  of  Thos.  bap.  July  27,  1760;  (228)  Natl} ,  adm.  Nov.  17, 
1771;  (233)  Hannah,  adm.  May  30,  1772. 

Grice.— (36)  J'riscilla,  adm.  ("  with  a  relation")  July  28,  1728. 

Guppy. — (87)  John,  a  young  man,  bap.  Dec.  5,  1725. 

Gutteridge. — (171)  Rebecca h,  adm.  Nov.  3,  1751. 

Hacker.— -(90)  Caleb,  adm.  Jan.  15,1737-8;  (437)  Caleb, adult, 
bap.  Jan.  15,  1737-8;  (509)  George,  hap.  June  15,  1740;  (163) 
Elisabeth,  adm.  May  21,  1749;  (776;  Roger,  bap.  Aug.  13,  1749; 
(828)  Elisabeth,  bap.  July  21,   1751. 

Hall.—  (933)  Joseph,"  bap.  April  26,1761;  (953)  Abagail,  bap. 
Aug.  15,  1762. 

Halsey — Halsy.1 — (12)  James.'  adm.  Aug.  26,  1722;  bro.  Halsy, 
chosen  Deacon  June  25,  1733;  (61)  Hannah,'  bap.  Jan.  31,  1724-5; 
(124)  Mary,'  bap.  Mar.  26,  1727  ;  (287)  Elizabeth,  'bap.  Jan.  21 , 
1732-3;    (118)  Hannah,*  adm.  April  5,  1741. 

Haly.-(106)  Samuel,  dismissed  from  Dr.  Colman's  ehh.  adm. 
Jan.  27,  1739;  (511)  Samuel,  bap.  June  29,  1740;  ^156)  Mary, 
adm.  Mar    29,  1747;   (458)  Rachel,  bap.  Oct.  8,  1738. 

Hamilton. — (42)  Experience,  adm.  Feb.  9,  1728-9. 

Hannahs — Hanners — Hannos.  — (49)  George,'  bap.  Nov.  I, 
1724;  (50)  Win.'  bap.  Nov.  1,  1724;  (118)  Benja,"  bap.  Jan.  8, 
1726-7;  (166)  Rebekah,  bap.  Dec.  8,  1728  ;  (201)  William,  -  bap. 
April  19,  1730;  (392)  Elizabeth,  bap.  May  23,  1736;  (835)  Sarah, 
bap.  Nov.  10,  1751. 

Hardcaster.— (44)  Elizabeth,  adm.  May  4,  1729;  (176)  Samuel, 
bap.  May  4,  1729. 

Harris.— (177)  Stephen,  bap.  May  18,  1729;  (241)  Anna,  bap. 
Aug.  29,  1731;   (1086)  Rebecca,  bap.  Nov.  17,  1771. 

Hayes. — (144)  Theodosia,  who  has  been  a  member  of  y  Chh.  of 
England,  adm.  May  27,  1744, 

Hayno. — (896)  Wm.  Condy,  son  of  Roger,  bap.  Aug.  31,  1755. 


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Hayward.— (624)  Nathaniel-Preble,  bap.  Feb.  5,  1743-4  ;  (625) 
Samuel-Smith,  bap.  Feb.  5,  1743-4. 

Henan.— (35)  Rebekah,  adm.  July  28,  1728. 
:  Hrnry— (225)  Sarah,  adm.  Nov.  17  1771. 

Heyden  on  Hading. — (744;  Job,  bap,  July  17,  1748. 

Heyler  —  (902)  Cornelius,  son  of  Mr.  H.  bap.  Mar.  18,  1759; 
(928)  Simeon,  bap.  Jan.  18,1761;  (965 )  Mathias,bap  Feb.   13,  1763. 

Hickes.1— ^Hicks.-— (80)  Lvdia,1  adm.  Mar.  2,  1734-5;  (277) 
Lydia, '  bap.  Nov.  5,  1732;  (394)  Hannah,-2  bap.  July  4,  1736;  (464) 
Thomas  Daggct,;  bap.  Dec.  24,  1738;  I '544 ,  Mitchelson,'  bap.  Aug. 
9,  1741;    (210)  Hannah,*  adm.  July  10,  1763. 

Hill.— (6)  Alexander,  bap.  Sept.  2,  1722;  (72)  Arthur,  bap.  June 
13,  1725  ;  (97)  Sarah,  bap.  April  10,  1726  ;  (156)  Anne,  bap.  Sept. 
15,  1728  ;  (226)  Mary,  bap.  Mar.  21,  1730-1;  (316)  Mehetabel,  bap. 
Feb.  3,  1733-4;  (391)  John,  b:ip.  May  16,  1736;  (448)  Anne,  (449) 
Elizabeth,  twins,  bap.  May  21,  1738;  (478)  William,  bap.  April  29, 
1739;  (59;  Sarah,  owned  cov.  Sept.  4,  1748;  (756)  Nathaniel,  bap. 
Out.  \(i,  1748;  (785)  Sarah,  bap.  Mar.  25,  1750;  (497)  Jane,  adm. 
Aug.  15,  1756;  (201)  William,  adm.  Jan.  4,  1757;  (940)  John,  bap. 
Aug.  30,  1761;  (967)  Mary,  bap.  April  3,  1763;  (990)  Rebecca,  bap. 
Feb.  17,  1765;  (1023)  Jane-Tudor,  bap.  Jan.  25,  1767;  (1052)  William, 
bap.  Dec.  25,  1768  ;  (1074)  Sarah,  bap.  Sept.  9,  1770;  (232)  Anna, 
adm.  April  5,  1772;   (1103)  James,  bap.  Aug.  30.    1772. 

Millar.  — Hiller.' -  IIiler.  &c — (129;  Mary,1,  bap.  Aug.  6, 
1727;  (243!  Joseph,  bap.  Sept.  26.  1731  ;  (309;  Samuel,  bap.  8  br. 
28,  1733;  (351)  Susannah,1  bap.  Feb.  16,  1734-5;  (406)  Abigail," 
Jan.  23,  1736-7;  (745)  Elisabeth,  bap.  July  17,  1748;  (773.)  Wil- 
liam.' bap.  July  16,  1749; (816)  Hannah,  bap.  Jan.  13,  1750-1;  (183) 
Mary,  adm.  Jan.  4,  1756;  (185)  Joseph,  bap.  Feb.  3,  1756;  (907) 
Mary,  dau.  of  Mr.  H.  bap.  June  3,  1759;  (923)  Susannah  Hillyer, 
bap.  Aug.  16,  1760;  (948)  Joseph  Hylier,  bap.  Jan.  17,  1762;  (966) 
Mary  Hylier,  bap.  Mar.  13,  1763;  (985)  John  Williams  Hylier,  bap. 
Sept.  16,  1764  ;  (1003)  Robert  Hillier,  bap.  Dec.  1,  1765  ;  (1005) 
George/  bap.  Dec.  22,  1765;  (1102)  John  Hylier,  bap.  Aug.  23,  < 
1772. 

Hirst.— (129)  Elisabeth,  adm.  Jan.  10,  1741-2. 
Hitchborn  (hv — HiTCHBURN  (e , '  &c. — (43)  Jsannar,"  owned  cov. 
Mar.  21,  1741-2  ;  (562)  Ann,;  (563)  Thomas,'  (564)  Nathaniel,11 
(565)  Frances,  (566j  William,' (567)  Robert,  bap.  Mar.  28,  1742; 
(581)  Mary,  bap.  Aug.  1, 1742;  (634) Philip,  bap.  May  20,  1744  ;(690) 
Benjamin.'  bap.  Feb.  16,  1745-6;  (732)  (Samuel  Hichborn,  bap.  Feb. 
28,  1747-8;  (854)  Samuel,1  bap.  Aug.  2,  1752;  (946)  Thomas,1  bap, 
Dec.  13,  1761;  (972)  Edward.'  bap.  Sept.  25,  1763;  (993)  Elizabeth1 
adult,  Mar.  10,  1765;  (995)  John,  bap.  July  7,  1765;  (997)  lsanner,:i 
bap.  Aug.  4,  1765;  ( 1002)  Sarah, ■'  bap.  Oct.  20,  1765  ;  (1025)  Isaac 
Berrey,"  bap.  Jan  22,1767;  (1022)  Robert,'  bap.  Jan.  25.  1767; 
(223)  Thomas:  adm.  Mar.  15,  1767;  (1029)  Mary,1  bap.  April  19, 
1767;  (1042)  Hannah,  bap.  Dec.  2,  1767;  (1054)  Patershal,'  bap. 
Jan.  8,  1769  ;  (1058)  Francis  Hitchbourne,  bap.  Feb.  12,  1769; 
(1067;  William,'  bap.  Sept.  17,  1769;    (1076)  Bettsey,1-  bap.  Oct.  21. 


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1770;    (1079)  Natlr,"  bap.  Oct.    28,    1770;     (1083)   Hitchburn, 

bap.    June   9,    1771;    (1096)    Sam',1'   bap.    Apr.    19,    1772;    (1108) 
Susannah,1  bap.  Mar.  14,  1773;    (1120)    Sarah,1'    bap.  Jan.  5,    1775. 

Holmes. — (22)  Ann,  wife  of  George,  owned  cov.  April  2,  1738; 
(445)  Benjamin  Mulberry,  bap.  April  30,  1738;  (105)  William,  adm. 
Sept.  9,  1739;  (496)  Ann,  bap.  Dee.  30,  1739;  (135)  Ann,  adm. 
Mar.  7,  1741-2;  (136)  George,  adm.  July  25,  1742,  chosen  deacon, 
Feb.  15,  1746-7;  (577)  Sarah,  bap.  June  27,  1742;  (644)  Elisabeth, 
bap.  Sept.  2,  1744;  (704)  Nathaniel,  bap.  Aug.  31,  1746;  (791) 
Lydia,  bap.  Jnrie  3,  1750;  (834)  Mary,  bap.  Oct.  20,  1751;  (938) 
George,  bap.  Aug.  2,  1761;  (208)  Mary,  adm.  Oct.  24,  1752;  (959) 
George,'bap.  Nov.  3,  1762;  (989)  Stephen  Hall,  bap.  Feb.  17,  1765; 
(1U11)  Mary.  bap.  April  20,  1766. 

Homer. — (89)  John,  a  man,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1725-5;  (90)  Anna',  dau. 
of  John,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1725-6  ;    ^205)  Mary,  bap.  May  17,  1730. 

Hopkins.— (798)  Mary,  bap.  July  29,  1750 ;  (883)  Abigail,  bap. 
Mar.  17,  1754. 

Hoskins.— (930)  Susaner,  bap.  Mar.  1,  1761. 

Hough.—  (1009)  Anna,  bap.  Feb.   16,  1766. 

Hovey. — (874)  Rachel,  dau.  of  John  and  Rachel,  by  Mr.  Abbet,  of 
Charlston,  bap.  Oct.  14,  1753. 

Howard.— (45 )  Sarah,  adm.  May  25,  1729. 

Hunting. — (178)  Jane,  adm.  Jan.  4,  1756. 

Hurd.— (41)  Mehitable,  woman,  bap.  May  3,  1724. 

Huson.— (119)  Sarah,  adm.  May  31,  1741. 

Hutchinson.— (82)  Thos.  Junr.  adm.  June  22,  1735  ;  (361)  Thom- 
as, bap.  July  6,  1735;  (410)  Thomas,  bap.  Feb.  27,  1736-7;  (451) 
William,  bap.  June  25,  1738;  (519)  Thomas,  bap.  Oct.  19,  1740; 
(582)  William,  bap.  Sep.  5,  1742  ;  (615)  Elisha,  bap.  Dec.  25,  1743; 
(649)  Sarah,  bap.  Nov.  25,  1744  ;  (697)  Grizel.  bap.  June  15,  1746; 
(726)  William,  bap.  Dec.  20,  1747  ;  (162)  Margaret,  adm.  Feb.  26, 
1748-9;  (788)  Sylvester,  bap.  May  6,  1750;  (880)  Margaret,  by 
Mr.  Mather,  bap.  Feb.  17,  1754;  (230)  Thomas,  adm.  Feb.  23,  1772; 
(1090)  Thomas,  bap.  Feb.  23,  1772;  (236)  Elisha  and  (237)  Mary, 
adm.  May  23,  1773;  (1112)  Mary,  bap.  May  23,  1773;  (1117)  Mary 
Oliver,  bap.  Oct.  17,  1774. 

Hyer,— (130)  John  bap.  Aug.  6,  1727  ;  (194)  Vincent,  bap.  Jan. 
18,  1729-30;   (245)  Sarah,  bap.  Oct.  17,  1731  ;  (315)  Sage,  bap.  Feb. 

3,  1733-4. 

Ingersoll.— (219)  Elizabeth,  adm.  May  4,  1766. 

Ingraham.— (20)  Hannah,  owned  cov.  Oct.  23.  1737;  (121)  Jo- 
seph junr.  adm.  June  28,  1741;  (431)  Martha,  lap.  Oct.  23.  1737  ; 
(432)  Joseph,  bap. Oct.  23,  1737  ;  (498)  Jonathan,  bap.  Jan.  6,  1739-40; 
(555)  John,  bap.  Jan.  24,1741-2;  (807)  Susannah,  bap.  Sept.  9, 
1750;    (858)    Duncan,  bap.  Dec.  3,  1752;    (949)  Joseph,  bap.  April 

4,  1762;  (982)  Francis,  bap.  Jan.  20,  1705. 

Jackson. — (65)  Barbara,  adm.  Mar.  25,  1733;  (76)  Tlv.mas  Junr. 
bap.  Aug.  11,  1734;  (78)  Ann,  bap.  Nov.  3,  1734;  (109)  Thomas 
Seur.  bap.  April  20,  1740;  (268)  Sarah,  bap.  Aug  31,  1735  ;  (337) 
Thomas,  bap.  Aug.  25,  1734  ;  (418)  Grace,  bap.  June  5,  1737. 


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RESEARCHES  AMONG  FUNERAL  SERMONS. 
[Continued  from  page  289.] 

Law. — Oratio  Funebris  pro  excquiis  celebrandis  Vivi  perillustris  Jo- 
nathan Law,  armigeri  Colonce  Conneeticutensis  Gubernatoris  con- 
summatissimi;  qui  obiit  Nov.bris  6'°  Anno  Salutis  1150.  iEtatio  77mo 
Habita  in  aula  Collegii  Yalensis,  Novi-Portus,  Connecticutensium 
Nov-Anglorum,  Dec.bris  12  mo  1750.  Coram  Preside  et  Academise  So- 
ciis  quibnsdam  venerandis,  reverendisque  vicinarum  ecclesiarum  pas- 
toribus  celeberimaque  doctorum  virorum  corona.  Oratore  Ezra  Stiles, 
A  M.  Academia3  ejusdem  Tutore  Seniori.  Sic  Transit  Gloria  Mundi, 
Novi  Londini,  excudebat  et  vendebat  Timotheus  Green,  MDCCLI. 

Pp.  12  At  tlie  end  are  three  pages  of  an  English  address  made,  on 
the  day  following  that  on  which  this  oration  was  pronounced,  "  to 
Madam  Law  being  casually  present  at  the  house  of  the  Reverend 
Mr.  Clap,  President  of  the  College  at  New  Haven. 

Another  publication  of  the  same  date  is  "  A  Poem  occasioned  by 
the  Death  of  the  Honourable  Jonathan  Law  Esq.,  late  Governor  of 
Connecticut.  Printed  in  the  Year  1751."  Pp.  8.  It  does  not  rise 
above  the  level  of  the  poems  of  that  day. 

Wolcott. — "  The  Character  of  Moses  illustrated  and  improved.  In 
a  Discourse  occasioned  by  the  Death  of  the  Honourable  Roger  Wol- 
cott Esq.,  of  Windsor,  who,  for  several  years,  was  Governor  of  the 
Colony,  of  Connecticut,  and  died  May  17,  1707,  in  the  89th  year  of  his 
Age.  Preached  the  first  Opportunity  after  his  Funeral.  By  Joseph 
Perry,  A.  M.  Pastor  of  the  Second  Church  of  Christ  in  Windsor.  Isai. 
lvii,  1,  2;  Psal.  cxii,  6;  Psal.  lviii,  11.  Hartford;  printed  by  Thomas 
Green."     Pp.  28. 

"  He  was  born  in  Windsor,  in  the  county  of  Hartford,  and  colony 
of  Connecticut,  January  4th,  1G79.  His  grandfather  was  Mr.  Henry 
Wolcott,  from  whom  sprang  the  present  family  of  Wolcott  (in 
Windsor),  a  gentleman  of  figure  and  repute  in  his  day,  an  assistant, 
when  the  government  subsisted  by  a  spontaneous  compact.  His  eld- 
est uncle  was  that  Mr.  Henry  Wolcott,  mentioned  in  our  royal  char- 
ter. He  was  the  youngest  child  of  Mr.  Simon  Wolcott,  whose  pro- 
fession was  agriculture;  and  whose  character  was  unblemished. 
His  mother  was  Mrs.  Martha  Pitkin,  a  Lady  of  bright  natural  parts, 
well  improved  by  a  good  education  in  the  city  of  London.  She  was 
sister  to  that  William  Pitkin,  who  was  an  assistant  before  our  char- 
ter was  extant,  and  from  whom  sprang  the  present  respectable  fami- 
ly of  Pitkin  in  Hartford. 

But  tho'  he  was  of  such  an  honourable  extract,  yet  his  parents  be- 
ing in  an  infant  country  and  a  place  destitute  both  of  a  minister  and 
schoolmaster,  and  having  had  their  estate  ruined  by  the  Indians,  it 
can't  be  thought  they  were  under  advantage  to  give  their  children 
much  of  an  education.  For  these  reasons,  I  suppose,  it  was  that  so 
great  a  genius  as  Governor  Wolcott's  suffered  so  much,  for  want  of 
a  suitable  education;  and  indeed  in  this  he  suffered  extremely;  for  I 
33 


346  Researches  Among  Funeral  Sermons.  [Oct., 

have  heard  him  say  he  never  was  a  member  of  a  school,  a  day  in  his 
life.  At  about  twelve  years  of  age,  he  was  put  out  as  an  apprentice. 
In  this  service  he  continued  unnoticed  till  21;  after  which,  he  set  for 
himself  (without  any  patrimony  worth  mentioning)  on  the  east  side  of 
the  river;  where,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  on  his  frugality  and  industry, 
he  acquired,  and  has  left  to  his  heirs,  a  plentiful  fortune  for  this 
country.  He  married  Miss  Sarah  Drake  of  this  town,  a  lady  highly 
esteemed  for  her  many  valuable  qualities;  with  whom  he  lived  in 
perfect  harmony  amity  for  forty  five  years,  and  by  whom  he  had  fif- 
teen children,  sons  and  daughters."  One  son  was  "  the  Hon.  Roger 
Wolcott,  jun,  Esq;  of  Windsor,  a  member  of  his  Majesty's  council 
for  the  colony  of  Connecticut,  and  one  of  the  judges  of  the  hon.  the 
superior  court  of  said  colony.  This  gentleman  was  universally  es- 
teemed for  his  distinguished  accomplishments,  natural  and  acquired. 
He  was  an  able  statesman,  a  most  valuable  friend  and  an  exemplary 
christian.     He  died  October  19th  1759  in  his  56th  year." 

Gov.  Wolcott  was  representative,  member  of  the  council,  judge, 
deputy-governor,  chief  judge  of  the  superior  court,  and  finally  gov- 
ernor. "In  the  expedition  against  Canada  in  the  year  1111,  he  went 
commissary  of  the  Connecticut  forces:  and  in  that  successful  expe- 
dition against  Louisburg,  which  has  gained  so  much  renown  to  the 
American  arms,  he  sustained  the  commission  of  major-general  of  the 
army." 

"In  his  own  person  he  was  frugal,  chaste,  and  temperate.  View 
him  at  the  head   of  a  family,  he  was  a  kind  husband,  a  good  father 

and  a  compassionate  master He  was  very    easy    of  access; 

free,  affable  and  unaffected  in  conversation.  He  was  a  man  of  ready 
wit  and  great  humor. . . .  He  was  one  of  the  most  agreeable  men  in 
conversation,  I  was  ever  acquainted  with."  &c.  &c. 

Edwards. — A  Discourse  occasioned  by  the  much  lamented  Death  of 
the  Honourable  Daniel  Edwards,  Esq;  of  Hartford;  a  member  of  His 
Majesty's  Council  for  the  Colony  of  Connecticut;  and  one  of  the  as- 
sistant Judges  of  the  Honourable,  the  Superior  Court,  for  said  Colony. 
Who  departed  this  life  (at  New  Haven),  September  6th,  1765,  in  the 
LXVth  year  of  his  Age.  Delivered  soon  after  his  Death.  By  Ed- 
ward Dorr,  A.  M.  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Hartford.  Hart- 
ford: printed  by  Thomas  Green."     p.  23. 

It  is  dedicated  to  Mrs  Sarah  Edwards,  his  relict.  The  author 
writes  "I  shall  not  attempt  to  give  his  Character  at  Large;  as  he 
was  born  and  brought  up  among  you,  and  spent  the  greater  Part  of 
his  Time  in  this  Place,  you  all  know  he  was  a  Gentleman  of  great 
Worth  and  Usefulness.  Nature  had  furnished  him  with  distinguish- 
ed natural  Powers:  he  had  a  liberal  Education,  and  but  few  among 
us  ever  made  a  greater  Proficiency  in  useful  Learning  than  he  did. 
He  was  early  called  to  public  Improvement  as  a  Tutor  in  the  College, 
where  his  name  is  remembered  with  Honor  to  this  Day."  "  For  ma- 
ny years  he  was  one  of  the  Council,  Judge  of  the  Probate  for  the 
District  of  Hartford,  and  one  of  the  assistant  Judges  of  the  Superior 
Court:     In  all  these  important  Trusts,  he  shone  with  Honor." 

In  a  note  to  p.  19  it  is  said,  Mr.  Edwards  was  married  to  Miss 
Sarah  Hooker,  now  Mrs.  Edwards,  in  1728;  by  him  she  had  five  chil- 
dren, two  sons  and  three  daughters.     Four  of  them  died  in  their  In- 


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fancy  or  Childhood;  one  only  remained,  who  was  named  after  her. 
She  lived  to  be  married  to  Mr.  George  Lord,  a  very  promising  young 
Gentleman,  and  had  three  children;  two  of  them  died  young,  one  re- 
mains and  is  the  only  surviving  Branch  of  the  Family.  In  October, 
1764,  she  lost  her  only  child,  Mrs.  Lord,  a  very  desirable  Person. 
In  January  following,  she  buried  a  Sister;  and  not  long  before,  her 
only  Brother,  Gapt.  Nathaniel  Hooker.  Sundry  other  near  Relations 
were  taken  away  about  the  same  Time.  In  September,  1765,  Mr. 
Edwards  died,  and  in  October  following,  her  son-in-law,  Mr.  Lord, 
who  lived  with  her,  and  on  whom  she  had  great  Dependence.  'Tis 
rare  to  find  any  one  so  sorely  visited  as  Madam  Edwards  hath  been." 

Foxcroft. — The  Blessedness  of  the  Dead  who  die  in  the  Lord.  A 
sermon  preached  the  Lord's  Day  after  the  Funeral  of  Mrs.  Anna 
Foxcroft,  the  amiable  and  pious  Consort  of  the  Reverend  Mr  Thomas 
Foxcroft,  who  died  October  9th,  1749,  in  the  53d  Year  of  her  Age. 
By  Charles  Chauncey,  D.  D.  One  of  the  Pastors  of  the  First  Church 
in  Boston.  Phil,  i,  21.  Boston:  printed  by  Rogers  and  Fowle  in 
Queen  Street,  1749.     Pp  31. 

Cooper. — Jesus  weeping  over  his  dead  Friend,  and  with  his  Friends 
in  their  Mourning.  A  sermon  preached  the  Lord's-day  after  the  Funeral 
of  the  Reverend  Mr.  William  Cooper,  one  of  the  Pastors  of  the  Church 
in  Brattle-Street,  Boston.  Who  died  December  13,  1743.  Mtat  50. 
By  Dr.  Colman,  Senior  Pastor  of  said  Church.  11  Sam.  !i,  26.  Bos- 
ton: printed  by  Rogers  and  Fowle  for  J.  Edwards  in  Cornhill,  1744. 
Pp.  45. 

This  contains  no  information  concerning  the  family. 

Stoddard — The  faithful  Ministers  of  Christ  mindful  of  their  own 
death.  A  sermon  preached  at  the  Lecture  in  Boston;  upon  the  the 
Death  of  the  Learned  and  Venerable  Solomon  Stoddard,  late  Pastor  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  in  Northampton:  who  departed  this  Life  Febr.  11, 
1729.  yEtat.  86.  By  Benjamin  Colman.  Isa.  iii,  2.  Boston,  New- 
England:  printed  for  D.  Henchman  in  Cornhil,  John  Phillips  and  T. 
Hancock,  near  the  Town  Dock.     1729.     Pp  25  and  4. 

The  dedication  is  to  the  Hon.  Simeon  Stoddard,  Esq.,  the  brother 
of  the  deceased.  The  Appendix  from  the  Boston  News-Letter,  No 
112,  is  very  interesting.  "  Northampton,  Feb.  13,  1728-9.  On  the 
11th  Instant  died  and  this  Day  was  buried  here,  the  very  reverend 
and  aged,  our  honoured  and  beloved  Pastor,  Mr.  Solomon  Stoddard; 
too  eminent  a  Person  to  be  suffered  to  slip  into  his  Grave  in  silence. 

lie  was  born  at  Boston,  Anno  1643.  The  eldest  son  of  Anthony 
Stoddard  Esq.  by  his  second  Wife,  who  was  the  Sister  of  Sir  George 
Downing.  Had  his  School  Learning  at  Cambridge  under  the  famous 
Master  Corlet.  Took  his  first  Degree  at  Harvard  College,  Anno 
1662;  and  was  afterwards  one  of  the  Fellows  of  that  House.  Grow- 
ing out  of  Health  by  reason  of  too  close  an  application  to  his  Stu- 
dies, he  was  prevail'd  on  to  take  a  Voyage  to  Barbados  with  Gov- 
ernor Serle,  as  his  Chaplain;  he  returned  to  his  native  Country  in 
about  two  Years.  Upon  the  Death  of  the  excellent  Mr.  Eleazer  Math- 
er, the  first  Pastor  of  the  Church  in  this  Place,  who  died  when  but 
35  Years  of   Age.     Mr.  Stoddard  was  chosen  and  invited  to  succeed 


348  Researches  Among  Funeral  Sermons.  [Oct., 

him.  He  was  ordained  to  the  Pastoral  Office  over  us,  Anno  16*72,  and 
we  have  enjoyed  an  uncommon  Blessing  in  hi'm  for  56  years  together. 
He  married  Mrs.  Mather,  the  prudent  and  pious  Relict  of  his  Pred- 
ecessor, and  Daughter  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Warham  of  Windsor, 
who  now  survives  him;  by  whom  he  was  bless'd  with  many  children, 
eight  of  which  are  living,  two  Sons  and  Six  daughters.  His  Eldest 
Son,  the  reverend  Mr.  Anthony  Stoddard  is  now  the  worthy  Pastor 
of  the  Church  at  Woodberry.  His  second  son,  Col.  John  Stoddard, 
is  one  of  the  present  Members  of  His  Majesty's  Council.  And  five 
of  his  daughters  are  married  to  worthy  ministers.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Williams  of  Hattield  (one  of  his  sons-in-law),  preached  a  funeral 
sermon  for  him,  the  day  of  his  interment.  He  had  also  the  satisfac- 
tion for  some  time  before  he  died,  to  have  his  grandson,  Mr.  Jona- 
than Edwards,  joined  with  him,  to  be  the  colleague  of  his  age  and 
his  successor  at  his  death;  for  whom  we  can't  wish  anything  better, 
than  that  the  mantle  of  Elijah  may  rest  on  Elisiia." 

Breck.' — Ministers  must  Certainly  and  Shortly  Die.  A  sermon  preach- 
ed at  Marlborough,  Feb.  7,  1 730-31  (since  a  little  Enlarged;)  occa- 
sioned by  the  Death  of  the  Reverend  and  learned  Mr.  Robert  Breck, 
late  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  there,  who  expired  Jan.  G,  1730-1, 
in  the  49th  year  of  his  age.  By  Israel  Loring,  M.  A.,  and  pastor  of 
the  West  Church  in  Sudbury.  Zech.  i,  6;  1  Pet.  i,  24,  25.  Boston, 
N,  E.  printed  by  S.  Kneeland  and  T.  Green,  1731.     Pp.  27. 

A  Funeral  Discourse  Delivered  at  Marlborough,  on  occasion  of  the 
Death  of  the  Reverend  and  Learned  Mr.  Robert  Breck,  late  Pastor  of 
the  Church  there;  who  died  Jany.  6,  1730-31  in  the  49th  year  of  his 
Age.  By  John  Swift,  A.  M.  Pastor  of  the  Church  iirFramingham. 
Boston,  N.  E.     printed  by  S.  Kneeland  and  T.  Green,  1731.     Pp.  17. 

Christ's  Compassion  on  the  Multitudes  scatter'd  abroad,  as  Sheep 
without  a  Shepherd.  A  Sermon  preached  at  Marlborough  on  occa- 
sion of  the  Death  of  the  Reverend  and  Learned  Mr.  Robert  Breck, 
late  Pastor  of  the  Church  there;  who  died  Jan.  6th  1730-31,  in  the 
40th  year  of  his  Age.  By  John  Prentice,  A.  M.  Pastor  of  the  Church 
in  Lancaster.  Mark  vi,  34.  Boston,  N.  E.  Printed  by  S,  Kneeland 
and  T.  Green,  1731.     Pp.  27. 

This  last  has  an  obituary  copied  from  the  Weekly  Journal,  No. 
CC,  Monday,  January  18,  1731.  Mr.  Loring's  sermon  has  a  similar 
notice  from  the  Boston  News  Letter,  No.  1408.  We  learn  that  "his 
Father  was  Capt.  John  Breck  of  Dorchester  a  very  ingenious  and 
worthy  man,  after  whose  Death  this  son  of  his  was  sent  to  Harvard 
College  at  Cambridge  and  there  had  his  Education." 

Before  his  settlement  at  Marlborough,  where  he  succeeded  Rev. 
William  Brinsmead,  "  he  was  a  Preacher  for  some  time  at  Long  Is- 
land, in  the  Province  of  New  York,  during  the  Government  of  the 
Lord  Cornbury;  where  he  had  the  Courage,  though  at  that  time 
young,  to  assert  and  adhere  to  the  Cause  and  Principles  of  the  Non- 
Conformists,  notwithstanding  the  Threatnings  and  other  ill  Treat- 
ment he  there  met  with." 

"He  was  a  man  of  strong  natural  Powers,  clear  head,  solid  judg- 
ment,   and   by   the  blessing  of  God  on  his  unwearied  Diligence  and 


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Study,  he  attained  great  skill  in  the  Learned  Languages  (uncommon 
in  the  Hebrew,  using  to  read  out  of  the  Hebrew  Bible  to  his  Family), 
as  also  in  Philosophy,  the  Mathematicks,  history,  as  well  as  in  divin- 
ity, in  which  he  was  sound  and  orthodox,  a  good  Casuist,  a  strong 
Disputant,  a  methodical  and  close  Preacher.". ..."  He  left  a  sorrow- 
ing widow  and  four  Children." 


EARLY  MARRIAGES  IN  BRADFORD,  MASS. 

[Communicated  by  Alfred  Poor,  Esq.,  of  Groveland,  Mass.] 

Continued  from  page  284. 

Silvanus  Lowell  of  Amesbury  and  Hannah  Hopkinson  of  B.,    Aug.  2, 

1770. 
Nathan  Parker  of  Andover  and  Anna  Parker  of  B.,     Sept.  20,  1770. 
Arthur  Parry  Hardy  and  Priscilla  Hardy  both  of  B.,     Nov.  5,    1770. 
Jacob  Bartlett  of  Newbury  and  Hannah  Sargent  of  B.,  Feb.  15,  1772. 
Moses  Pillsbury  3d.  of  Newbury  and  Sarah  Hale  of  B.,     Jan.  7,  1772. 
William  Parker  and  Hannah  Hardv  both  of  B.,      Nov.    25,  1771. 
Jeremiah  Chandler  of  Andover  and"Martha  Parker  of  B.,  Oct.  22,  1772. 
Jonathan  Bailey  jr.  and  Mary  Fames  both  of  B.,     Jan.  21,  1773. 
William  Parry  and  Mary  Hardy  both  of  B.,     Jan.  23,  1774. 

The  above,  and  those  on    the  preceding,  back  to  those   married 

by  Benjamin  Mulliken  were  married  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  William  Balch. 

John  Thurston  of  Fitchburg    and    Lydia  Kimball  of  B.,     April  28, 

17G8. 
Joseph  Brown  and  Mary  Greely  both  of  B.,        May  3,  17G8. 
Thomas  Spofford  and  Abigail  Hagget  both  of  B.,     Sept.  22,    1768. 
Abijah  Gage  and  Deborah  West  both  of  B.,      Oct.  13,  1708. 
Natli.  Head  and  Abigail  Stickney  both  of  B.,     Dec.  1,  1768. 
Aaron  Carleton  and  Mebi  table  Chad  wick  both   of  B.,     Jan.  26,  1769. 
William  Foster  of  Boxford,  and  Rebecca  Kimball  of  B.,  Feb.  ]4,  1769. 
William  Carleton  and  Sarah  Head  both  of  B.,     Nov.  16,  1769.         t 
Enos  Bishop  and  Phebe  Day  both  of  B.,     Nov.  19,  1769. 
William  Gage  and  Rhoda  Norton  both  of  B.,       Nov.  25,  1769. 
Natli1  Hopkinson  and  Sarah  Maxfield  both  of  B.,     Nov.  23,  1769. 
John  Head  and  Lydia  Merril  both  of  B.,     March  6,  1770. 
Asa  Gage  and  Olive  Hovey  both  of  B.,       Aug.  30,  1770. 
Asa  Dresser  of  Amherst  N.  H.  and  Phebe  Gage  of  B.,     Sept.  6,    1770. 
Moses  Gage  of  Bradford  and  Abigail  Kimball   of  Methuen.     Nov.  1, 

1770. 
John  Chickering  of  Andover  and  Sarah  Webster  of  B.,    Nov.  13,  1770. 
Phineas  Kimball  of  Bradford  and  Lucy  Pearl  of  Boxfoid.     Dec.    13, 

1770. 
Timothy  Gage  and  Hannah  Thurston  both  of  B.,     March  14,  1771 
Richard  Walker  and  Mary  Thurston  both  of  B.,      May  21,  1771. 
Joseph  Day  and  Priscilla  Livermore  both  of  B.,     May  7,  1772 


350  Early  Martiages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  [Oct., 

Thomas  Morse  jr.  of  Bradford  and  Rebecca  Cole  of  Boxford,    Aug-.  13, 

1771. 
Ephraim  Chandler  of  Bradford  and  Joanna  Barker  of  Audovcr.     Aug. 

25,  1772. 
Joshua  Baleh  and  Hannah  Woodman  both  of  B.,      Sept.  22,  1772. 
Richard  Haseltine  of  Chester  N.  H.  and    Lucy  Cross   of  B.,       Nov. 

12,  1772. 
David    Boynton  of   Rowley    and    Susanna   Woodman    of  B.,      Jan. 

7,  1773. 
The  Rev.  Stephen    Peabody  of   Atkinson  N.  II.   and  Mary  Haseltine 

of  B.,      Jan.  19,  1773. 
Samuel  Liudsey  of  Andover  and  Rachel  Hardy  of  B.,     Mar.  2,  1773. 
Joseph  Carleton  and  Mehitable  Head  both  of   B.,     July  27,  1773. 
Jonas  Hardy  and  Molly  Hardy  both  of  B.,     Aug.  6,  1773. 
Charles  Walker  and  Mary  Atwood  both  of  B.,     Aug.  29,  1773. 
Samuel  Trask  jr.  and  Rebecca  Peabody  both  of  B.,      Sept.   16,  1773. 
John  Griffin  and  Eunice  Kimball  both  of  B.,     Dec.  9,  1773.     ■ 
Peter  Gage  and  Molly  Webster  both  of  B.,      Dec.  16,  1773. 
Married  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Williams. 

Nath.  Kimball  of  Hopkinton  and  Lydia  Livermore  of  B.,  Jan.  27, 
1774. 

Nicholas  Buswell  and  Rhoda  Cross  both  of  B.,      April  28,  1774. 

Ebenezer  Perry  and  Dorothy  Stickney  both  of  B.,      March  5,  1774. 

Joseph  Bailey  of  Hollis  and  Abigail  Walker  of  B.,     March  3,  1774. 

Asa  Plummer  of  Rowley  and  Betty  Gage  of  B.,      Sept,    1,  1774. 

Capt.  Isaac  Osgood  of  Andover  and  Mrs.  Ruth  Mullicken  of  B., 
Nov.  2,  1774. 

James  Lindall  of  Bradford  and  Sarah  Perkins  of  Boxford.  Jan.  26, 
1775. 

Luke  Hovey  of  Boxford  and  Hannah  Kimball  of  B.,      March  2,  1775. 

Stephen  Webster  of  Haverhill  and  Elizabeth  Day  of  B.,  May  4, 
1775. 

Thomas  Hardy  and  Abigail  Clough  both  of  B.,     May  14,  1775. 

William  Tapley  and  Martha  Chase  both  of  B.,     May  22,  1775. 

Phineas  Merrill  took  Rachal  Goodhue  to  be  his  wife  and  Ruchal  Good- 
hue took  Phineas  Merrill  to  be  her  husband  before  Daniel  Thuston 
Justice  of  Peace. 

Return  made  to  yc  Clerk  of  Sessions.  Benj.  Murry. 
The  above  persons  were  married    by  Rev.  Mr.   Williams  Return 
made  to  the  Clerk  of  Sessions. 

Amos  Carleton  and  Mary  Edwards  both  of  B.,      Feb  27,  1777. 
Simon  Wardwell  of  Andover  and  Ruth  Church  of  B.,       June  15,  1777. 
Free  Parker  and  Susanna  Hardy  both  of  B.,      Dec.  4,  1777. 
Caleb  Whitney  and  Sarah  Trask  both  of  B.,     Dec.  18,  1777. 
Abraham  Day  jr.  and  Sarah  Campbell  both  of  B.,     April  9,  1778. 
Benj.  Adams  of  Rowley  and    Betty  Woodman  of  B.,     May    21,1778. 
Thomas  Savory  and  Bethiah  Carleton  both  of    B.,     June  18,  1778. 
Silas  Plumer  and  Joanna  Chandler  both  of  B.,     Oct.  4,  1778. 
Nath.  Griffin  and  Sarah  Runnels  both  of  B.,     Dec.  31,  1778. 
William  Wallace  of  Newbury  in  Newyork  and  Hannah  Carleton  of  B., 
Feb.  11,  1779 


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Edward  Kimball  and  Rebecca  Gage  both  of  B.,      Feb.  25,  1179. 
Thomas  Wood  of   Tewksbury   and  Dolly  Carleton  of   B.,      March  1, 

1779. 
Richard  Jaques  and  Mary  Woodman  both  of  B.,     May  11,  1779. 
Moses  Spofford  of  Rowley  and  Hannah  Kimball  of  B.,     July  1,  1779. 
Doct.  Isaac  Mulliken  and  Hannah  Barker  both  of  B.,     Oct.  31,  1779. 
Thomas  Stickney  and  Anna  Hag-get  both  of  B.,     Nov.  4,  1779. 
Thomas  Wicom  of  Notingham  West  and  Afifa  Hardy  of  B.,     Nov.  18, 


1779 


Nath.  Thurston  and  Betty  Webster  both  of  B.,     Jan.  30,  1780. 

The    foregoing    were    married    by    the    Rev.     Mr.    Williams, 

Returned  made  of  the  above  and  foregoing  marriages  to  the  Clerk 

of  the  Sessions. 
Parker  Smith  of  Newbury  and  Hannah  Savory  of  B.,      Jan.  11,  1776. 
Richard  Mead  of  Pembrooke  N.  II.  and  Sarah  Watts  of  B.,     Feb.  20, 

177G. 
Bbenezer  Mulliken  and  Sarah  Platts  both  of  B.,     March  28,  1776. 
Timothy  Pickering  Esq.  of  Salem  and  Rebecca  White,  late  of  Boston, 

resident  of  B.,     April  8,1776. 
Amos  Mulliken  and  Mehitable  Gage  both  of  B.,     May  14,  1776. 
Phineas  Cole  of  Bradford  and  Catherine  Hudson,  late  of  Boston.     May 

17,  1776. 
Moses   Spafford  of  Rowley  and   Elisabeth   Morse  of  B.,     July  16, 

1776. 

The  above  were  married  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Williams. 
John  Bailey  and  Mary  Clough  both  of  B,     March  17,  1774. 
Nathan  Fames  and  Sarah  Richardson  both  of  B.,     April  19,  1775. 
Dea.  Timothy  Hardy  and  Mrs.  Mary  Ames  both  of  B.,     May  22,  1775. 
Stephen  Foster  of  Andover  and  Rebecca  Wood  of  B.,  Aug.  3,  1775. 
Daniel   Nichols  of  Amesbury  and  Alice  Ilopkinson  of  B.,     Aug.  10, 

1775. 
Return  made  to  the  Clerk  of  Sessions. 
Thaddeus  Gage  and  Abigail  Merrill  both  of  B.f     Nov.  30,  1775. 
William  Marden  and  Rachel  Greenough  both  of  B.,     Aug.  15,  1776. 
Samuel  Parker  and  Anne  Greenough  both  of  B.,     March  27,  1777. 
David  Palmer  and  Sarah  Palmer  both  of  B.,     June  15,  1777. 
Joseph  Rollins  and  Martha  Ames  both  of  B.,      Nov.  5,  1778. 
William  Bacon  and  Polly  Greenough  both  of  B.,     Dec.   1,  1778. 
Jesse  Atwood  and  Abigail  Hardy  both  of  B.,     Dec.  31,  1778.  » 

Thomas  Cheney  and  Hannah  Danford  both  of  B.,     Jan.  3,   1779. 
Daniel  Gage  of  Pelham  N.  H.  and  Elizabeth  Greenough  of  B.,     May. 

27,  1779. 
Chase  Savary  and  Hannah  Burbank  both  of  B.,      June,  11,  1779. 
Stephen  Plumer  and  Martha  Hale  both  of  B.,     May  24,  1781. 
William  Palmer  and  Mehitable  Balch  both  of  B.,     Oct.  16,  1781. 

Return  made  to  the  Clerk  of  Sessions. 
Doct.  Seth  Jewett  and  Miss  Abigail  Balch  both  of  B.,    Sept.  16,  1782. 
William  Blaisdell  of  Hampton  and  Mary  McAm  [?]  of   B.,     Nov.  27, 

'  1783. 
William  Greenough  and  Abigail  Parker  both  of  B.,     Feb.  14,  1785. 
The  above  persons  were  married  by  the  Rev   William  Balch. 


352  Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass.  [Oct., 

Boston,  a  Negro  man  belonging  to  Haverhill,  and  Lucy,  a  negro  wo- 
man of  B.,     June  17,   1781. 

John  Haseltine  and  Rebbecea  Barton  botli  of  B.,     Nov.  15,  1781. 

Major  Asa  Perley  of  Boxford  and  Mrs.  Ruth  Kimball  of  B.,      Dec.  8, 
1781. 

Abner  Kimball  and  Abigail  Gage  both  of  B.,      Dec.  18,    1781. 

Daniel  Thurston  and  Susanna  Crummee  both  of  B.,     Nov.  5,  1782. 

Ebenezer  Chadwick  and  Hannah  Webster  both  of  B.,     Nov.  27,  1782. 

Thomas  Hills  of  Newbury  and  Betsey  Chadwick  of  B.,     April,     1783. 

Moses  Tyler  of  Boxford  and  Sarah  Lindall    of  B.,     May,   1783. 

John  Kimball  and  Betsey  Webster  both  of  B„     Dec,  1783. 
Return  made  to  yc  Clerk  of  yL'  Sessions. 

John  Cogswell  of  Haverhill  and  Betsey  Griffin  of  B.,     March  4,  1784. 
Thomas  Webster  and  Polly  Chadwick  both  of  B.,     Oct.,  1784. 
James  Chadwick  and  Anna  Woodman  both  of  B.,     Dec.  25,  1784. 
Amos  Haseltine  of  Luninburgh  and   Abigail   Gage    of  B.,       Feb.  11, 

1785. 
Ebenezer  Griffin  and  Judith  Proctor  both  of  B.,     June  27,  1785. 
Samuel  Webster  and  Mary  Paysou  both  of  B.,      June  27,  1785. 
Lieut.  Ebenezer  Davis  and  Priscilla  Griffin  both  of  B.,     July,    1785. 
Reuben  Head  and  Lydia  Day  both  of  B.,     Sept.  8,  1785. 
Lieut.  Benj:l  Hall  of  Methuen  and  Mrs.  Mary  Hagget  of  B.,      Sept. 

1785. 
Lieut.  John  Tenny  and  Hannah  Hall  both   of  B.,     Feb.,   1786. 
William  Kimball  and  Abigail  Hamlett  both  of  B.,     June  4,  1786. 
Joseph  Swan  of  Methuen  and  Elisabeth  Danford  of  B.,     June,  1786. 
Ebenezer  Mullicken  and  Elizabeth  Nixon  both  of  B.,      Sept.  1786. 
Return  made  to  the  Clerk  of  Sessions. 

Samuel  Tenny  of  Bradford  and  Elizabeth  Merrill  of  Boxford.  Oct.,  1786. 
John  Kimball  and  Phebe  Kimball  both  of  B.,     Jan.  14,  1787. 
Uriah  Gage  and  Hannah  Tenny  both  of  B.,     Jan.  25,  1787. 
The  above  persons  were  married  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Allen. 

John  Savory   and  Polly  Bacon  both  of  B.,     Dec,  1779. 

John  Steel  and  Polly  Larkin  both  of  B.,     Dec,      1779. 

Benjamin  Hardy  and  Mary  Hardy  both  of  B.,     Feb.  7,  1780. 

Jonas  Hardy  and  Mehitable  Hardy  both  of  B.,      Feb.  7,  1780. 

Mariner  Kent  of  Newburport  and  Sally  Gage  of  Bradford. 

James  Lesslee  of  Washington  and  Hannah  Blaisdel  of  B.,  Feb.^    1780. 

Mr.  Jacob  Harrick  of  Beverly  and  Mrs.    Sarah  Webster  of  B.,     Aug. 

1780. 
Broadsbreet  Pearson  of  Rowley  and  Sally  Hale  of  B.,       Oct.    1780. 
Asa  Tenny  and  Polly  Hale  both  of  B.,       Oct.    1780. 
Stephen  Hooper  Esq.   of    Newburyport  and  Miss  Alice  Roberts  of  B., 

Dec.  1780. 

Return  made  to  ye.  Clerk  of  yc  Sessions. 

Asa  Wood  of  Brentwood  and  Abigail  Burbank  ofB.,      Jan.  1781. 
Eliphalet  Burbank  and  Susanna  Barker  both  of  B.,     Jan.    1781. 
Nathan  Burbank  and  Elizabeth  Palmer  both  of  B.,     Feb.    1781., 

Sillowayof  Haverhill  and  Mary  Greenough  of  B.,    April,  1782. 

John  Jennings  and  Hannah  Atwood  both  of  B.,  May,  1782. 


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THE  AUTHOR  OF  MASSACHUSETTENSIS. 

Continued  from  page  295. 

Mr.  Sargent's  second  article  appeared  in  the  Boston  Daily  Evening 
Transcript  for  April  18,  1851.  We  give  it  below.  To  our  mind, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  that  lie  has  fully  settled  the  question  of  the 
authorship  of  the  letters  bearing  the  signature  of  Massachusettensis. 
After  this  last  article  was  published  in  the  Transcript,  Mr.  Sargent 
received  a  long  letter  from  the  late  Hon.  Francis  Baylies,  of  Taunton, 
containing  additional  facts  in  proof  of  the  claim  of  Judge  Leonard. 
This  letter  is  among  the  documents  before  mentioned,  deposited  by  Mr. 
Sargent  in  the  library  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical 
Society. 

Daniel  Leonard  or  Jonathan  Sewall  ? 

In  1824  Mr.  William  Tudor  published  his  life  of  James  Otis.  After 
saying  that  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis  have  been  usually  ascrib- 
ed to  Jonathan  Sewall,  he  says,  in  a  note  on  page  112,  "That  he 
was  the  author  of  Massachusettensis,  however,  has  been  recently 
contradicted  A  gentleman  of  high  respectability  in  Nova  Scotia 
asserts,  of  his  own  positive  knowledge,  that  these  papers  were  written 
by  Mr.  Leonard,  formerly  of  Massachusetts,  but  since,  chief  justice 
of  Bermuda."  The  gentleman  of  Nova  Scotia  is  now  well  known 
to  have  been  the  Hon.  Ward  Chipman,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  in 
1770;  became  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Brunswick,  and 
president  of  that  province;  and  died  at  Frederickton,  Feb.  9,  1824. 
He  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  a  royalist,  and  quitted  Boston  at 
the  time  of  the  evacuation,  in  17  76.  The  manner  in  which  he 
obtained  his  "  positive  knowledge"  will  be  explained  hereafter. 

Mr.  George  Atkinson  Ward,  in  his  biographical  notice  of  Daniel 
Leonard,  appended  to  his  highly  interesting  memoirs  of  Samuel  Cur- 
wen,  ascribes  to  Mr.  Leonard  the  authorship  of  the  letters  in  question. 
Mr.  Lorenzo  Sabine,  in  his  valuable  work,  the  "  American  Loyalists,'' 
observes:  "A  series  of  papers,  signed  Massachusettensis  which  John 
Adams,  as  Novauglus,  answered  were  for  a  long  time  attributed  to 
Jonathan  Sewall;  but  it  is  now  well  ascertained  that  they  *were 
written  by  Mr.  Leonard."  Neither  of  these  gentlemen,  however, 
supports  his  assertion,  which  is  wholly  adverse  to  the  popular  opinion, 
by  the  production  of  any  facts  whatever. 

It  is  now  time  to  inquire  if  Mr.  Adams,  himself,  died  in  the  faith 
that  Sewall  was  the  author  of  these  letters.  In  answer  to  a  letter 
from  me,  Mr.  William  Baylies,  of  West  Bridgewater,  states  that,  after 
the  republication  of  the  letters  in  1819,  the  Hon.  Abraham  Holmes, 
of  Rochester,  informed  him,  "  that  at  an  interview  he  (Mr.  Holmes) 
had  with  President  J.  Adams,  at  Quincy,  Mr.  A.  said,  that  he  had 
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354  The  Author  of  Massachnsettensis.  [Oct., 

supposed  that  Mr.  Sewall  was  the  writer  of  the  Massachusettensis 
letters,  but  that  lie  had  been  convinced,  that  ho  was  mistaken,  and 
that  Daniel  Leonard  was  the  author." 

The  correctness  of  this  statement  will  be  abundantly  established. 
In  the  "  Works  of  John  Adams,"  Vol  II,  page  405,  Mr.  Charles 
Francis  Adams,  the  editor,  says,  in  a  note,  "  Massachusettensis  is 
now  understood  to  have  been  the  work  of  Judge  Leonard,  although  Mr. 
Adams,  until  a  very  late  period  of  his  life,  supposed  it  to  have  come 
from  the  other  gentleman  named,"  meaning  Jonathan  Sewall.  In  re- 
ply to  a  note  from  me,  to  Mr.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  inquiring  if 
by  the  words,  "  until  a  very  late  period  of  his  life,"  he  meant  to  say 
that  his  grandfather  had,  at  any  time,  changed  his  mind  upon  this 
subject,  and  if  there  was  any  evidence  of  that  fact,  Mr.  C.  F.  A.  very 
kindly  supplied  me  with  the  following  copy  of  a  passage,  contained  in 
a  lett-er  from  his  grandfather  to  the  Hon.  Abraham  Holmes,  of 
Rochester,  dated  Oct.  14,  1821:  "I  had  however  great  reason  to 
suspect  that  I  was  mistaken  in  imputing  Massachusettensis  to  Mr. 
Sewall.  The  testimony  of  Judge  Chipman,  of  St  John's,  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  of  Judge  Leonard,  of  London,  both  of  them  authorities 
too  respectable  to  be  contradicted,  ascribes  these  papers  to  Mr.  Daniel 
Leonard.  This  makes  no  alteration  in  the  argument,  but  the  jus 
suum  cuique  is  of  eternal  obligation.  I  have  had  in  the  early  part 
of  my  life,  nearly  equal  esteem  for  both  of  these  characters,  and  am 
willing  that  justice  should  be  done  between  them." 

I  am  not  aware  that  a  tittle  of  evidence  exists  to  support  the 
opinion,  that  Sewall  was  the  author  of  these  letters,  than  that  which 
directly  or  indirectly  proceeds  from  John  Adams.  His  diary  and 
autobiography  were  sealed  volumes  to  the  world  until  within  a  few 
months;  the  seals  of  these  highly  interesting  books  were  broken,  in 
part,  by*his  grandson.  The  world,  therefore,  until  within  a  brief  space, 
never  knew  that  Mr.  Adams  suspected,  seventy- seven  years  ago,  in 
1774,  that  the  letters  in  question  were  written  by  Jonathan  Sewall 
and  Daniel  Leonard.  The  world  knew  not,  that,  thirty  years  ago,  in 
1821,  Mr.  Adams  had  declared  in  writing  to  the  Hon.  Abraham 
Holmes,  of  Rochester,  an  opinion,  that  Jonathan  Sewall  was  not  the 
author  of  these  letters,  and  that  Daniel  Leonard  was.  This  was 
known  to  a  very  limited  number  of  persons.  All  the  world  knew 
was  the  very  positive  and  impressive  averment  of  Mr.  Adams,  in 
1819,  in  the  preface  to  the  volume  of  republished  letters,  that  he 
knew  them  to  be  written  by  Jonathan  Sewall.  His  habits  of  accuracy 
were  universally  acknowledged,  and  the  world  fastened  its  faith  upon 
the  sleeve  of  this  illustrious  deponent. 

There  now    remains    not  one    iota    of  testimony,    to    support  the 

opinion   that  Sewall  was  the  author.     Let  us  then  inquire  who  was? 

Mr.    Adams    admits,    that   Daniel   Leonard   was   the    author.      In 

Taunton,  where  Leonard  resided,  this   is  the  common  faith,  and  has 

been  so  ever  since  the  revolution. 

In  reply  to  a  note  from  me,  Mr.  Ellis  Ames,  of  Canton,  Mass.,  in- 
forms me,  that  Dr.  Baylies,  of  Dighton,  the  father  of  Mr.  William 
Baylies  of  West  Bridgewater,  married  the  sister  of  Daniel  Leonard's 


J864.]  The  Author  of  Massachusettensis,  355 

first  wife;  and  that  Dr.  Baylies  and  Daniel  Leonard  were  classmates. 
I  find  them,  in  the  class  of  1760,  at  Harvard.  Their  habits  of  in- 
timacy may  well  be  inferred  from  these  facts.  Now,  Mr.  William 
Baylies  writes  thus,  in  his  letter,  already  referred  to — "He"  (Judge 
Leonard)  "  was  frequently  mentioned,  in  my  father's  family,  in  con- 
nection with  Massachusettensis.  It  was  my  father's  opinion  that 
Mr.  Leonard  was  the  author  of  the  letters.''  Mr.  William  Baylies, 
in  support  of  this  opinion,  refers  to  John  Trumbull's  McFingal,  as 
authority  in  point.  To  show  the  application  of  Trumbull's  lines  Mr. 
Baylies  says:  "  It  is  well  known,  both  historically  and  traditionally, 
that  Daniel  Leonard  had  a  passion  for  cards  and  was  fond  of  dress 
He  was  the  original  of  Beau  Trumps,  a  character  in  Mrs.  Warren's 
Group.  President  Adams  says  '  he,  Mr.  L.  adopted  great  style  and 
display,  in  his  dress  and  manners,'  and  I  heard  the  late  Judge  R.  T. 
Paine  say,  in  speaking  of  Mr.  L.,  '  Daniel  was  a  very  clever  fellow, 
but  he  was  too  fond  of  cards,  and  never  was  easy  in  company,  till 
cards  were  introduced,'  " 

Let  me  now  apply  this  description.  The  two  first  cantos  of  Mc- 
Fingal were  published  in  Philadelphia  seventy-six  years  ago,  in  the 
fall  of  1775.  I  quote  from  Trumbull's  works,  Hartford  ed.,  1820, 
vol.  i.  On  page  28,  Trumbull  commences  a  description  of  the 
ministerial,  or  tory,  "'scribblers." 

Did  not  our  Massachusettensis 
For  your  conviction  strain  his  senses  ; 
Scrawl  every  moment  he  could  spare 
From  cards,  and  barbers,  and  the  fair  ? 

This  certainly  is  descriptive  of  Leonard.  To  show  that  Trumbull 
never  supposed  Massachusettensis  was  Judge  Sewall,  we  have  only 
to  turn  over  a  leaf.  On  page  30,  still  proceeding  with  his  description 
of  the  "  scribblers,"  he  asks — 

Did  not  our  grave  Judge  Sewall  hit 

The  summit  of  newspaper  wit; 

Fill  every  leaf  of  every  paper 

Of  Mills,  and  Hicks,  and  mother  Draper  ; 

Draw  proclamations,  works  of  toil, 

In  true  sublime  of   scarecrow  style, 

Write  farces,  too,  'gainst  sons  of  freedom, 

All  for  your  good,  and  none  would  read  'em  ? 

It  is  manifest  that  Mr    Trumbull,  writing   at   the    time,    had  two 

persons,  in  view,  Massachusettensis,  who  was  addicted  to  cards, 
barbers,  and  the  fair,  and  "'grave  Judge  Sewall,"  who,  whatever  he 
was,  was  not  Massachusettensis. 

Let  me  now  put  the  cap  stone  upon  this  comparatively  small 
matter.  I  had  been  told  that  the  elder  Judge  Chipman,  who  died 
in  1824,  had  asserted  that  he  was  in  the  same  office  with  Daniel 
Xeonard;  that  of  his  own  knowledge,  he  knew  Mr.  Leonard  to  be 
the  author  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis,  and  that  he  had  been 
employed  in  copying  those  letters  for  the  press  from  Mr.  Leonard's 
manuscript.  I  had  been  told  also,  that  the  Hon.  Ward  Chipman,  of 
St.  Johns,  New  Brunswick,  who  has  lately  resigned  the  office  of  chief 
justice  of  that  provinee,  son  of  Judge  Chipman  deceased,  moved, 
most  probably,  by  the  very  decided  statement  of  Mr.   Adams,    in   his 


356  The  Author  of  Massachusettensis.  [Oct., 

preface  of  1819,  that  Sewall  was  the  author,  had  actually  written  to 
Judge  Leonard,  asking  him  to  say  if  he  was  the  author  or  not ;  and 
that  Judge  Leonard  had  replied  that  he  was. 

Thereupon,  I  took  the  liberty  of  addressing  a  few  lines  to  Judge 
Chipman,  stating  what  I  had  heard,  and  respectfully  suggesting  the 
propriety,  if  it  were  so,  of  pacifying  the  still  unsettled  question 
forever.  Judge  Chipman  obligingly  replied,  under  date,  March  22, 
1851,  as  follows:  "  I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  5th  instant, 
seeking  information  as  to  the  authorship  of  the  letters  of  Massa- 
chusettensis. It  is  true,  as  has  been  stated  to  you,  that  many  years 
ago  I  wrote  to  Mr.  Daniel  Leonard,  at  that  time  residing  in  London, 
to  inquire  if  he  were  the  author  of  those  letters,  and  received  a 
reply  from  him,  assuring  me  that  he  was  the  author.  I  cannot  lay 
my  hand  on  the  correspondence,  nor  do  I  recollect  the  exact  date  of 
it,  but  I  think  it  was  before  the  death  of  my  father,  which  took  place 
in  1824.  I  had  previously  learned  the  same  fact  from  my  father,  who 
had  a  personal  knowledge  of  it.'' 

Mr.  Charles  Francis  Adams  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  the  letters 
were  written  by  both,  which  his  grandfather  said  was  suspected,  in 
1774;  Mr.  C.  F.  A.  was  led  to  this  belief  partly  by  a  dilference 
in  texture  and  power,  which  diiference  he  thought  he  had  perceived 
in  difFerent  parts.  This,  however,  was  before  I  had  received  Judge 
Chipman's  letter.  I  at  one  time  conjectured  that  Mr.  Leonard 
might  have  written  these  letters,  as  Addison  wrote  the  Spectator, 
auxilio  variorum.  Upon  a  careful  perusal  of  them  all,  however, 
the  style  will  appear  I  think,  to  the  eye  of  an  expert,  quite  uniform; 
and  whatever  difference  there  may  be  in  the  comparative  power  of 
different  parts,  this  seems  not  to  authorize  the  conjecture  that  more 
than  one  hand  was  in  the  work.  Non  omnino  dormitat  bonus  Humerus. 
The.  very  same  vein  of  silver  is  seldom  of  equal  volume  and  purity 
throughout. 

It  is  evident  that  Mr.  Adams  retained  perfectly  kind  and  respectful 
sentiments  for  both  these  honorable  gentlemen  to  the  close  of  his 
career.  The  word  tory,  applied  as  a  word  of  reproat.1  to  many 
highly  intelligent  and  excellent  men,  who  adhered  to  the  royal  cause, 
has  become  entirely  obsolete  with  men  of  ingenuous  and  untram- 
melled minds.  My  personal  recollections  of  Mr.  Adams  are  full  of 
profound  respect,  not  unmingled  with  a  sentiment  of  affection ;  yet  1 
believe,  however  colossal  their  mistake,  that  the  motives  of  his  old 
friends  Sewall  and  Leonard,  were  as  pure  and  holy  as  his  own. 

Daniel  Leonand,  the  author  of  the  letters  of  Massachusettensis,  was 
born  at  Norton,  a  few  miles  from  Taunton,  Mass.  He  graduated  at 
Harvard  in  1760.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general  court  before 
the  revolution.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  acknowledged  learning  and 
ability.  Being  a  royalist,  he  was  an  addresser  of  Gov.  Hutchinson, 
in  1774,  and  received  the  appointment  uf  mandamus  councillor. 

The  house,  once  occupied  by  Mr.  Leonard,  is  still  standing  at  the 
southwest  end  of  Taunton  Green.  "Mr.  Leonard,"  says  Mr.  William 
Baylies,  "  wasforced  toseek,  in  Boston, a  refugefrom  popular  violence.'' 
In  fact,  his  house  was  assailed  by  a  band  of  political    ruffians,   and 


1864.]  Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek.  357 

bullets  were  fired  into  it.  His  wife,  near  her  confinement,  was  soon 
after  delivered  of  an  idiot  son.  Mr.  Leonard,  in  1776,  went  with  the 
British  army  to  Halifax.  He  was  comprehended,  in  the  act  of  banish- 
ment, of  1778.  He  subsequently  became  chief  justice  of  Bermuda, 
and  died  in  London,  June  27,  1829,  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine. 

The  circumstances  of  his  death  are  extraordinary.  He  was  acci- 
dentally killed,  by  the  discharge  of  a  pistol,  in  his  own  hand.  The 
following  account  is  furnished  me,  by  Mr.  Ellis  Ames,  in  the  letter, 
referred  to  already,  of  March  5,  1851.  "  lie  complained  to  the  peo- 
ple in  the  house  that  in  the  night  time  as  he  lay  in  bed  he  was 
annoyed  by  a  man,  walking  on  the  roof  of  the  adjoining  house,  and 
coming  up  to  his  window,  the  roof  of  the  adjoining  house  being  of 
such  a  height  as  to  enable  the  man  so  to  do.  He  thought  the  man  a 
dangerous  fellow,  and  accordingly  got  a  loaded  pistol  and  laid  beside 
him  during  the  night.  One  day  as  he  was  in  a  room  by  himself,  the 
inmates  heard  the  report  of  the  discharge  of  his  pistol,  and  going  into 
the  room,  found  him  on  the  floor,  dying  from  the  bullet,  which  had 
passed  his  vitals,  and  so  far  gone  as  to  be  utterly  unable  to  explain. 
It  was  not  doubted  that  he  was  attempting  to  draw  the  charge,  and, 
from  clumsiness,  occasioned  by  old  age,  unintentionally  discharged 
the  pistol  so  as  to  produce  almost  instant  deaiti."  Sigma. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  DOOP-BOEK,  OR  BAPTISMAL  REGIS- 
TER OF  THE  EEFORMFD  PROTESTANT  DUTCH  CHURCH 
OF  SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 

[Communicated  by  Prof.  Jonathan  Pearson,  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.Y.J 

Continued  from  page  237. 


Isaak, 

Maria  Magdalen  a, 

Lsaak  Swits. 

Johannes, 

teiaiagse, 

Johannes. 

Anna, 

teiaiagse, 

Lois  a. 

Grita, 

Deiudhondawae, 

Margrita. 

Hind  rick, 

deiudhondawae, 

hindrick. 

Adam, 

deiud  hodawae, 

Adam  Vroman. 

Essron, 

Maria, 

Essron. 

Den  23  mey  syn  tot  bet  christen  geloof  ouergekomen  na  dat  sy  de 
dwalf  artikelen  des  geloof  hebben  beleden  en  angenomen  den 
duuelerye  en  godloosheden  versaekt  de  godsalig-heit  bernint  endfter  op 
belooft  volstandig  te  bliven  en  wel  te  beleuen  dit  gedaem  synde  so 
syn  so  gedoopt  in  de  kerke  og'niondage 
Mey  23 

Zara,  Nigaronda,  kanastasie. 

Elisabet,  Zara,  kanastasie. 

Johannes,        0  (sic)  kornelius. 

Albertus,         Nohogsage,  Esras. 

Abraham,         Sakhowanne,  Brant. 


358  Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek.  [Oct., 


Harmanus, 

kadogo, 

Esras. 

Simon, 

kanathonka, 

Simon. 

Josua, 

kargigko, 

Jacob. 

Djver 

tiere, 

Zara. 

Arent 

Sinienkwine, 

Asaph. 

Gesina 

kaierinigtage, 

Christina. 

Gfrieta, 

Joseph, 

Margreta. 

Zacliarias, 

haiugwagta 

Malta. 

A°  1701  Juli  13  Proseliten  [Indians]. 

Den  13  Juli  dese  volgende  personen  de  kerke  cliristi  ingelyft  door 
bet  sacrament  des  doops  na  dat  sy  haer  geoofent  hadde  in  de  chris- 
telyke  godsdieust  de  sonde  versaakt  de  godsaligheit  omhelst  met  be- 
loi'te  daer  volstandig  bi  te  Blyven  en  syn  med  natnen. 

Abraham,  degaragkwoniako  kornelis. 

Jakob,  anatshonti,  adoni. 

Petrus,  Royaner,  Johannes. 

Margreta,  ayeendas,  Margreta. 

Nouemb  25. 

Margreta,              Essras,  Lourens  Van  der  Volgcn, 

kanastase,  Vulkye  Simonse  [Veeder.] 
Anna,               Sanders, 

Christien,  Iakkameintje. 

tliomas,            Maria,  Amos. 

Susanke,          debora,  Catrina. 

Dese  personen  hebben  de  Christclyke  Beljdenis  gedaen  &  den 
duuel  afgesworen. 

henoch,            aglonthaenra,  hindrik. 

Petrus,             Ionnia  ro  wanne,  Johannes. 
A°  1702,  Janw  4. 
Johannes,        Johannes,  kwakenbos,  Johannes  kwakkenbos, 

Anna  kluud  [Clute]  Magtelt  Post. 
Dito  18. 

Anna,               Mathie  Bovie,  Gerardus  Campfort, 

Catrina  Baroj,  Janetje  de  Schan. 
fbru  8. 

Jakob,             Marten  V.  Slyk,  kornelius  V.  Slyk, 

Grietje  gerris  geertru  V  Slyke. 
Marti  22. 

Anna,               Jan  patist  Van  Neps,  Johans  Sanders  Glen, 

Helena  Glen,  Diever  Wendel. 
Dito  29. 

Eva.                 Hendrik  Brouwer,  Maria  Bosboom  [mother] 

Marten  Benthuisen  [sponsor]   f'eitye  Bosboom.     * 

April  5.  • 

Anna,               James  fordt  [Fort]  Jan  patist  Van  Neps, 

Margrieta  Rinkhout.  Grietye  heemstraet. 
dito  19. 

Angnieta,        Maims  Vedder,  Jan   Danielse  [Van  Antwerpen] 

Margrieta  V  Slyk.  Geertru  V  Slyk. 

Harmanus       kornelis  V  Slyk,  kornelis  fiele  [Viele] 

klaertye  Brat.  fydye  Bosboom. 


1864.] 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


359 


May  24. 

Anna 

Jannetie, 

Juny  28. 
Eva 


tarn  Nobel,  Douwe  Oukes. 

Catarina  Marines.  Biechtie  Eversen. 

tonis  Dirksen,  klaes  Van  Bokhoven, 

Catalena  Van  Petten.  Jeifie  Arentsen. 


kornelus  Viele.  klaes  Van  Petten, 

Diver  Van  Petten.  hiefje  Noerman. 

July  2G.  Jonothan  Stevens  oud  27  Jare  syn  belydenisse  gedaen 

en  daer  op  gedoopt  Jonothan. 
Arent,  Jonohthan  Stevens, 


Augustus  23. 
Johannes, 

Sept.  20. 
Simon. 


dito  28. 
Tones, 

oktobr  18. 
Mar  grit  a 

fran  syn  a, 

dito  25. 
Martinus. 

Noveinb  8. 
timotheus, 

Decmbr  13 
Johannes 


Lea  Stevens. 

Albert  Vedder, 
Maria  Glen. 

Phillip  Groot, 
Zara  Peek. 

Lowies  Viele, 
Maria  frere. 

thomas  Davie, 
katrina  klein. 
Pieter  Mangel se, 
Jannetje  du  Schien. 

Daniel  Van  olinde, 
Lisabit  krigier. 

Adam  Vroman 
Grietje  heemstraet. 


Maims  Vedder. 
Susanna  Van  Slyk. 

Jchans  Sanders  Glen, 
Anna  Vedders. 
t 

Jakobus  Peek, 
Lysabet  tuuissen. 

Esaias  Swart, 
Maria  Swart. 

Esyas  Swart, 
Eva  Swart, 
klaes  Gerritsen, 
Jannetje'  Vroman. 

Gysbert  Van  Brakel, 
Elisabit  lapate. 

Jacobus  Peek, 
Trjntjc  heemstraet. 


Isaak  Swits, 
Lisabit  Kinghout. 

Johannes  Vonda, 
Maria  lokarmans. 


Simon  Groot, 

Geertruy  Rinkhout. 
Decern br  25. 
Rebecca,         Jelles  Vonda, 

Rachel  Wenne. 
A"  1703,  Janwari  17. 
Bartliolomeus,  Johannes  Vroman, 

Gesa  Simons  [Veeder]     Grietye  heemstraet. 
harmanus,       Johans  Daniels  [Van  Antwerpen]  harmanus  Vedder, 

Angenieta  Vedders.         Zara  Groot. 
Debora,  Johannes  Simonse  [Veeder]    Johannes  Sanders  Glen, 

Susanna  Wemp.  Diver  Wendel. 


Volkert  Simonson  [Veeder] 


dito  24. 
Johanus, 

Maria, 

dito  31. 


William  haal, 
Trintje  klaesse. 
Abraham  Groot, 
hester  Visschers. 


Adam  Vrooman, 
Barber  heemstraten. 
Dirk  Groot, 
Susanna  Groot. 


360 

Maria, 

febroeri  28. 
jdeh, 

Aprill  15. 
Susanna, 

Aprill  18. 
Bregje, 

July  28. 
Doretha, 

Juni  11. 

William, 

August  22. 
frans, 


Anna, 

freerik, 

Septem.  19. 
Abraham, 

3  oktob. 
Anna, 

Dito  17. 
Reyer,    • 


Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek. 


[Oct. 


Beniamin  lenay, 
feitye  Jonkers. 

Jorgen  Kinkhout, 
Maria  idersen. 


kornelis  slingerlant, 
Maria  Mesgrave. 

Gcrrit  Si  mouse  [Veeder] 
diver  Wendcl. 


Barent  Wemp,  Jan  Wemp, 

Volkye  Symonse  [Veeder]    Jakkameintje  Sanders  glen 


Karel  toll, 
Elisabet  Kinkhout.' 


Henedrik  Brauwer 
Maria  Bosboom. 


Bartholemeus  Pikkert,  Wouter  Vrooman, 
Eva  klaessen.  Geetruy  klaessen. 


William  J}oin, 
Rachel  Jonkers. 


Jan  Daniels  [Van  Antwerpen] 
Aneceneta  Vedders. 


klaes  fransen  [Van  den  Bogart] 

Barber  heemstraat,  Barent  Vrooman. 

Maria  Vyselaer. 
Gerit  Simonse  [Veeder]  Dirk  bratt, 
tryntje  helmers  [Otten]   Geesina  Simonsen  [Veeder] 
Arent  Van  Petten,  klaese  Van  Petten, 

Janna  Conyn.  Eva  Bratt. 

Casparus  Springsteen,     Reyer'Schermerhorn, 
Jannetie  Schermerhorn.  Ariaentje  Arents. 

kornelis  Slingerlant,        Eva  Mebie, 
Jan  Mebie.  Anna  Bosboom. 


Jan  Wemp,  Barent  Wemp, 

Catalena  Schermerhorn.  Aryaentie  Bratt. 
Jacob  Sanders,  Johans  Glen,  Johaus  Sanders  Glen, 

Jannetye  Bleyker.  Divertje  Wendel. 


Dito  24. 
henderik, 

Novemb.  7. 
Engeltje, 

Decemb.  12. 
Jacobus, 

A»  H04. 
Jan  wary  2. 
Susanna, 

Jannetye, 


kornelis  Van  Slyk, 
klaertye  Bratt. 


Marten  [Van]  Benthuyse, 
Grietye  Van  Slijk. 


Volkert  Simonsen  [Veeder]  Jan  Vroman, 
Jannetje  Schermerhorn.  Geesye  Simonsen  [Veeder] 


Jelles  Van  Vorst, 
Lysbet  Van  Neps, 


Samuel  Bratt, 
Susanna  Slijk. 
Jonatan  Dyer, 
Maria  hesseliuh. 


Dirk  Bratt, 
Maria  Van  Neps. 


Jacobus  Van  Dyk, 
Jannetye  Vrornans. 
Philip  Schuyler, 
Gessye  Simonse. 


J864;]  The  Barnaby  Family.  361 

dito  30. 

Zara,  Arent  Vedder,  Korset  Vedder, 

;  Zara  Groot,  Ariaentje  Swits. 

Willem,  Hendrik  Brouwer,  Johannes  Glen,  Junr. 

Maria  Borsboom,  Eva  Andries. 

Kornelis,        Hendrik  Brouwer,  Kornelia  Slingerlant, 

Maria  Borsboom.  Eva  Mebi. 


THE  BARNABY  OR  BARNEBY  FAMILY. 

[Communicated  by  Gen.  Ebenezer  W.  Peirce  of  Freetown.] 

James1  Barnaby  and  Lydia  Bartlett,  of  Plymouth,  were  united  in 
marriage  June  8,  1647.  Lydia,  the  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Robert 
Bartlett,  one  of  the  Plymouth  first  comers  who  arrived  in  the  Ship 
Anne,  July,  1623.  Her  mother  was  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Warren.  James  and  Lydia  Barnaby  had  children  : — (2)  James2 
+  b.  1670  d.  July  5  1726;  in.  Joanna  Harlow  of  Plymouth;— (3) 
Stephen*  +  m.  1st  in  1696  Ruth  Morton,  in.  2d  Judith  Church. 

After  the  death  of  James1  Barnaby,  his  widow,  Lydia,  m.  John 
Nelson  of  Middleborough 

2  James2  Barnaby,  by  wife  Joanna,  had  ch.  : — (4)  James3  b.  1698, 
prob.  d.  young  ; —  (5)  Lydia,3  in.  Mr.  Perry  , — (6)  Ambrose3  -f-  b. 
1706,  d.  April  18,  1775  ;  m.  June  14,  1728,  Elizabeth  Gardner  of 
Svvanzea,  b.  Nov.  11,  1703,  at  about  11  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  d. 
Jan.  28,  1788,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Gardner  of  S. 

James'2  Barnaby  purchased,  for  j£1300,  a  farm  in  Freetown,  Feb. 
18,  1725,  where  he  immediately  located  himself,  and  where  his  wife 
died  on  the  4th  of  Sept.  in  the  same  year.  Tradition  informs  us  that 
she  pined  and  died  from  discontent  or  home  sickness.  She  was  a 
dau.  of  Sergeant  William  Harlow,  of  Plymouth,  by  Mary  Shelly, 
his  third  wife,  and  was  b.  Mar.  24,  1669.  Her  husband  survived  her 
but  a  few  months.  His  will  bears  date  June  22,  1726,  and  his  death 
occurred  on  the  5th  of  July  following.  To  his  dau.  Lydia  Perry,  he 
gave  £30,  and  to  his  son  Ambrose  all  his  real  estate.  The  grave- 
stones of  James-  Barnaby  and  Joanna  his  wife  are  still  in  good  pre- 
servation and  standing  in  the  old  town  burial  ground  of  Freetown. 

3.  Stephen-  Barnaby,  by  wife  Ruth  had  ch  : — (7)  Lydia  ;3 — (8) 
Ruth  ;:J— (9)  Elizabeth  ;3  —  (10)  Timothy3  -f-  wife  Martha;— (11) 
Hannah  j3 — 

By  2d  wife  Judith,  he  had  :— (12)  Joseph3  +  wf.  Lydia. 

6  Capt.  Ambrose3  Barnaby,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  nine  ch.  born  at 
Freetown,  namely  :  —  (13)  Mary,1  b.  Feb.  11,  1729,  d.  Oct  15,  1742  ; 
— (14)  James*  +  b.  Oct.  11,  1730,  wife  Lois  ; —  (15)  Joanna*  b.  June 
26,  1733,  m.  1st  Capt  Benjamin  Weaver  jr.  of  Swanzea,  Nov.  4,  1753 
ante  p.  257  ;  m  2d  Col.  Sylvester  Cliilds  of  Warren  R.  I.  in  1758,  and 
d.  May  18,  1773  ;— (16)  Samuel*  +  b.  Apl.  20,  1735,  m.  Oct.  2,  1757, 
Sylvia  Winslpw  of  Freetown  ;—  (17)  Elizabeth,1  b  Feb  9,  1738,  m. 
Feb  9,  1763,  Barnabas  Canady  of  Taunton,  and  d.  in  1784  ;— (18). 
Lydia,*  Nov.  7,  1740,  m.  1st  Nathan  Simmons  Jr.  of  Freetown,  Aug, 
35 


362  The  Barnaby  Family.  <[Oot., 

21,  1761  ;  m.  2d  George  Brightman,  Esq.  of  Freetown,  Nov.  26, 
1775  ;— (19)  Mary,*' b.' Bee.  29,  1744,  m.  Daniel  Wilbur  of  Swanzea, 
Sept.  13,  1772,  and  d.  Aug.  30,  1803  ;— (10)'  Ambrose  *  +  b.  Feb.  11, 
1745,  d,  June  8,  1802,  m.  1st  Elizabeth  Wilbur  of  Swanzea.  Sept  3, 
17G9  ;  m.  2d  Pliilena  Burt  of  Berkley,  1779  ;  m  3d  Abigail  Williams 
of  Taunton  in  1792  ;—  (21)  Sarah*  b.  May  20,  1748,  d.  Dec.  1808,  m. 
James  Winsluw  of  Freetown. 

Capt.  Ambrose3  Barnaby,  the  father,  was  10  years  town  clerk  of 
Freetown,  5  years  a  selectman,  and  4  years  an  assessor. 

10.  Timothy3  Barnaby,  by  w.  Martha,  had  : — (22)  Stephen,*  b.  at 
Provincetown,  Mass.,  Oct.  13,  1728  ;—  (23)  Ruth,*   b.   Nov.  11,  1735. 

12.  Joseph3  Barnaby,  by  wife  Lydia,  had  : — (24)  Joseph^  b.  at 
Provincetown,  Mass.  July  24,  1736. 

14.  James1  Barnaby,  by  wife  Lois,  had  : — (25)  Hannah5  b.  Dec.  11, 
1757,  m.  Thomas  Lawton.  She  was  insane  for  about  50  years  and 
ended  her  earthly  sufferings  in  the  Alms  House  at  Fall  River. 

1G.  Samuel1  Barnaby,  by  wife  Silvia,  had  : — (26)  John,3  b.  Dec.  20, 
1757,  d.  Oct.,  1759; — (27)  Joanna3  b.  Mar.  10,  1759  ;—  (28)  Lydia3 
b.  Nov.  28,  17G0,  m.  Nathaniel  Foster  of  Middleboro'  Oct.  28,  1781  ; 
—(29)  Nathan3  b.  Dec.  16,  1762  ;— (30)  Harlow3  -f  b.  Sept.  15,  1764, 
m.  Susan  Edson  of  Hardwick,  Mass.  ;— (31)  Betty3  b.  Sept.  8,  1766, 
d.  May  6,  1771  :— (32)  Joseph,3  b.  Jan.  16,  1769  ;— (33)  Jiannah3  b. 
Jan.  20,  1771  ;— (34)  Lois,3  b.  June  13,  1773. 

Samuel4  Barnaby,  the  father,  was  town  clerk  of  Freetown  5  years, 
selectman  6  years,  assessor  9  years,  and  a  member  of  the  first  Mas- 
sachusetts Constitutional  Convention.  He  was,  also,  one  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence,  Inspection    and  Safety    1776-78  and  1779. 

20.  Ambrose4  Barnaby,  by  1st  w.  Elizabeth  had  : — (35)  Daniel3  + 
b.  Mar.  23,  1770,  m.  Hopestdl  Mason  of  Warren,  R.  I.  in  1792  ;—  (36) 
Anna,3  b.  Dec.  11,  1771  ;— (37)  Sarah3  b.  Sept.  14,  1774. 

By  2d  w.  Philena,  he  had  :— (38)  Sarah3  b.  Oct  31,  1780,  d.  Oct.  8, 
1820,  in.  Enoch  Tobey  of  Berkley,  Nov.  21,  1801  ;— (39)  Ambrose*  + 
b.  Apl.  10,  1785,  d.  May  26,  1820,  m.  May  18,  1806,  Ruth  Evans  of 
Freetown  ;— (40)  James3  -\-  b.  June  25,  1787,  m.  Abigail  Burt  of 
Berkley  >—  {Al)'' Stephen3  +  b.  Apl.  6,  1789,  d.  Oct.  8,  1844,  m.  Lucy 
Hathaway  of  Freetown. 

Ambrose4  Barnaby  had  no  children  by  his  third  wife.  He  was  a 
selectman  of  Freetown  14  years,  treasurer  2  years,  moderator  of 
annual  town  meetings  10  years  and  representative  to  the  General 
Court  from  that  town  in  1787. 

30:  Harlow  Barneby,  by  wife  Susan,  had  ph.: — (a)  Sylvia,6  b. 
1791,  m.  Ebenezer  Bowman  of  Westford,  Vt.  ; —  (b)  Harriet,"  b.  1793, 
m.  Benjamin  Taylor  of  Westford  ; — (c)  Alanson?  b.  1795  ; — (d)  Am- 
brose? b.  1797,  m.  Salome  Taylor  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  ; — (e)  Sam- 
uelGif  b)  '1799  ;--(/)  Hannah?  b.  1801,  m.  Lewis  Tucker;- (A) 
Susan?  b.  1803  ;—  (i)  Mary  A.?  b.  1805  ;—  (j)  Clarissa? ,b.  1807, 
m.  Hiram  H.  Heath,  Seneca  Falls  ; — (k)  Edson?  b.  1809. 

35.  Daniel5  Barnaby,  by  wife  Hopestill,  had:— (42)  Daniel? (43) 

Gardner  ;°— L(44)  Ambrose1* 

39.  Capt'  Ambrose5  Barnaby,  by  w.  Ruth,  had  :— (45)  Ambrose6  b. 
Oct.,  1807,  d.  July  27,  1808  ;—  (46)  Ellen6  m.  George  Clark  ;— (47) 
Philena?  b.  1808,  d.  Aug.  14,  1815  ;— (48)  Philena?  m.  Mr.  Grey. 


1864,]  Watson  Genealogy:  363 

,  Capt.  Ambrose5  Barnaby  was  a  deputy  sheriff  for  Bristol  County. 
He  was  commissioned  ensign  of  the  Lst  foot  company  of  Infantry  in 
Freetown  Mar.  9,  1804  ;  lieut.  Aug.  16,  1800;  captain/ Aug.  5,  1807, 
and  received  an  honorable  discharge  Mar.  8,  1811. 

40.  Rev.  James5  Barnaby,  by  wife  Abigail,  had  :— (49)  James  f— 
(50)  Simeon  f — (51)  Samuel15,  m.  Sarah  H.  Vaughn  of  Freetown  ;G — 
(52)    Thomas  ;G— (53)   Abigail  ;°— (54)  Philena6 

41.  Stephen5  Barneby,  by  Lucy  his  wife,  had: — (55)  Stephen  Burt6 
b.  July  20,  1811,  m.  Mary  A.  Sampson  of  Woonsocket,  R.  I.  ; — (56) 
Sally6  b.  Nov.,  1813,  d.  Jan.  15,  1823;  —  (57)  Philena6  b.  May  14, 
1817,  d  Aug.  8,  1844  ;— (58)  Lucy6  b.  1819,  d.  May  22,  1822  ;— (59) 
Joanna  LI6  b.  Sept.  19,  1821,  m.  William  II.  Ashley,  Esq.,  of  Fall 
River;—  (60)  Sally  D.,6  b.  Nov.  12,  1823,  m.  Maj.-Gen.  John  Gould 
of  Middletown,  R.  I.  ;— (61)  Ambrose*  b.  Jan.  12,  1826,  m.  Phebe 
Caswell  of  Fairhaven  ;—  (62)  Nancy  T6  b.  Apl.  15,  1828,  m.  George 
H.  Dean  of  Freetown  :— (63)  Lucy6  b.  Apl.  15,  1828,  in.  John  B. 
Bradley  of  Providenee,  R.  I.  ;— (64)  Jerathmal  B.6  b.  Oct.  27,  1830, 
m.  Josephine  Raynolds  of  Providence,  R.  I.  ; — (65)  Abner  Jones6  b. 
May  23,  1834,  m.  Jennie  Wallace  ;— (66)  Harriet6  b.  Apl.  4,  1838,  m. 
Byron  Smith  of  Natick,  R.  I. 

Stephen5  Barneby,  the  father,  was  a  selectman  of  Freetown  1  year 
and  an  assessor  7  years. 

Note. — James  Barnaby  purchased  the  farm  in  Freetown,  of  Lieut.  Nicholas 
Morey,  who  had  the  same  of  William  Makepeace  July  18,  1704.  The  Barneby 
family  still  own  the  farm  ;  and  the  house  of  the  first  Ambrose  is  standing,  and  is 
occupied  by  Mr.  Stephen  Burt  Barneby. 


WATSON  GENEALOGY. 
[Communicated  by  William  Reed  Deane,  Esq.,  of  Brookline.] 

The  surname,  Watson,  is  evidently  from  Wat,  the  nick  name  or 
abbreviated  form  of  Walter,  with  the  termination,  son;  which  togeth- 
er signify  the  son  of  Walter.  Lower,  in  his  Patronymica  Britannica, 
gives  Walters,  Waterson,  Fitz- Walter,  Watt,  Watts,  Watson  &c.  as 
derived  from  Walter,  "  a  personal  name  of  Teutonic  origin"  which 
"was  not  introduced  until  the  Conquest."  .  . 

1.  George1  Watson  was  one  of  the  prominent  early  settlers  of  Ply- 
mouth. There  is  a  tradition  that  his  father  was  Robert  and  his 
mother  Elizabeth,  who  came  with  him  and  two  other  sons,  the  eldest 
named  Robert  and  the  youngest  Thomas,  to  Plymouth  about  the  year 
1632.  We  have  met  with  no  documentary  evidence  to  confirm  this 
tradition;  but  the  fact  that  there  was,  in  1638,  a  widow  Elizabeth 
Watson,  at  Plymouth,  who  assigned  over  her  servant  to  Thomas 
Watson,  lends  plausibility  to  it.  Dr.  Stiles  in  his  History  of  Ancient 
Windsor  gives  another  tradition  that  a  family  of  seven  brothers 
came  to  New  England  and  settled  in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 
He  gives  several  generations  of  the  descendants  of  Robert,  of 
Windsor,  who  in.  Mary  Rockwell  Dec.  10,  1646;  and  items  relative 
to  others  of  the  name.  .<  -.    .-o    i    v    ■>. 


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Watson  Genealogy. 


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George1  Watson  was  a  resident  of  the  town  of  Plymouth  in  1633, 
and  a  freeman  of  the  colony  in  16c7.  In  1635,  lie  purchased  a  dwell- 
ing of  Dea.  Richard  Masterson,  and  becjime  a  householder.  He 
married  Fhebe  daughter  of  Robert  Llicks,  who  was  a  passenger  in 
the  Fortune  in  1621  ;  and  whose  wife  Margaret  and  daughter,  Phebe, 
with  the  rest  of  the  family,  followed  in  the  Ann,  in  the  summer  of 
1623. 

Mr.  Watson  was  one  of  the  most  respectable  and  useful  members 
of  tha  early  settlement  at  Plymouth,  holding  various  offices  of  trust, 
and  faithfully  performing  his  public  duties,  while  his  prudence  en- 
abled him  to  become  quite  independent,  owning  large  tracts  of  land. 
He  reared  up  a  family  of  four  children, — three  having  died  in  infancy, 
- — from  whom  have  sprung  many  of  the  most  useful  and  prominent 
men  of  the  colony  and  state  down  to  the   present    period.      A  silver 

bowl,  of  which  a  wood  cut 
is  here  given,  was  brought, 
by  him,  to  this  country; 
and  has  been  carefully  pre- 
served and  handed  down  in 
the  branch  of  the  family  to 
which  it  now  belongs  for 
more  than  two  centuries 
a  quarter.  It  bears 
Mr.  Watson's  initials,  "  G. 
w.,"  on  its  base.  At  his 
decease  in  1689,  it  fell  to 
his  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Joseph  Williams,  of  Taunton,  and  bears  their  initials,"1'^." 
Then  it  passed,  requiring  no  change  of  initials,  to  their  grand 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  born  at  Norton>March  29,  1715-16,  wife  of 
Jacob  White  of  Mansfield,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Williams,  who 
subsequently  gave  it  to  her  great  grandson,  Nehemiah  Hall,  of 
Mansfield,  whose  initials,  "  n.  h.,"  it  also  bears,  and  in  whose  pos- 
session it  now  is.  Seldom  is  such  an  authentic  memorial  preserved 
in  any  family  so  many  generations. 

Mr".  Watson  died  Jan.  31,  1689,  in  his  87th  year.  His  wife,  Phebe, 
died  May  22,  1663.  Their  children  were:— (2)  Phebe\  m.  Jan.  22, 
1656-7,  Jonathan  Shaw,  and  had  ch.:  Lieut.  Jonathan'5,*  b.  1663,  d. 
Jan.  18,  1729-30,  res.  Plympton,  in.  Mehitabel  Pratt,  b.  1667,  d.  1712; 
and  BenoniV  b.  1672,  d.  Mar.  5,  1751,  also  of  Plympton,  m. 
Lydia  Waterman,  b.  1676,  d.  July  25,  1757.— (3)  Mary*  b.  ab.  1641, 
having  d.  Dec.  1,  1723,  a.  81,  in.  Aug.  21,  1662,  Thomas  Leonard  of 
Taunton;  ch.:  Mary3,  Thomas3,  John3,  George3,  Samuel3,*)"  Elkanah3, 


*  Lieut.  Jonathan3  Shaw  bad  a  son  Samuel4,  whose  son  Ichabod5,  had  a  dau. 
Sally5,  who  m  Dr,  Benjamin  Shur.tleff  of  Boston  and  was  mother  of  Dr.  Nathaniel 
B.6Shurtleff  of  Boston.  Dr.  Benjamin  Sburtleff,  himself,  was  a  descendant  of  Benoni3 
Shaw,  brother  of  Lieut.  Jonathan3  through  Abigail4  Shaw;  who  by  her  2d  bus. 
Lieut.  Nathaniel  Attwood,  had  Abigail5  Attwood,  who  m.  Benjamin  ShuitlelF,  and 
was  his  mother.  Nathaniel  B.6  Shurtleff  b.  June  29,  1810,  m.  Sarah  Eliza  Smith 
July  18,  1836.  Their  eldest  son  was  the  late  Capt.  Nathaniel  B.7  Shurtletf,  Jr.,  b. 
Mar.  16,  1838,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Aug.  9,  1802  -Reg  xvii.  80. 

t  Samuel3  Leonard,  had  a  daughter  Hazadiah4,  who  m.  Rev.  John  Wales,  and 


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James3,  a  dan.3,  Seth3,  Phebe3,  Elizabeth3;  for  marriages,  dates  and 
descendants,  see  Register  v,  41 43,  and  407-13. —  (4)  John'2,  d.  young1. — 
(5)  Samuel*,  twin  with  the  following,  b.  Jan.  18,  1647-8. —  (6)  Eliza- 
beth*, b.  Jan.  18,  1647-8,  m.  Nov.  28,  1667,  Joseph  Williams  of  Taun- 
ton and  had  ch.:  Elizabeth3,  Richard3,  Meliitabel3,  Joseph3,  Benja- 
min3,* Ebenezer3,  Phebe3  and  Richard3;  for  marriages  and  dates,  see 
Reg.  v,  414^.— (7)  Jonathan'2  b.  Mar.  9,  1  651-2,  d.  young— (8)  Elko* 
nah'2  -f-,  the  only  son  who  grew  up  to  manhood,  b.  Feb.  25,  1655-6, 
m.  in  1676,  Mercy  Hedge,  daughter  of  William  fledge,  and  was  drown- 
ed in  Plymouth  Harbor  Feb.  8,  1689-90. 

8.  Elkanah*2  Watson,  of  Plymouth,  by  wife  Mercy,  bad  ch.:  (9) 
Elkanoh:\  b.  1677.— (10)  William*,  b.  1*679.— (11)  George*,  b.  1680.— 
(12)  John*+tb.  1681,  m.  1st  Jan  26,  1715,  Sarah  dan.  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Appleton)  Rogers;  m.  2d  July  8,  1729,  Priscilla  Thomas  dau. 
of  Caleb  and  Priscilla  (Oapen)  Thomas.  He  d.  Sep.  9,  1731.  Thach- 
er  in  his  History  of  Plymouth  (p.  173)  states  that  he  was  supposed 
to  be  the  richest  man  in  the  county  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

12.  John3  Watson  by  his  first  wife,  Sarah,  had  ch  :  (13)  John*  -\- 
b.  Apr.  19,  1716,  d.  at  Plymouth  Jan.,  1753,  rn.in  1743  Elizabeth  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Phebe  (Manchester)  Reynolds  of  Bristol,  R  I.,  b.  1722,  d. 
1750. —  (14)  Col.  George*  +  an  opulent  and  liberal  citizen  of  Plym- 
outh (see,  Thacher's  Plymouth,  p.  217),  b.  July  18,  1718,  d.  Dec.  3, 
1800,  aged  82;  m.  1st  in  1747  Abigail  dau.  of  Richard  Saltonstall,  b. 
Oct.  28,  1728,  d.  Mar.  18,  1750;  m.  2d  Elizabeth  dau.  of  Peter  Oliver, 
b.  ab.  1735,  d.  Feb.  19,  1767,  a.  32;  m.  3d  Mrs.  Phebe  (Marston)  Scott, 
(wid.  of  John  Scott  of  Newport,)  who  d.  Oct.  28,  1825,  a.  83  or  86. 

By  his  2d  wife  Priscilla,  he  had  ch.:— (15)  William*  J|b.  May  6, 
1739,  d.  Apl.  22,  1815,  in.  Elizabeth  dau.  of  Capt.  BenjamWvfarston.-— 
(16)  Elkanah*-^  b.  Feb.  27,  1732,  d.  Aug.  11,  1804;  m.  1st  Oct., 
1754,  Patience  sister  of  the  preceding  Elizabeth,  and  a  descendant  of 
the  Winslow  and  Pelharn  families  {Reg.  xvii,  161  and  xviii,  172);  m. 
2d.  Mrs.  Fanny  Glover,  Jan.,  1792. 

13.  John4  VVatson,  by  his  w.  Elizabeth  had  ch.: — (17)  John5  +  b. 
1747,  d  Feb.  1,  1826,  a.  78;  m.  1st  in  1769  Lucia  Marston  b.  1747, 
m.  2d.  Eunice  (Marston)  Goodwin;  grad.  H.  1766;  was  the  second 
president  of  the  Pilgrim  Society,  as  successor  of  Judge  Joshua 
Thomas,  and  the  first  vice  president  of  the  same;  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Old  Colony  Club  and  the  last  surviving  member  of 
that  association  of  worthies.  He  was  the  propriotor  of  Clark's 
Island,  where  the  Pilgrims  spent  the  Sabbath  Dec.  ^,  1620.  He  de- 
lighted in  the  antiquarian  associations  of  the  place,  and  resided  here 
about  forty  years  of  his  life. — (18)  Daniel'*. — (19)  Elizabeth5. 

had  a  daughter  Prudence5  Wales,  who  m.  Rev.  Peres  Fobes,  LL.  D..  and  had  a  dau. 
Nancy6  Fobes,  wife  of  Rev.  Simeon  Do^gett,  and  mother  of  Abby7  Dogtrett,  who  m. 
Wi  lium  Reed  Deane,  the  compiler  of  this  article,  and  d.  May  ti,  1861. — Reg.  xv,  280. 
#BknjamIN3  Williams  bad  a  dau.  Elizabeth4,  who  m.  Jacob  White,  mentioned 
above  in  connection  with  the  silver  bowl  ;  and  had  a  daughter  Abigail5  White  who  m. 
Dea.  John  Deane  of  Mansfield  [Reg.  iii,  o85),  ai  d  was  mother  ol  Jacob6  Deaoe,  now 
living  at  Manslield,  Mass  ,  father  of  William  Reed7  Deane,  who  by  wife  Abby  Dog- 
gett,  above,  had  four  children,  the  eldest  surviving  of  whom  is  Major  Samuel  Blair8 
Deane,  of  Lacon,  111. 


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14.  George4  Watson,  by  1st  wife  Abigail  had  ch.: — (20)  George*, 
d.  young.,  ii 

By  2d.  w.  Elizabeth  he  had:— (20)  Mary*,  b.  Apl.  15,  1754-, 
in.  Elisha  Hutchinson,  son  of  Gov.  Thomas  Hutchinson  author  of  the 
History  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  had  ch.,  George  Watson0,  Rev. 
John0,  Canon  of  Lichfield,  Eng.,  editor  of  the  3d  vol.  of  his  grand- 
father's history;  and  Margaret0.— (21)  George*  b.  July  24,  1757,  d. 
Aug.  1Q,  1757.  — (22)  Sarah*  b.  Mar."  23,  1759,  in.  Martin  Brimmer 
and  had  ch.,  Eliza  Oliver0,  vGeorge  Watson0  d.  in  Italy  Sept.,  1848  ; 
Susan6  m.  Henderson  Inches  ;  and  the  late  Hon.  Martin0,  mayor  of 
Boston.-4(23)  Elizabeth*  1).  Aug.  29,  1764,  d.  Sep.  14,  17G4.— (24) 
Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  19,  1767,  d.  Nov.  4,  1809;  m.  1st  Hon.  Thomas 
Russell,  §n  opulent  merchant  of  Boston;  m.  2d.  Sir  Grenville  Temple, 
Bart.,  and  had  ch.  Augusta  Grenville0.  Sir  Grenville0,  Lt.  Col.  John0, 
Elizabeth  Augusta0,  and  Matilda  Margaret0 —See  Reg.  x,  76. 

15.  William1  Watson,  by  wife  Elizabeth/nad  ch.:  (25)  Williamr\— 
(26)  Eliza*,  d.  Apl.  16,  1835,  a.  76;  rn.  Nov.  22,  1789,  Hon.  Nathan- 
iel Niles,  of  West  Fairlee,  Vt,  b.  Apl.  3,  1741,  d.  Oct.  31,  1828,  a 
writer  of  some  note,  grad.  Princeton  Coll.  1766,  M.  C.  1791-5,  (see 
memoir  in  Congregational  Quarterly  v.  33-41)  and  had  Elizabeth0,  Na- 
thaniel0, Samuel6,  William  Watson0  and  Nancy  L.° — (27)  Benjamin*. 
— (28)  Ellen*  m.  Hon.  John  Davis,  LL.  D.,  editor  of  MortoiCs  Memorial, 
and  had  ch.,  Ellen  Watson0,  Sarah0  m.  M.  A.  Plimpton,  John  W.°  in. 
S.  H.  Tolman,  Marcia0  m.  M.  A.  White,  Eliza  M  m.  Hon.  William  Stur- 
gis,  Ellen  W.°  m.  Rev.  E.  S.  Goodwin  of  Sandwich. 

16.  Elkanah1  Watson,  by  1st  w.  Patience  had  ch.: — (29)  Marston5 
+  b.  May  ^  1756,  d.  at  Boston  Aug.  7,  1800,  m.  Mar.  30,  1779, 
Lucy  dau.  Wf.  John  and  Joanna  (Raymond)  Lee  of  Manchester,  Mass. 
(1st  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  vin.,  80.)  ;—  (30)  Elkanah*  -f  b.  Jan.  22,  1758, 
d.  Dec.  5,  1842,m.  1784  Rachel  Smith;  see  memoir,  Beg.  xvii,  97-105.— 

(31)  Priscilla*,  b.  Sept.  30,  1760,  m.  Nov.  13,  1808,  Josiah  Cotton.— 

(32)  Martha*  b.  Oct.,  1762,  d.  unmd.  Aug.  26,  1840,   at   Roxbury— 

(33)  Lucia*  b.    Nov.   11,    1765,  d.  at  Freetown  Mar.  20,  1791. 

By  2d  w.  Fanny,  he  had  ch.: — (34)  Charles  Lee'\  d.  young. — (35) 
Lucia*,  m.  Dr.  Thomas  Drew,  and  had  ch.  Frances  Elizabeth0,  Tliorn- 
as^of  Boston,  has  edited  several  newspapers,  Lucia  Watson0,  Elka- 
nah Watson0,  d.  in  infancy,  Cornelia0,  Arthur  Lee°,  Herbert  Marston0, 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  and  Martha  Fiske0. 

17.  John3  Watson,  by  ,1st  w.  Lucia,  had  ch.: — (36)  John0,  m.  1794 
Pamelia  Howard,  and  had  ch.  Elizabeth  R.7  m.  Mr.  Brewster,  Sally 
M.7  m.  Charles  Mack,  Lucia  Marston7,  Daniel  H.7  wf.  Betsey,  Eunice7, 
and  Nancy7. — (37)  George'  -f-  m.  Elizabeth  Leach  who  is  now  living 
at  Roxbury.— (38)  Sally*, — (39)  Benjamin1'  m.  1804,  L.  B.  Sturgis, 
and  had  ch.,  Lucretia  Ann7,  d.  young,  Lucretia'Ann7  m.  IT.  B.  Good- 
win, Elizabeth  Miller7,  Benjamin  Marston7,  d.  young,  Benjamin  Mars- 
ton7 proprietor  of  the  "  Old  Colony  Nurseries,"  and  J.  Slurgis7. — 
(40)  Lucia*,  d.  young. — (41)  Lucia*  in.  1799  John  rlsayIor,  and  had 
ch.,  Lucia7,  d.  1816,  William7  d.  young,  Jeanette7  m.  P.  Wl  Warren,; 
and  William  m.  E.  R.  Vila.-r-(42)  Daniel'  m.  1810  m.  Susan  Suddley, 
and  had  ch.:  Susan  Augusta7  m  E.  R.  Cotton. — (43)  William*,  d. 
youug. — (44)  Willliam*,  m.  H.  Delano;  ch.  William7,  George7,  Alme- 


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ida. — (45)  Window  7  m.  1813,  IT.  L.  Goodwin;  ch.  Winslow  Watson7, 
in.  Louisa  Gibbens,  and  Elizabeth  Grey7. — (4G)  Brooks'*. 

By  2d  w.  Eunice  lie  had  ch.: — (47)  Edward  Winslow6,  the'present 
owner  and  occupant  of  Clark's  Island. — (48)  Eliza  Ann6. — (49)  Al- 
bert Mortimer®  m.  Nov.,  1831,  Abigail  Burgess,  and  had  ch.,  James 
Marston7,  Edward  Winslow7,  Albeit  Mortimer7,  and  Nathan  Bulges7. 

29.  Marston5  Watson,  by  -w.  Lucy,  had  ch.: — (50)  Benjamin  Mars- 
ton6 d.  Aug.  31,  1851,  at  Newton,  m.  1st  Aug.  6,  1809,  Eliza  Par- 
sons; m.  2d  Roxana  Davis.— (51)  Lucy6,  d.  Apl.  13,  1781. -(52)  Mar- 
tha;,  Marston6,  d.  June  9,  1810,  m.  Dec.  11,  1808,  Thomas  Cushing,  of 
Boston.— (53)  Lucy  Lee6,  d.  Feb.  4,  1807.— (54)  Sally  Maria,  Pacheco6, 
d.  Apl.  21,  1834,  m.  Thomas  Welch. —  (55)  Laura  Adriadne,6<\.  uiirn.  at 
Roxbury. — 456)'  Henry  Monmouth6,  d.  Aug.  9,  1805. — .(57)  Horace 
Howard6  m.Thirza  Ilobart. — (58)  Eliza  Cons'.anlia6  m.  Jan.  6,  1813, 
Thomas  dishing,  and  has  a  son  Thomas7  Cushing,  A.  M.,  principal 
of  the  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston. — (5SrJ  Agnes  Lee6  (60)  Almira6. 
—  (61)  Rev.  John  Lee0,  +  D.  D.,  gr.  H.  C.  1815,  minister  of  Trinity 
ch.,  Boston,  1836  to  1846,  and  now  chaplain  U.  S.  Navy,  m.  Jan.  20, 
1828,  Elizabeth  West,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  (Crocker) 
West. —  (62)  Adolphus  Eugene6,  m.  1st  Louisa  C.  M.  Stonghton,  Sep. 
23,  1823;  m.  2d  Eliza  Mellon.  Oct.  8,  1835;  m.  3d.  Susan  L.f  Fergu- 
son Mar.  26,  1845. 

30.  Elkanah*  Watson  by  w.  Rachel  had  ch.:  (63)  Emily  M.G  b. 
1791,  d.  Jan.,  1827,  at  Detroit,  Mich.;,  m.  1816  George  B.  Larned,  son 
of  Simeon  Larned  of  Fittsfield. — (64)  George  Elkanah6  b.  Aug.  22, 
1793,  d.  at  Detroit  Jan.  13,  1819;  m.  Lucy  dau.   Hon.  Nathan   Willis 

(by  his  wife wid.  of  Elkanah  Do&gettj   of   Middlcl^ro,    whose 

maiden  name  was  Fearing),  and  had  son  George  Chiles7.— (65) 
Mary  Lucia6,  b.  1797,  d.  at  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  1853;  in.  Jan.,  1820, 
Gen.  Aaron  Ward,  sou  of  Moses  Ward,  b.  1785,  Capt.  in  U.  S.  army 
1813-14;  district  attorney  for  Westchester  county,  N.  Y.,  1821;  M. 
C.  1825-29,  '31-37  and  '41-43;  and  had  ch.,  Emily  M.7,  Mary  H.7, 
Catharine  S.7,  Josephine7  m.  John  R.  Thompson  (has  the  Copley  paint- 
ing of  her  grandfather  Elkanah3  Watson) ;  and  Virginia. 7-(66j  Charles 
Marston6  b.  1799,  m.  Dec.  12,  1850,  Elizabeth  B.  Shankland  and  had 
ch.,  Virginia  C.7,  Emma  Kate7,  and  Lizzie  Duleebella". — (67)  Winslow 
CossouP  +  b.  Dec.  22,  1803,  now  living  at  Fort  Kent,  N.  Y.;  m.  1st 
Fiances  dau.  of  Richard  Skinner  of  Manchester,  Vt.  (Reg.  xviii.,  314), 
b.  Aug.  18,  1808,  d.  Apl.  26,  1829;  m.  2d  May  18,  1831,  Susan  Skin- 
ner, eldest  sister  of  the  preceding,  b.  May  31,  1804,  d.  Jan.  26,  1845; 
m.    3d    June   18,  1858,  Elizabeth  A.  Patterson. 

37.  George'*  Watson,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  ch.: — (68)  Elizabeth 
Leach7,  m.  William  Stevens. —  (69)  Eunice  Marston7. —  (70)  A?ina  Ma- 
ria7.—  (71)  Ellen  Jane7. — (72)  Caroline  Lucretia7. — (73)  Sarah  Brim- 
we/-7.— (74)  George1.— (75)  John7.— (76)  Hannah  Emily7 '.—(77)  Phebe 
Jeanette1 . — (78)  Henrietta  Frances1,  m.  T.  Kettridge  of  Andover. 

61.  Rev.  John  L.lj  Watson,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  ch.: — (79)  L,u- 
cy  Lee7  d.  Sep.  29,  1831.— (80)  Elizabeth  West7  d.  May  20,  1831. — 
(81)  Marston7  m.  Oct.  4,  I860,  Clara  Van  Wagenen".— (82)  Emily7.- 
(83)  James  Otis7.— (Si)  Elizabeth7 '.—(85)  Arthur  Lee1.— (86)  George 
Herbert7.— (SI)    John   Henry7 .—(88)     William    Croswell7  d.    July  13, 


368  One,  Two  and  Three  Penny  Bills  Issued  in  1722.        ,  [Oct., 

1849.— (89)  Ally  Loring1  twin  with  preceding.— (90)  Herlert  Wins- 
low7  d.  1851. 

67.  Winslow  C.6  Watson,  by  1st  w.  Frances,  had  ch.: — (91)  Rich- 
ard Skinner1,  b.  at  Manchester,  Vt.,  Apl.  21,  1829. 

By  2d  w.  Susan,  he  had  ch.:— (92)  Winslow  Charles1  b.  at  Pitts- 
burgh, N.  Y.,  Jan.  19,  1832— (93)  Frances  Skinner1  b.  Aug.  5,  1836, 
at  Manchester,  Vt.— (94)  Susan  Skinner1  b.  at  M.  Dec.  7,  1839,  d. 
Dec.  3,  1862.— (95)  Mary  Emily1  b.  at  Port  Kent  July  19,  '1842. 

Note— Robert  Hicks,  father  of  Phebe  wife  of  the  first  George  Watson,  lived  in 
Bermondsey  street,  Southwark,  about  the  year  1616,  and  was  a  fellmonger  or  dealer 
in  bides.  See  Clement  Brigg's  deposition  in  the  Register,  n.,  244,  of  which  deposi- 
tion an  abstract  is  printed,  in  connection  with  the  Hicks  genealogy,  in  Deane's 
Scituate,  p.  284. 


ONE,  TWO  AND  THREE  PENNY  BILLS  ISSUED  IN  1722. 

The  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  June  22,  1722,  ordered  an 
emission  of  £500  worth  of  Id.,  2d  and  3d.  bills.  This  was  occasioned 
by  the  scarcity  of  small  coin,  owing-  to  the  multiplication  of  paper  mo- 
ney a'nd  its  consequent  depreciation.  At  the  time  of  this  issue,  paper 
money  had  depreciated  nearly  one-half,  an  ounce  of  silver  being  then 
worth  lis.,  while  in  1710  it  was  worth  only  8s. 

We  prinU^below  the  law  ordering1  this  issue,  from  the  1726  edi- 
tion of  the^Pcte  and  Laws  of  His  Majesty's  Province  of  Massachusetts- 
Bay  in  New  England.  The  bills  of  this  emission  are  extremely 
rare.  We  have  seen  only  one  of  them,  a  three  penny  bill,  which  was 
loaned  us  in. 1858  by  James  W.  Clark,  Esq,  of  Framingham.  It  was 
printed  on  parchment,  I  7-8  in.  from  top  to  bottom,  and  ljin.  wide, 
from  point  to  point,  the  reverse  being  blank.  Its  shape  was  hexagonal, 
the  top  and  bottom  being  straight,  and  the  sides  pointed.  This  bill 
as  printed  in  the  volume  from  which  we  copy,  is  of  the  same  size  and 
lias  the  same  appearance,  except  that  the  bill  has  a  border  of  prin- 
ters' flowers  or  ornaments,  which  is  wanting  in  the  volume  ;  and  both 
may  have  been  printed  with  the  same  type.  Mr.  Stickney,  of  Salem, - 
in  the  Collections  of  the  Essex  Institute  (1859),  vol.  I.  p.  156,  gives  an 
imitation  of  a  \d.  bill  in  his  possession.  This  bill  is  round,  and  the 
printing,  he  states,  is  of  the  size  of  a  silver  half  dollar.  A  square 
or  2d.  bill,  he  adds,  was  then  in  the  possession  of  William  W.  Green- 
ough,   Esq.,  of  Boston. 

An  Act  for  Emitting  Five  Hundred  Pounds  in  Small  Bills  of  several 
Denominations,  to  be  exchanged  for  larger  Bills  by  the  Province 
Treasurer.  , 

WHEREAS  great  Inconveniences  and  Difficulties  have  arisen  to  the  Af- 
fairs and  Trade  of  this  Province,  for  want  of  small  Money  for  Change  : 
For  remedy  whereof  : 
Be  it  Enacted  by  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  Council  and  Repre- 


1864.]  Rev.  William  Hubbard  the  Historian.  369 

eentatives  in  General  Court  Assembled,  and  by  the  Authority  of  the 
same,  That  there  be  forthwith  Imprinted  on  Parchment,  the  Sum  of 
Five  Hundred  Pounds  in  Pennies,  Two  Ponces  and  Three  Pences  of  the 
following-  Figures  and  Inscriptions  :  viz.  Forty  Thousand  and  One 
Pennies,  to  be  Round,  Twenty  Thousand,  Two  Fences,  Four  Square, 
Thirteen  Thousand  Three  Hundred  and  Thirty-three  Pences  Sex- 
angular. 

[Here  follow  the  figures  and  inscriptions  of  the  different  bills,  all.of 
which  are  surrounded  hy  a  single  line,  though  of  different  forms,  viz. : 

"U  I   jg^*  ®w  J)nuu>,  I  —  I  Jftassacftusetts.  |  —  |  3m\z 

1722,"  enclosed    in    a   circle;    "O  m~   L2d  |  2T(W#<9  49WCe.  |  , 

iDroWnce  of  |  tije  ^tnssnzlni-  |  setts  June  mi"  enclosed  in 

an    oblong    square;   and  4-j0^-3,Z  |  <&{tylX121B,  \  JJ22N '£22  |  —  | 

JSrotHnce  of  tfje  [  i^assacDusctts  |  iiao,  ST.  23.  I  JUNE, 

1722,"    enclosed     in    a   hexagon.] 

And  that  the  Committee  already  appointed  by  this  Court  for  that 
purpose,  are  hereby  Directed  and  Impowred  to  take  Effectual  Care  for 
the  Making  and  Imprinting  the  said  Bills;  and  that  the  said  Bills  be 
delivered  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Province,  by  him  to  be  Exchanged 
for  other  Bills  of  this  Province,  to  such  persons  as  come  for  the  same  ; 
but  not  less  than  Twenty  Shillings  at  any  one  time  ;  and  that  the  said 
Bills  be  Accepted  by  the  Treasurers  and  Receivers  subordinate  to  him 
in  all  Publick  Payments,  as  other  the  bills  of  this  Province  are,  and 
that  Five  Hundred  Founds  in  Bills  exchanged  by  the  Treasurer  for 
these  Bills,  shall  be  burnt  to  Ashes  by  a  Committee  to  be  appointed 
for  that  purpose. 

And  be  it  farther  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  whosoever 
shall  presume  to  Forge,  Counterfeit  or  Utter  any  Bill  o»ills  (know- 
ing the  same  to  be  False  and  Counterfeit)  of  the  Figures  or  Inscrip- 
tions of  those  mentioned  in  this  Act,  or  any  ways  in  Imitation  thereof  ; 
4>r  that  shall  Counsel,  Advise,  Procure  or  any  ways  Assist,  in  Forging, 
Counterfeiting,  Imprinting  or  Stamping  of  any  such  false  Bills  : 
Every  person  and  persons  so  offending  being  thereof  Convicted,  shall 
be  Punished  for  the  first  Offence  as  in  Case  of  Forgery,  and  for  the 
second  Offence  as  those  that  Counterfeit  the  other  Bills  of  this  Pro- 
vince. [From  pages  299-300.] 


REV.   WILLIAM   HUBBARD   THE    HISTORIAN. 

[Copied  for  the  Register,  by  Jeremiah  Colbcrn,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  from  the 
original,  iu  his  possession.] 
Mr.  Jno.  Hull  : 

I  desire  you  to  pay  to  this  bearer,  my  son  Pynchon, 
or  my  brother  Jno.  Rogers,  an  hundred  and  fifty  pound,  some  time 
ye  next  week  or  ye  weeke  after,  and  a  receipt  from  either  of  them, 
shall  be  your  discharge  from  ye  sayd  Mim. 

yours 
SeptemV  30th,  1676.  WILLIAM   HUBBARD. 

Reed  this   14th  Octobr    1676,  of  Mr.  Jno.  Hull  one  hundred 
Pounds  in  part  of  this  Bill. 

I  say  reed  pr  mee 
lb.  100.  JOHN   PYNCHON  JNR. 

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Memoir  of  John  Bar  stow. 


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MEMOIR   OF    JOHN   BARSTOW. 

Born  February  11,  1791;  Died  March  31,  1864,  aged  73  years, 
1  month,  and  20  days. 

[By  Prof.  Alexis  Caswell,  D.D.,  of  Providence,  R.  I.] 

It  is  the  dictate  of  wisdom,  no  less  than  the  impulse  o*f  friendship, 
to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  an  honorable  and  useful  life.  It  is  for 
these  reasons  that  the  following  brief  memoir  has  been  prepared. 

John  Barstow  was  born  in  Scituate,  (now  South  Scituate,)  Mass., 
on  the  11th  of  February,  1791.  He  was  the  oldest  sou  of  John 
Burden  Barstow,  of  Scituate,  and  Betsey  Eel's,  of  Hanover,  Mass. 
He  was  a  descendant  of  the  sixth  generation  from  William  Barstow, 
who,  with  his  brother  George,  left  England  in  1635  and  came  to  this 
country  in  the  ship  Truelove.  William,  as  appears  from  the  public 
records,  was  a  resident  in  Dedham'.  Mass  ,  in  1(336.  It-is  probable 
that  he  soon  removed  to  Scituate  where  his  descendants  have  con- 
tinued to  reside  to  the  present  time.  The  parents  of  the  subject 
of  this  memoir,  while  he  was  but  an  infant,  bought  an  estate  in 
the  town  of  Hanover,  known  as  the  "  Broad  Oak,''  where  they  built 
a  spacious  and,  for  those  times,  a  very  handsome  and  sightly  house, 
which  has  continued  to  be  the  family  residence  for  nearly  three- 
quarters  of  a  century.  They  were  both  of  them  persons  of  large 
capacities  for  business,  of  great  energy  of  character,  and  of  untiring 
industry;  aiA  of  course,  were  always  "well  to  do  in  the  world." 
The  father,  Colonel  Barstow,  (by  which  title  he  was  generally  known,) 
following  the  example  of  two  or  three  of  his  immediate  ancestors,  for 
niany  years  carried  on  the  business  of  shipbuilding  in  connection  with 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil.  He  long  held  a  prominent  place  among 
the  citizens  of  his  town  and  county.  His  house  was  always  open 
and  noted  for  its  hospitality.  It  was  often  the  resort  of  men  in  the 
pursuit  of  business  and  participated  largely  in  the  social  intercourse 
of  the  place.  It  was  here,  under  the  fostering  care  of  the  best  of 
mothers  that  the  son  spent  all  the  earlier  years  of  his  youth.  He 
watched  the  progress  of  shipbuilding  from  the  laying  of  the  keel  to 
the  bolting  on  of  the  last  plank  and  the  rigging  of  the  last  sail;  he 
listened  to  the  conversation  and  narratives  of  shipmasters  and 
voyagers  ;  he  gathered  up  unheeded  many  items  of  information 
respecting  commerce  and  trade,  the  perils  and  successes  of  a  sea- 
faring, lite;  he  looked  out  almost  daily  upon  the  ocean  and  was 
familiar  ,with;  Us  calms  and  storms.  It  is  not  easy  to  say  how  much 
the  early  bent  of  his  mind  and  the  predilections  of  his  later  life  were 
determined  by  these  circumstances.  They  evidently  were  not  with- 
out a  marked  influence. 

Of  the  occupations  oChis  youth  he  himself  has  said  that  hi^  "  time 
was  divided  between  farming,  study  and  teaching  until  the  twentieth 
year  of  his  age."  His  first  preceptress  was  Miss  Priscilla  Mann, 
who  taught  the  town  school  at  **  Broad  Oak,"  and  who,  as  'another 
pupil  of  hers  remarks,  "for  more  than  half  a  century  had  been  dis- 


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tinguished  in  that  capacity."  He  has  been  heard  to  refer  to  her  with 
great  respect  except  that  she  once  punished  him  without  just  cause. 
I  mention  this  to  show  how  early  he  was  accustomed  to  govern  him- 
self and  judge  others  by  the  principle  of  justice.  After  enjoying  the 
benefit  of  such  schools  as  the  vicinity  afforded  he  was  sent  to  the 
Academy  in  Fairhaven,  then  under  the  charge  of  a  Mr.  Gould.  In 
the  autumn  of  1806,  he  was  sent  to  the  Academy  at  Sandwich  and 
placed  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Elisha  Clapp,  who  appears  to 
have  possessed  eminent  qualifications  as  a  teacher,  and  who,  during 
the  period  of  his  preceptorship,  about  twelve  years,  placed  the  Sand- 
wich Academy  among  the  best  classical  schools  in  the  State.  Mr. 
Clapp  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  and  had  been  a  tutor 
there;  and,  from  the  testimony  of  more  than  one  of  his  distinguished 
pupils  must  have  carried  with  him  to  the  Academy  a  rare  ability  and 
a  genuine  love  for  teaching. 

Young  Barstow  entered  the  Academy  with  the  intention  of  prepar- 
ing for  admission  to  Harvard  College.  He  remained  there  probably 
about  two  years.  Several  of  his  fellow  students  with  whom  he 
formed  lasting  friendships,  have  risen  to  honorable  distinction  irf  pro- 
fessional and  public  life.  He  was  in  the  same  class  with  Peleg 
Sprague,  the  distinguished  District  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court, 
in  Massachusetts,  and  of  Jonathan  M.  Wainwright,  late  Bishop 
of  the  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York.  The  Hon. 
Albert  Smith  and  the  Hon.  Francis  Bassett,  both  of  Boston,  were 
mi  rubers  of  the  Academy  at  the  same  time.  Concerning  his  character 
as  a  student,  I  venture  to  offer  the  following  testimony,  extracted 
from  a  recent  letter  of  a  schoolmate,  whose  judgment  is  entitled  to 
high  respect.  He  says,  "  his  character  and  habits  wife  then  as  in 
afterlife: — the  former  being  noted  for  the  high  qualities  of  truth, 
honor,  and  unswerving  integrity,  and  the  latter  for  gentlemanly 
bearing  and  circumspection  under  all  circumstances.  In  these  respects 
he  was  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  models  of  the  school.  As  a 
student  he  was  persistent,  never  succumbing  to  difficulties.  He  was 
particularly  distinguished  in  the  mathematics.''  And,  from  other 
testimonies  I  infer  that  he  scarcely  fell  behind  the  foremost  of  his 
class  in  the  Latin  and  Greek  languages.  From  my  own  observation 
I  can  well  credit  the  statements  of  his  early  proficiency  in  these 
studies.  Through  life  he  retained  a  far  better  knowledge  of  Latin 
and  especially  of  geometry,  algebra,  and  trigonometry  than  most 
students,  whose  after  lives  like  his,  were  thoroughly  engrossed  with 
business.  Ceaseless  industry,  and  a  determination  to  master  what- 
ever study  he  undertook  marked  his  character  as  a  student.  With  his 
high  appreciation  of  scholarship,  his  love  of  study,  and  his  aptitude 
in  learning,  a  noble  career  was  open  before  him.  The  best  results  of 
intellectual  culture  might  well  have  been  anticipated  as  the  reward  of 
his  labor.  But  a  sendentary  life  was  found  not  to  be  conducive  to  his 
health,  and  in  his  twentieth  year,  as  before  stated,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  more  active  pursuits.  Brought  up  almost  within  sight 
of  the  ocean  and  familiar  from  his  boyhood  with  ships  and  shipbuild- 
ing it  was  not  unnatural  that  his  predeliction  should  be  for  a  seafar- 
ing life;  and  upon  this  he  soon  entered,  commencing  at  the   lowest 


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round  of  the  ladder  and  working  his  way  up  to  the  summit.  In  (he 
progress  of  a  few  years  he  became  the  muster  and  owner  of  several 
merchant  vessels  engaged  chiefly  in  the  European  trade. 

In  the  meantime  his  love  of  study  did  not  forsake  him,  and  his 
intercourse  with  the  commercial  business  of  foreign  ports  probably 
suggested  to  him  the  importance  of  being  able  to  speak  the  French 
language,  then,  as  now,  the  common  language  of  Europe.  Accord- 
ingly, in  1814,  as  nearly  as  I  can  determine,  he  repaired  to  Paris  where 
he  spent  a  year  in  perfecting  himself  in  theFrench  language  and  in  pur- 
suing at  the  Free  College  of  France  such  other  studies  as  were  suited 
to  his  tastes  arid  subservient  to  his  progress  in  life.  This  was  during 
the  closing  period  of  the  reign  of  the  Emperor  Napoleon  I.  He  often 
saw  the  great  captain  whom  no  one,  it  seems,  ever  saw  without 
carrying  away  a  deep  impression  of  the  dignity  of  his  personal  pres- 
ence. He  was  in  Paris  during  the  eventful  Hundred  Days,  in  the 
spring  of  1815,  and  was  present  when  Napoleon  reviewed  his  grand 
army, — the  grandest,  perhaps,  which  Europe  had  ever  seen, — before 
leaving  his  capitol  to  measure  himself  with  Wellington  on  the  field 
of  Waterloo.  His  studies  at  the  College  of  France  were  turned  to 
excellent  account.  Besides  several  branches  of  more  general  know- 
ledge pursued,  at  the  same  time,  he  acquired  such  a  ready  use  of  the 
French  language  as  to  be  of  the  greatest  practical  service  to  him  on 
many  occasions  in  after  life. 

Soon  after  his  return  from  France,  Mr.  Barstow  purchased  a  vessel 
and  sailed  for  Stockholm,  where  he  disposed  of  vessel  and  cargo 
and  spent  a  large  portion  of  the  season  in  travels  in  the  North  of 
Sweden.  After  a  second  brief  visit  to  Paris,  he  again  returned  home. 
Not  long  afrfr  this,  probably  in  1817,  he  formed  a  business  connection 
with  Mr.  Jacob  Barker,  of  New  York,  then  extensively  engaged  in 
shipping,  banking,  and  general  business.  During  this  connexion  Mr. 
Barstow  spent  three  years  in  New  Orleans,  devoted  chiefly  to  the 
management  of  Mr.  Barker's  banking  and  commission  business  in 
that  section  of  the  country.  It  was  also,  I  think,  during  this  period 
that  he  spent  a  year  in  the  West  Indies  and  one  in  Bermuda.  Cir- 
cumstances, it  is  believed,  not  altogether  agreeable  to  him,  led  him 
to  close  his  business  connection  with  Mr.  Barker;  and  he  again  turned 
his  attention  to  commerce.  He  was  again  for  several  years  engaged 
in  the  European  trade,  sailing  for  the  most  part  in  vessels  built  lor 
him  in  his  native  town. 

During  this  whole  period  of  Mr.  Barstow's  early  career  his 
knowledge  of  business,  and  general  character,  were  such  as  to 
command  the  confidence  of  the  mercantile  community  wherever 
he  was  known.  The  war  of  1812  had  gone  far  to  impoverish 
the  country.  Capital  was  scarce  and  difficult  to  be  obtained, 
yet  Mr.  Barstow's  credit  was  always  sufficient  to  command  all  the 
capital  which  he  deemed  it  wise  to  employ  in  his  business.  A  gen- 
tleman of  high  standing  as  a  merchant,  and,  at  that  time,  member  of 
a  large  commercial  house  in  New  York,  says  in  a  recent  letter,  speak- 
ing of  Mr.  Barstow:  "I  remember  that  such  was  the  entire  con- 
fidence of  myself  :ind  partner  in  his  integrity,  ability  and  energy  that 
we  did  not  hesitate  to  advance   him  whatever  capital  he  wanted  for 


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building  or  buying  vessels."  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  (hat  during 
the  ten  or  twelve  years  in  which  he  was  engaged  in  these  various 
pursuits  his  success,  if  not  equal  to  his  wishes,  was  at  least  equal  to 
all  reasonable  expectations;  and  placed  him  in  a  position  to  enter 
upon  a  wider  field  of  business  under  the  most  favorable  auspices. 

On  the  first  of  January,  18£8,  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  his 
friend  and  relative  Caleb  Barstow,  of  New  York,  and  embarked  in 
the  general  shipping  and  commission  business  under  the  firm  of  C.  & 
J.  Barstow.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  he  was  married  to 
Sarah  Swoope,  second  daughter  of  Edward  K.  Thompson,  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.;  and  added  the  interesting  and  agreeable  cares  of  the 
household  to  those  of  the  counting  room.  In  his  new  business  con- 
nection opening  as  it  did  an  extensive  field  of  operations,  he  soon  be- 
came prominent  among  his  commercial  associates.  His  knowledge  of 
business  on  a  broad  scale,  his  sound  judgment  and  his  uniform  cour- 
tesy made  him  welcome  in  every  circle  where  the  interests  of  trade 
were  under  consideration.  A  commercial  friend  speaking  of  him  at 
that  time  sa\s.  "  there  was  a  high  toned  sense  of  honor  about  him 
and  a  dignified  presence  that  commanded  the  respect  of  all  with 
whom  he  had  intercourse.''  He  was  soon  elected  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  Director  in  the  Bank  of  America,  one 
of  the  first  banks  in  the  city.  He  discharged  the  duties  of^both  of 
these  trusts  with  high  credit,  the  former  for  several  years,  the  latter 
until  he  left  New  York,  in  1838.  The  firm  of  C.  &  J.  Barstow  was 
continued  for  ten  years  with  gratifying  success.  They  were  largely 
interested  in  the  first  line  of  packets  that  sailed  regularly  betwi  en 
New  York  and  New  Orleans.  The  tastes  of  the  partners  determined 
their  respective  departments  of  business.  The  former  took  the 
supervision  of  the  counting  room  and  the  sale  of  merchandise;  the 
latter  had  charge  of  the  shipping  and  of  the  outdoor  business  gen- 
erally. It  may  be  added  that  during  the  entire  continuance  of  the 
firm  the  warmest  friendship  subsisted  between  the  partners,  and  was 
severed  only  by  the  hand  of  death. 

In  the  autumn  of  1838,  partly  perhaps,  from  a  desire  to  clnnge  his 
line  of  business  and  partly  in  deference  to  the  known  wishes  of  some 
of  his  friends,  Mr.  Barstow  withdrew  from  the  firm,  closed  his  busi- 
ness connections  in  New  York  and  removed  to  Providence,  R.  I.  This 
removal  involved  not  a  cessation  of  activity,  but  only  a  new  sphere 
of  action.  We  shall  merely  glance  at  some  of  his  more  important 
business  connections  subsequent  to  this  removal. 

While  engaged  in  his  previous  pursuits  he  had  often  occasion  to 
cultivate  his  mechanical  aptitudes.  One  of  the  marked  elements  of 
his  mind  wa^  that  of  constructing  and  organizing.  His  long  fami- 
liarity with  the  building,  rigging,  and  sailing  of  ships  had  made  him 
conversant  with  practical  mechanics,  as  his  early  studies  had  taught 
him  its  scientific  principles.  Foreseeing  the  great  and  growing  de- 
mand for  steam  power  in  our  industrial  progress,  he  soon  connected 
himself  with  the  manufactory  of  steam  engines,  then  scarcely  advanced 
beyoi  d  its  infancy  in  any  part  of  the  country.  He  at  first  formed  a 
connection  and  embaiked  in  business  under  the  firm  of  Clark,  Fair- 
banks &  Co.,  which  after  a  tew  years,  with  some  change  of  partners, 


374  Memoir  of  John  Barstow.  [Oct., 

was  merged  in  the  firm  of  Corliss,  Nightingale  &  Co.  For  reasons 
which  no  one  knew  so  well  as  himself,  his  name  did  not  appear  in 
either  of  these  firms.  He  preferred  to  give  the  prominency  to  others, 
while  it  is  well  known  that  his  command  of  capital  and  his  rare 
capacity  for  business  were  essential  to  their  progress.  Indeed,  it  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that  the  eminent  success  of  the  very  extensive 
establishment  of  Corliss,  Nightingale  &  Co.,  second,  as  we  presume, 
to  no  other  of  the  kind  in  this  country,  was  largely  due  to  his  finan- 
cial ability  and  resources  and  his  personal  influence. 

He  was  the  second  president  of  the  Providence  and  Worcester 
Kailroad,  and  during  the  completion  of  its  construction  and  in  the 
settlement  of  contested  claims  for  land  damages  which  were  numerous 
and  often  difficult  of  adjustment,  he  rendered  most  important  services 
to  the  corporation.  He  was  for  several  years  the  efficient  president 
of  the  Commercial  Steamboat  Company,  which  has  done  so  much  to 
facilitate  the  transmission  of  merchandise  between  the  cities  of  Pro- 
vidence and  New  York.  This  agency,  now  seemingly  indispensable 
to  our  commerce,  and  indeed,  forming  an  era  in  its  history,  owes  its 
success  and  present  magnitude,  to  say  the  least,  as  much  to  him  as  to 
any  other  single  man.  Every  day  at  a  fixed  hour  the  company  des- 
patched a  capacious  boat  ladened  with  freight  to  New  York,  and 
every  day,  at  almost  as  fixed  an  hour,  another  equally  ladened  arrived 
from  thence.  In  the  construction  and  equipment  of  the  very  consid- 
erable number  of  expensive  I  oats  necessary  to  the  service,  and  in  the 
general  management  of  the  business,  the  sound  judgment  and  skill  of 
the  president  were  too  conspicuous  to  be  overlooked.  The  marked 
success  of  the  company  did  not  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  stockholders 
alone,  but  to  the  commerce  of  the  city  as  well.  For  nearly  twenty- 
three  years  he  was  a  director  in  the  Boston  and  Providence  Railroad. 
No  office  was  with  him  a  sinecure  or  a  mere  matter  of  form.  If  he 
accepted  a  position  he  took  it  with  all  its  duties  and  responsibilities. 
As  a  director  of  the  railroad  he  gave  minute  and  personal  attention 
to  every  question  of  importance  which  came  up  in  the  course  of  busi- 
ness. There  was  no  negociation,  no  question  of  policy,  no  contract 
of  any  magnitude  which  did  not  pass  under  his  examination;  and 
few  that  were  not  benefitted  by  his  suggestions.  Outside  of  the  offi- 
cial corps,  who  were  wholly  devoted  to  the  business  of  the  company, 
we  think  it  quite  safe  to  say  that  there  was  no  one  so  thoroughly  con- 
versant as  he,  with  its  condition,  its  daily  working  and  all  its  accounts. 
Of  these  services  it  is  remarked,  by  a  gentleman  whose  official  position 
gives  him  a  sp'  cial  right  to  speak,  "  he  discharged  every  duty 
promptly  and  faithfully,  and  the  (  orporation  is  under  very  deep  obli- 
gations to  him  for  the  energy  and  sound  judgment  with  which  he,  for 
so  long  a  period  promoted  their  interests.''  For  thirteen  years  prior 
to  his  death  he  was  the  President  of  the  Exchange  Bank,  one  of  the 
old  and  important  banks  of  the  city  of  his  adoption. 

These  arc  some  of  the  positions  which  he  occupied  with  honor  to 
himself  and  benefit  to  the  public.  In  all  of  them  he  showed  the  same 
soundness  of  judgment,  the  same  energy,  the  same  dignity  of  charac- 
ter, the  same  high  sense  of  just  and  honorable  dealing.  His  business 
habits  were  exact,  thorough  and  exhaustive.     Whatever  once  passed 


1S64.]  Memoir  of  John  Barstow.  375 

,  his  examination  and  approval  was  seldom  altered  by  subsequent  revi- 
sion. He  carried  to  every  enterprise  in  which  he  was  engaged  such 
large  and  versatile  capacity  for  business,  and  such  untiring  persever- 
ance as  to  render  success  almost  a  matter  of  certainty.  And  it  was 
seldom  that,  in  this  respect,  he  had  any  reason  to  be  dL-satisfied  with 
the  results  of  his  labors. 

Mr.  Bars  ow  was  well  informed  on  the  history  and  political  condi- 
tion of  the  country,  and  especially  upon  its  financial  condition  and 
industrial  resources.  He  had,  at  the  same  time,  a  decided  aversion 
to  politics  and  would  never  consent  to  be  a  candidate  for  any  politi-  * 
cal  otfice.  He  seldom  thought  it  worth  while  to  discuss  party  ques- 
tions with  those  whose  opinions  differed  widely  from  his  own.  He 
belonged  to  the  Republican  party,  was  highly  conservative,  never  ex- 
treme. He  reverenced  the  constitution  and  held  to  the  supremacy  of 
law.  He  had  a  just  abhorance  of  the  institution  of  .-lavery.  But 
until  the  breaking  out  of  the  present  rebellion  he  held  as  most  sensi- 
ble persons  did.  that  its  management  and  the  responsibility  of  its  re- 
moval belonged  to  the  states -in  which  it  was  established.  Yet  he 
foresaw  and  depre;  ated  its  malignant  and  disturbing  power  upon  the 
peace  and  harmony  of  the  union.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion 
he  felt  himself  called  upon  by  every  principle  of  patriotism  and 
humanity  to  -sustain  the  government.  And  though  he  knew  the 
Southern  character  well  and  comprehended  in  a  good  degree  the  mag- 
nitude of  the  undertaking,  he  never  entertained  any  doubts  that  the 
rebellion  would,  at  length,  be  crushed  and  the  supremacy  of  the  con- 
stitution and  the  laws  established  in  all  the  revolted  states.  Nor  did 
he  doubt  that  the  institution  of  slavery  would  go  down  in  the  struggle 
never  more  to  rise  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States. 

Through  a  long  and  busy  life  Mr.  Barstow's  fondness  for  books 
never  forsook  him.  He  was  no  reader  of  light  literature,  but  found 
always  a  fresh  interest  in  standard  works  on  history,  geography, 
scientific  travels  and  explorations,  and  works  on  the  industrial  and 
commercial  progress  and  resources  of  different  nations.  On  all  these 
topics  he  was  well  informed.  He  had  found  time,  or  made  time  for  a 
large  amount  of  reading  and  was  gifted  with  a  memory  remarkably 
tenacious  of  whatever  he  had  once  known.  He  brought  to  the  social 
intercourse  of  life  such  a  storehouse  of  general  knowledge  as  to  make 
him  always  an  interesting  and  instructive  companion.  Intellectual 
activity  was  the  habit  of  his  mind,  and  at  the  same  time  a  source  of 
real  enjoyment.  If  a  stormy  day  chanced  to  keep  him  at  home  he 
might  be  found  with  his  table  covered  with  books,  settling  for  him- 
self with  the  zeal  of  a  professional  student  some  disputed  point  of 
history,  or  chronology,  or  some  mooted  problem  in  mechanics,  or 
navigation,  or  astronomy.  Night  might  find  him  unwearied  but  not 
satisfied;  and  the  inquiry  would  be  sure  to  be  resumed  at  his  earliest 
leisure. 

The  publication  of  a  large  work  on  English  Grammar  some  years 
since  by  his  friend,  Mr.  Goold  Brown,  recalled  his  attention  to  that 
suhject.  Many  were  the  evenings  that  he  ^ave  to  the  critical  exami- 
nation of  the  rules  and  principles,  the  grammatical  forms  and  con- 
struction of  the  English  language. 


376  Memoir  of  John  Barstow.  [Oct., 

He  was  particularly  interested  in  all  the  historical  researches  con- 
nected with  the  early  settlers  of  New  England.  He,  in  some  in- 
stances, instituted  researches  himself  at  home  and  abroad  to  elucidate 
that  subject.  He  was  a  liberal  patron  of  the  Historic-Genealogical 
Soc  ety  of  New  England,  which  has  done  so  much  to  awaken  an  in- 
terest in  our  ancestral  history.  For  several  years  prior  to  his  death 
he  was  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  that  society. 

One  trait  of  character  as  noble  as  it  is  rare  he  possessed  in  an 
unusual  degree,  and  that  was  his  active  interest  and  sympathy  in  the 
success  of  meritorious  young  men  commencing  business  under  diffi- 
culties. He  spontaneously  advised  with  them,  gave  them  the  benefit 
of  his  own  extended  observation  and  experience;  and  what  was  more, 
he  often  added  the  rarer  benelit  of  giving  them  credit  and  pecuniaiy 
aid  till  their  busiue-s  relations  had  t»ecome  well  established.  Their 
success  was  to  him  a  source  of  sincere  pleasure.  More  than  one 
Udder  whose  eyes  this  paragraph  may  fall  will  bear  grateful  testimony 
to  the  truth  of  these  remarks. 

Another  trait  of  character  equally  worthy  of  notice  will  be  recog- 
nized by  all  who  knew  him  well.  It  was  his  unselfish  readiness  to 
serve  his  friends.  It  was  never  too  early,  never  too  late  for  them  to 
ca  1  upon  him.  He  was  never  too  busy  to  give  them  an  interview 
and  do  them  any  favor  in  his  power.  His  own  ease,  or  comfort,  or 
indulgence  never  stood  in  the  way  of  a  kind  act  that  could  be  of  real 
use  to  a  friend.  Nor  was  his  benevolence  of  this  kind  at  all  limited 
to  those  who  mLht  be  entitled  to  claim  the  benefits  of  friendship.  In 
every  community  there  will  be  lone  persons,  widows,  and  orphans, 
who  are  left  with  a  little  property  which  is  their  sole  dependence 
for  support,  and  which  they  are  totally  incapable  of  managing  to  ad- 
vantage. It  was  the  fortune  of  my  friend  to  be  the  counselor  and 
helper  of  many  such.  He  took  the  charge  of  their  little  business 
and  advised  them  with  as  much  care  as  if  it  had  been  a  great  business 
of  his  own.  To  one  he  recommended  the  savings  bank,  to  another  a 
life  insurance,  or  a  life  annuity  as  the  case  might  be;  to  a  third  some 
other  investment.  Nor  did  he  stop  with  a  mere  recommendation, 
which  would  often,  practically,  be  of  no  use.  He  saw  that  the  in- 
vestments were  made  and  the  legal  papers  carefully  preserved.  In 
several  cases  of  this  sort,  from  motives  of  pure  kindness,  he  went 
so  far,  as  to  collect  the  annual  dividends  for  a  series  of  yearsl 
often  at  some  little  inconvenience,  and  pay  them  over  to  the  own- 
ers. 

In  his  own  numerous  circles  of  relatives  there  was  scarcely  one 
who  was  not  the  object  of  his  care  and  many  the  recipients  of  most 
literal  aid.  If 'any  of  them  failed  of  the  success  they  aimed  at,  it 
was  not  for  the  want  of  sound  advise  and  generous  assistance  on  his 
part. 

Mr.  Barstow  was  himself  an  accurate  and  expert  accountant.  He 
has  been  heard  to  say  that  if  there  was  any  one  department  of  busi- 
ness in  which  he  felt  quite  at  home  it  was  in  bookkeeping  and  in  the 
adjustment  of  complicated  accounts.  He  often  sat  down  to  the  exami- 
nation of  accounts  of  this  description  with  all  the  zest  that  other  men 
sit  down  to  a  game  of  chess.     He  was  familiar  with  the  different 


1864.]  Memoir  of  John  Barstow.  377 

modes  of  bookkeeping  in  use  among  merchants.  So  important  did  ho 
deem  a  knowledge  of  accounts,  that  he  thought  every  young  man, 
whatever  his  calling  or  purpose  in  life,  should  be  taught  the  art  of 
bookkeeping  so  far  at  least  as  to  keep  an  accurate  account  of  all  his 
own  pecuniary  transactions.  He  held,  and  justly  too,  that  it  was  an 
important  element  of  success.  Several  of  the  youths  of  his  family 
circle  have  received  from  him  special  and  systematic  instruction  on 
this  subject.  The  course  would,  perhaps,  be  closed  by  the  presenta- 
tion on  his  part  of  a  set  of  books  prepared  for  the  use  of  his  pupil. 

I  refer  to  these  unostentatious  modes  of  doing  good,  not  for  their 
individual  importance  but  as  indices  of  character.  They  ever  point 
*  to  one  who  finds  a  sincere  pleasure  in  promoting  the  welfare  of 
others. 

In  social  intercourse,  he  retained  in  a  great  degree  the  character- 
istics of  a  refined  gentleman  of  the  old  school.  His  manner  was 
alwas  friendly  and  courteous,  but  dignified,  sometimes  tending  to  the 
formal.  He  was  generous  in  his  hospitality,  generous  in  the  use  of  his 
property,  and  specially  considerate  of  the  poor  and  the  unfortunate. 
Every  object  of  public  or  private  charity  was  sure  of  his  support. 
The  records  of  nearly  all  our  benevolent  institutions  will  bear  ample 
testimony  to  his  liberality.  I  refrain  from  mentioning  several  dona- 
tions, made  unsolicited  within  a  year  or  two  of  his  death,  which  do 
great  credit  to  his  generosity  simply  because  it  was  not  his  wish  that 
any  special  publicity  should  be  given  to  them. 

In  conversation,  the  subject  of  this  memoir  was  direct  and  explicit. 
His  opinions,  on  most  subjects,  were  well  formed  and  definite;  and 
when  he  had  occasion  to  state  them  he  did  it  clearly  with  the  reasons 
and  grounds  upon  which  they  rested.  His  manner  was  ordinarily 
quiet,  but  when  he  became  earnest  in  discussion  it  was  often  animated 
and  emphatic.  His  look ,  attitude  and  gesture  added  force  to  his 
arguments.  He  was  always  a  most  respectful  and  courteous  listener 
to  the  opinions  of  others.  It  was  apparently  a  fixed  principle  with 
him  not  to  interrupt  a  person  while  speaking,  but  to  listen  silently  to 
the  end  of  his  remarks.  He  was  no  teller  of  stories  and  had  but 
moderate  respect  for  persons  who  were  occupied  in  that  line  of  busi- 
ness. He  sometimes  referred  to  an  illustrative  anecdote,  but  always 
briefly.  Jokes  and  puns  sometimes  provoked  a  smile,  but  they  were 
not  congenial  to  the  bent  of  his  mind.  They  subserved  no  purpose  of 
life  which  had  value  in  his  estimation.  His  temperament  was  cheer- 
ful and  hopeful.  No  difficulty  brought  despondence  to  his  mind,  no 
danger  brought  dismay.  He  worked  on  from  morning  till  night  as  if 
there  were  no  obstacles  in  his  way,  and  then  slept. 

In  stature  he  was  of  medium  height,  with  full  chest,  compactly 
built;  and,  in  his  early  life,  as  I  judge,  he  had  more  than  the  ordinary 
share  of  muscular  strength  and  physical  endurance.  He  was  uni- 
formly an  early  riser.  The  morning  hours  were  turned  to  valuable 
account  not  only  in  making  his  toilet,  which  was  always  done  with 
scrupulous  care,  but  in  arranging  for  the  business  of  the  day. 

My  lamented  friend  was  for  many  years  an  exemplary  communi- 
cant in  the  Episcopal  Church  and  one  of  its  most  liberal  supporters. 
He  made  every  preparation  for  his  own  departure  with  the  utmost 
37 


378  Deaths.  [Oct. 

composure  and  serenity  of  mind.  •'  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd,  I  shall 
not  want,"  was  his  remark  to  a  friend  shortly  before  his  death,  and 
failing  strength  scarce  permitted  him  to  say  more.  After  a  some- 
what protracted  illness,  from  disease  of  the  heart,  he  died  peacefully 
in  the  bosom  of  his  family,  with  his  mental  faculties  unimpaired,  in 
the  assured  hope  of  a  better  life  beyond  the  grave.  As  a  son,  hus- 
band, and  father,  his  life  in  every  respect  was  most  worthy  of  esteem 
and  commendation.  He  left  a  wife  and  two  daughters, — Lydia 
Kinnicutt  and  Elizabeth  Thompson, — and  a  large  circle  of  friends  to 
cherish. his  memory,  while  mourning  his  loss. 
Providence,  August  24,  1864. 


DEATHS. 

Adams. — Hon.  Daniel,  M.  D.,  at  Keene,  N.  IT.  June  8,  a.  90.  He 
was  the  son  of  Daniel5  and  Lucy  (Taylor)  Adams,  and  was  b.  at 
Townsend,  Mass.,  Sept.  29,  1773.  His  descent  was  from  John1  and 
Anne  Adams  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  through  Joseph,2  by  wife  Mar- 
garet Eames  ;  Daniel,3  by  wife  Elizabeth  Minot  ;  Daniel,4  by  wife 
Keziah  Brooks  ;  and  Daniel,5  his  father,     (ante  xiv.  350  ;  I,  260). 

He  grad.  at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1797  ;  studied  medicine  with  Prof. 
Nathan  Smith,  Dart.  Coll.,  graduating  there  M.  B.  in  1799  and  M.  D. 
in  1822  ;  settled  in  practice  at  Leominster,  Mass.  in  1799  ;  removed 
to  Boston  in  1804  ;  then  to  Mont  Vernon,  N.  II.,  and  last,  in  1846,  to 
Keene.  He  represented  District  7  in  the  N.  H.  Senate  in  1838, 
1839  and  1840  ;  was  two  years  Pres.  of  the  N.  II.  Med.  Soc.;  pub- 
lished the  Scholar'' s  Arithmetic — lirst  issued  about  CO  years  ago,  the 
revised  editions  of  which  are  now  in  use  in  many  places  in  New  Eng- 
land— and  other  school  books  ;  also  an  oration  on  the  death  of 
Washington  at  Leominster  ;  edited  the  Telescope  at  Mont  Vernon  and 
the  Medical  and  Agricultural  Register. 

He  m.  in  Aug.  1800,  Nancy  dau.  of  Dr.  Milliken  of  Townsend,  Mass. 
By  his  death,  New  Hampshire  loses  an  esteemed  and  valuable  citi- 
zen, who  has  been  favorably  known  to  the  public  for  more  than  three 
quarters  of  a  century. 

Chandler. — Joshua,  at  Amherst,  Cumberland  Co.  N.  S.  Jan.  3,  a.  71. 
He  was  born  7  Oct.  1792,  son  of  Hon.  Charles  II.  Chandler,  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Con.,  13  June  1768  ;  d.  at  Amherst  N.  S.  14  Ap.  1857, 
m.  his  wife  Elizabeth  Rice  b.  15  Ap.  1771  (and  who  was  in  her  93d 
year,  of  sound  mind  and  clear  memory  in  July  1864)  dau.  of  Timothy 
Rice,  a  loyalist  and  refugee.  His  grandparents  were  Col,  Joshua 
Chandler,  Jun.  and  Sarah  Miles,  loyalists  and  refugees  from  New 
Haven  Con.  to  Nova  Scotia  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Joshua  Chandler  held  the  office  of  High  Sheriff  of  Cumberland,  N. 
S.  twenty-eight  years,  having  succeeded  his  father,  Hon.  Charles  H. 
Chandler,  who  had  held  the  same  office  thirty-eight  years. 

He  was  a  noble,  amiable  and  generous  hearted  man.  G.  C. 

Converse. — Dea.  Jesse,  at  Woburn  July  17,  a.  99.  He  was  the 
son  of  Josiah  and  Hepsibah  Converse  and  was  born  at  Woburn  Feb. 
9,  1765.    Ante  xi.  224. 


1864.]  Deaths.  ■      379 

Davis. — Col.  Phinehas  Stearns,  mortally  wounded  in  the  trenches 
before  Petersburg,  Va.,  and  d.  July  12,  a.  46.  lie  was  the  third  sou 
of  Capt.  Robert  Sharpe  and  Lucy  (Stearns)  Davis  and  was  b.  at  Brook- 
line,  June  23,  1818.  For  his  ancestry  see  Bond's  Water  town,  p.  517. 
Before  he  entered  the  army  he  was  engaged  in  book  publishing  at 
Boston,  with  an  elder  brother,  under  the  firm  of  Robert  S.  Davis  & 
Co.  lie  had  attained  considerable  reputation  as  a  militia  officer 
and  the  rank  of  brigadier  general  when,  Aug.  29,  1862,  he  was  com- 
missioned by  Gov.  Andrew  as  Colonel  of  the  39th  Reg.  Mass.  volun- 
teers, and  left  with  it,  Sept.  6,  for  Washington.  On  his  arrival  lie 
was  assigned  to' the  department  of  the  defences  of  Washington,  and 
placed  in  command  of  his  brigade.  On  the  9th  of  July,  his  regiment 
was  assigned  to  the  brigade  of  Gen.  Briggs,  and  joined  the  2d  Div. 
1st  Corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  The  history  of  that  army  is 
the  history  of  the  regiment  and  its  brave  commander.  It  was  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  best  disciplined  regiment  in  the  service.  He  was 
buried  Tuesday  July  12,  from  Rev.  Dr.  Stebbins's  church  at  East 
Cambridge,  where  he  had  long  resided.  Besides  his  military  position, 
Col.  Davis  was  Master  of  Putnam  Lodge  at  East  Cambridge  and  re- 
ceived other  tokens  of  the  esteem  of  li is  fellow  citizens  He  leaft 
a  wife  and  three  children  ;  but  his  only  son  has  since  died. 

Sargent. — George  Washington,  at  his  residence  about  two  miles 
from  Natchez,  Miss.,  May  14,  a.  61.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Hon.  Winthrop5  and  Mary  (Mackintosh)  Sargent,  and  was  b.  at 
Natchez  July  2,  1802.  His  descent  according  to  Babson's  Glouces- 
ter, pp.  150-6,  was  from  William1  Sargent,  (said  to  have  gone  from 
Exeter,  Eng.,  to  Barbadoes,  while  young,  received  his  education  there, 
returned  to  England  and  m.  Mary  Epes),  through  William,'2  (b.  at 
Bristol,  Eng.,  but  settled  at  Gloucester,  Mass.,  as  early  as  1678),  by 
wife  Mary  Duncan  ;  Epes,3  by  1st  w.  Mary  Maccarty  ;  Winthrop^  by 
wife  Judith  Sanders;  and  Hon.  Winthrop5  (his  father,  H.  C.  1773, 
first  governor  of  the  Mississippi  Territory)  by  his  2d  wife  wid.  Mary 
Williams  nee  Mackintosh. 

He  grad.  at  11.  C.  in  1820,  and  after  leaving  college  resided  some 
years  in  Philadelphia  ;  but  studied  no  profession.  Thence  he  re- 
moved to  Natchez,  and  became  a  planter.  Here,  in  the  homestead  of 
his  father  (who  had  named  it  Gloucester  Place  after  his  native 
town),  he  was  shot  May  10,  1864  by  ruffians,  who  entered  his  house 
for  plunder  ;  and  four  days  after  he  died.  He  inherited  an  ample 
fortune,  and  led  among  his  friends  and  kindred  a  life  of  privacy, 
mingling  less  than  most  men  in  the  busier  scenes  of  the  world.  He 
m.  Margaret  J.  dau.  of  Capt.  Robert  Percy,  R.  N.  One  of  their  sons 
is  Winthrop7  Sargent,  the  well  known  historical  writer,  b.  at  Phila- 
delphia Sept.  23,  1825. 

Walker. — Samuel,  at  his  residence  in  Chelsea,  July  4,  a.  61.  He 
had  been  unwell  for  a  year  or  more  but  died  very  suddenly  at  last  of 
disease  of  the  heart.  He  was  the  son  of  Abbott13  and  Lydia  (Ames) 
Walker,  and  was  b.  at  Andover,  Mass.,  Aug.  12,  1803.  His  descent 
was  from  Capt.  Richard1  Walker,  of  Lynn,  who  received  a  grant  of 
land  there  in  1637,  and  d.  May  16,  1687,  a.  95  ;  through  Samuel2  of 


380  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  '  [Oct. 

Reading-,  Jolm,3  Benjamin4  of  Billeriea,  Capt.  Benjamin5  wounded  at 
Bunker  Hill,  and  Abbott,6  above,  b.  at  Chelmsford  July  24,  1770,  d. 
at  Andover,  Aug.  2,  1831,  a.  61  ;  in.  1790  Lydia  dau.  of  Nathan  and 
Deborah  (Bowers)  Ames,  b.  March  29,  1770,  d.  June  24,  1843,  a.  73, 
descended  from  the  Farnsworths  and  Prescotts  of  Groton. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  gauger  at  the  Boston  Custom  House  and 
stood  at  the  head  of  his  profession  in  this  vicinity  if  not  in  the 
country.  He  was  appointed  to  office  in  Newbuiyport  by  President 
Jackson  in  1830  ;  and  after  three  years  service  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  held  his  office  through  every  successive  administration  till 
his  death.  This  long  retention  in  office,  without  precedent  at  this 
port,  attests  the  value  of  his  services.  He  introduced  several  im- 
provements in  gauging  by  which  the  system  was  rendered  compara- 
tively simple.  His  labors  are  handsomely  recognized  in  a  work  pub- 
lished at  New  York  a  few  years  since.  His  faithfulness  and  devo- 
tion to  duty  as  an  officer  may  be  judged  from  the  fact  that  he  was 
not  absent  from  his  post,  until  his  recent  sickness,  for  more  than 
three  days  at  a  time  ;  and  this  but  rarely.  He  continued  to  serve  the 
government  after  superior  inducements  were  offered  him  outside. 
He  was  a  democrat  from  the  start,  and  a  thoroughly  loyTal  Union 
man.  He  was  esteemed  wherever  known.  In  his  intercourse  with 
his  fellow  men,  he  was  proverbially  courteous  and  winning.  The 
Custom  House  was  closed  at  the  time  of  his  funeral,  July  7,  and  the 
officers,  who  had  previously  passed  resolutions  of  respect,  attended 
it.  Many  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  to  which  he  belonged,  were  also 
present. 

He  m.  Louisa  dau.  of  Abner  and  Dolly  Wood  by  whom  he  had 
seven  children,  Samuel  A.,  d.  young,  Jere  W.,  Louisa  W.,  Samuel, 
Lydia,  d.  A.  young,  Charles  W.,  and  Benjamin  A. 


NEW   ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

OBITUARIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 
[Prepared  by  William  B.  Trask,  Esq.,  Historiographer  of  the  Society.] 
Dennett,  Thomas  Simes,  died  in  New  Orleans  La.  Sept.  12,  1863, 
a.  38.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Susan  D.  (Morris) 
Dennett,  and  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  II.,  June  27,  1825.  Not 
improbably  he  was  a  descendant  of  John  Dennett  of  Portsmouth,  who 
•was  made  freeman  in  1612.  When  about  17  years  of  age  Thomas 
went  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and  served  an  apprenticeship  with  Ros- 
well  Gleason  Esq.  an  extensive  manufacturer  of  Britannia  and  tin 
ware,  where  he  remained  until  the  age  of  21  ;  he  then  left  Dorchester 
and  went  to  work  at  his  trade  in  New  York  city  ;  in  1849  he  re- 
moved to  Taunton,  and  engaged  in  the  same  business  in  the  employ 
of  Messrs.  Reed  &  Barton.  On  the  8th  Jan.  1852  he  was  m.  in  Dedham, 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Lamson,  to  Eliza  Melissa  Carpenter,  a  native  of  R.  I.,  dau. 
of  Timothy  and  Eliza  B.  (Dunbar)  Carpenter,  then  residents  of  Ded- 
ham,  the  former  a  native  of  South  Kingston  R.  L,  the  latter  of  Cats- 
kill,  N.  Y. 


1S64.J  JY.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  '      381 

Thomas  S.  and  Eliza  M.  Dennett  bad  children  :  Eugene  Wells 
Bennett,  b.  in  Taunton  Jan.  7,  1853,  Kate  Tarleton  Dennett,  b.  in 
Taunton  Feb.  28,  1855,  Thomas  S.  Dennett  Jr.  b.  in  Dorchester  Aug. 
22,  1859,  d.  Oct.  1,  1859,  Charles  E.  Dennett)  b.  in  Dorchester  Nov. 
7,  I860,  d.  Dec.  25,  1860. 

Mr.  Dennett  received  an  appointment  in  the  Boston  Custom  House 
as  an  Inspector,  July  3,  1857,  and  at  that  time  removed  from  Taun- 
ton to  Dorchester.  In  18G0,  he  became  a  resident  member  of  the  N. 
E.  Hist.  Gen.  Socy.  On  the  1st,. of  July  1861,  he  was  removed  from 
the  Custom  House,  by  a  change  of  administration.  On  the  8th  of 
Aug.  1862,  he  was  appointed  by  the  President,  an  Assistant  Quarter 
Master,  U.  S.  A.  with  the  rank  of  Captain.  He  left  Dorchester  Aug. 
29,  1862,  ordered  to  the  Gulf  Department  under  Gen.  Butler,  at 
which  place,  he  arrived  Sept.  29,  1862,  He  tilled  the  office  of  Post 
Quarter  Master  for  some  months  in  Now  Orleans.  In  Jan.  '63,  he 
was  ordered  to  take  the  field,  under  Genl.  Emory,  as  Brigade  Quarter 
Master  ;  he  was  after  that  ordered  to  the  office  of  Transportation 
Master  at  Springfield  Landing  ;  was  with  his  army  during  the  siege 
and  surrender  of  Port  Hudson.  The  duties  that  devolved  upon  him 
in  his  office  were  onerous,  and  his  health  failing  he  was  relieved  Aug, 
5,  on  certificate  of  the  surgeon,  who  testified  that  relief  from  his 
duties  was  necessary  to  save  his  life.  He  became  somewhat  im- 
proved in  health,  and  started  for  home  but  got  no  farther  than  New 
Orleans,  where  he  was  confined  to  his  room  some  time,  yet  was  ap- 
parently improving.  Two  days  before  his  death  he  was  visited  by 
two  of  his  clerks  on  business,  he  experienced  a  relapse,  and  died  of 
typhoid  fever  Sept.  12th,  1863.  His  remains  were  brought  to  Dorj 
Chester  where  funeral  ceremonies  were  performed  at  Rev.  Mr. 
Means's  church,  Oct.  29th.  He  was  buried  in  his  lot  in  the  Cemetry 
connected  with  that  church. 

Mr.  Dennett  was  a  young  man  of  an  amiable  disposition,  exemplary 
in  his  habits,  one  of  those  whom  it  is  pleasant  to  meet  with  in  the 
daily  walks  of  life.  His  death  adds  another  to  the  long  and  increas- 
ing list  of  those  who  fall  as  sacrifices  on  their  country's  altar,  in 
their  patriotic  efforts  in  her  behalf. 

Cushman,  Hon.  Henry  Wyles,  a  resident  member,  died  atBernards-* 
ton,  Mass.  Nov.  21,  1863,  a.  58.  A  memoir  by  Hon*  George  rI\  Davis, 
of  Greenfield,  will  be  found  in  this  (October)  number  pp.  321-325. 

Barstow,  John,  a  life  member,  died  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  March  31, 
1864,  a.  73.  A  memoir  by  Prof.  Alexis  Caswell,  I).  D.,  of  Provi- 
dence, is  printed  in  this  number  pp.  370-8. 

Ticknor,  William  Davis,  died  in  Philadelphia  Pa.,  April  10,  1864, 
a.  53.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Betsey  (Ellis)  Ticknor, 
and  was  born  in  Lebanon  N.  H.,  Aug.  6,  1810.  He  was  a  descen- 
dant in  the  sixth  generation  from  Sergeant  William  Ticknor  of  Kent 
'I  Eng.,  who  was  of  Scituate  N.  E.,  in  1656.  From  the  Boston  Records 
we  learn  that  on  the  29th  of  October  1656  (Reg.  xi.  203.)  William 
Ticknor  was  married  by  Major  Humphery  Atherton  to  Hannah  Stock- 
bridge,  dau.  of  John  Stockbridge,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Scituate, 
who  removed  to  Boston  about  this  time.     Mr.  Ticknor  succeeded  to 


382  JV.  E.  HisL-Gen.  Society.  -  [Oct., 

the  mansion  house  of  his  father-in-law  in  Scituate,  where  lie  was, 
afterwards,  a  prominent  man  iu  agricultural,  mercantile,  and  munici- 
pal affairs.  His  wife  Hannah  died  in  1665  and  he  m.  in  1666,  Debo- 
rah, dau.  of  Thomas  Hylau.d.  The  time  of  his  death  is  uncertain. — • 
His  son,  William,-  bap.  in  1664,  m.  in  1696,  Lydia,  dau.  of  Dea. 
Joseph  Tilden.  This  William  Ticknor,  the  second,  sold  his  farm, 
warehouse,  &c,  to  Job  Otis  in  1710,  for  £400,  and  removed  to  Leba- 
non Conn.,  which  place  had  just  begun  to  be  settled  by  emigrants 
from  Massachusetts.  The  lather  of  Gov.  Jonathan  Trumbull,  who 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Lebanon,  emigrated  thither  from 
Westfield  Mass.  in  the  year  1700,  where  his  father  had  removed  from 
Ipswicln  Gov.  Trumbull  was  born  in  Lebanon  in  1710,  the  same 
year  that  *Wm.  Ticknor  settled  there.  William'2  and  Lydia  Ticknor 
had  several  children  born  before  leavingScituate,  among  them  John,3 
b.  in  1699,  who  m.  Mary  Bailey,  at  Lebanon  Conn,  in  1724,  and  died 
in  1751  leaving  9  children,  one  of  whom,  Elisha,1  m.  1st,  Ruth 
Knowles,  of  Truro,  Mass.,  1775,  who  died  in  1771,  leaving  among 
other  ch.  Elisha,5  b.  1757,  gr.  1).  C.  1783,  d.  1821,  father  of  George^ 
Ticknor,  L.L.  I)»,  author  of  the  History  of  Spanish  Literature.  Cob 
Elisha1  Ticknor  m.  2d,  Deborah  Davis,  of  Lebanon  Conn.,  in  1772  ; 
and  by  both  marriages  had  15  children,  in  1774  he  removed  from 
Lebanon  Conn,  to  Lebanon,  N.  IT.,  where  his  son  William,5  who  was 
the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born,  in  1785. 

William  Davis6  Ticknor  came  to  Boston  in  the  spring  of  1827  and 
entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Benjamin5  Ticknor,  broker.  In  1829, 
two  years  after,  his  uncle  Benjamin  died  but  he  continued  in  the 
business  until  Sept.  1831,  when  he  was  appointed  Teller  of  the  then 
newly  incorporated  Commercial  Bank,  of  Boston.  In  June  1832,  he 
resigned  that  office  to  commence  business  as  a  bookseller  and  pub- 
lisher, at  the  old  building  corner  of  Washington  and  School  street, 
where  under  the  firms  of  Allen  &  Ticknor,  Win.  D.  Ticknor  &  Co., 
Ticknor,  Reed  &  Fields,  and  Ticknor  &  Fields,  he  pursued  his  duties 
until  his  death,  his  name  and  firm  having  introduced  to  the  literary 
public  the  standard  works  of  our  finest  writers,  in  a  beautiful  and 
becoming  typography  and  dress,  his  publishing  house  being  one  of 
the  most  noted  in  the  land. 

On  the  25th  of  Dec.  1832,  Mr.  Ticknor  m.  Emeline  Stamford,  dau. 
of  Benjamin  Holt,  teacher,  of  Boston.  Of  their  seven  children,  Wm. 
D.  Jr.,  and  Richard  Ellis,  died  in  infancy.  There  survive  Howard 
Malcom  (II.  C.  1856)  who  has  been  for  some  time  a  partner  in  the 
house,  Benjamin  Holt,  (II.  C.  1862)  a  captain  in  2d  Mass.  artillery, 
Emeline,  Alice  and  Thomas  Baldwin. 

Mr.  T.  was  for  several  years,  from  1842,  Treasurer  of  the  Boston 
Lyceum.  He  also  served  on  the  Primary  School  Board  until  he  re- 
moved his  residence  to  Jamaica  Plain  in  1847.  In  1853,  he  was 
chosen  a  Resident  member  of  the  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society,  and  in 
1857  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Perkins  Institution 
for  the  Blind.  He  was  Treasurer  of  the  "American  Institute  of  In- 
struction," almost  from  its  beginning  until  the  time  of  his  death,  and 
was  also  for  many  years  Treasurer  of  the  Mass.  Baptist  Convention, 
as    well    as    of   the   Federal    Street    Baptist  Society,  afterwards  the 


1864.]  J\T.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society.  ,  383 

Rowe  Street  Baptist  Society,  over  the  Sunday  School  of  which  church 
he  presided  for  nearly  a  seore  of  years. 

Mr.  Ticknor  arrived  at  Philadelphia  on  Tuesday  April  5,  accom- 
panying his  friend,  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  the  author,  who  was  then 
ill,  and  has  since  deceased.  On  Thursday  Mr.  T.  complained  of  being1 
unwell- — on  Sunday  morning  the  10th,  he  died.  His  disease  was  con- 
gestion of  the  lungs.  Funeral  services  over  his  remains  took  place 
at  his  late  residence  on  Burroughs  street,  Jamaica  Plain,  April  15, 
at  one  o'clock  P.  M.  Rev.  Drs.  Hague  and  Stowe  officiated. 

As  an  executor  and  administrator,  he  was  ever  faithful  and  dis- 
interested, and  there  are  many  persons  living  in  the  community  who, 
in  the  death  of  Mr.  Ticknor,  mourn  the  loss  of  one  who  to  them  was 
all  that  a  brother  might  be.  Sympathizing,  energetic,  resolute — 
making  their  case  his  own  ;  defending  their  interests  at  any  cost  (if 
time  and  labor, — it  seemed  as  if,  in  his  warm  friendship,  lie  would  do 
more  for  the  widow  and  fatherless  than  he  could  do  for  himself. 

The  Book  Trade  held  a  meeting  April  12,  and  passed  resolutions 
regretting  the  loss  to  the  public  of  a  respected  and  estimable  citizen, 
and  to  the  fraternity  of  an  able,  energetic  and  honorable  member. 
The  day  of  his  funeral,  some  eulogistic*  stanzas  signed,  K,  were  pub- 
lished in  the  Boston  Evening   Transcript. 

Wilson,  Hon.  William  M.,  died  in  Greenville  Ohio,  June  15,  1864, 
a.  56.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Martin)  Wilson,  and  was 
born  near  Mifflin,  Juniata  Co.  Pa.  March  11,  1808.  His  parents  were 
natives  of  Pennsylvania,  but  of  Scotch  descent.  The  lather  died 
when  the  son  was  four  years  old  ;  the  mother  at  the  age  of  about  79, 
is  still  living  on  the  old  home  farm  in  Butler  Oo.  Ohio,  whither  the 
family  removed  in  1814. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  at  Miami  University,  Ox- 
ford, Butler  Co.  Ohio;  studied  law  in  Hamilton  in  the  same  county, 
in  the  office  of  Jesse  Corwin  Esq.,  and  the  Hon.  Thomas. — afterwards 
Governor  Corwin  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  Hamilton,  in  1832  ; 
practiced  law  in  that  place  until  1836,  then  removed  to  Greenville, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  appointed  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  ex-officio  one  oi  the  Judges  of  the  Dis- 
trict Court  for  the  second  Judicial  District  of  Ohio,  by  Gov.  Chase,  in 
Oct.  1857,  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed, resumed  the  practice  of  the  law  in  the  Common  Pleas  District 
and  Supreme  Courts  of  the  State.  He  served  as  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney and  afterwards  as  Auditor  of  Darke  County  for  several  years,  as 
long  indeed  as  he  would  accept  either  position.  He  served  his  dis- 
trict as  a  Senator  for  two  years,  in  the  Ohio  Legislature,  from  1846 
to  1848,  when  he  declined  a  re-election.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig 
of  the  Adams  and  Clay  school,  afterwards  acted  with  the  Republican 
part)r  from  the  time  of  its  organization  in  1854,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Union  organization  of  Ohio. 

He  married  first,  Louise  Dorsey,  dan.  of  Major  James  Dorsey,  and 
a  native  of  Baltimore  Md.  by  whom  lie  had  seven  children.  His 
second  wife  was  Mrs.  Lu/cina  C.  Bell,  widow  of  Hon.  Hiram  Bell  of 
Greenville  Ohio,  and  dan.  of  Jonathan  ('lark  Esq.  of  Westhampton 
Mass.     Mrs.   Wilson   was   a  lady  of   rare  energy  and  excellence  of 


384  JV.  E.  Hist.-Gen.  Society.  -  [Oct., 

character.  She  died  suddenly,  at  Greenville,  Juno  2,  1864,  and  her 
husband,  Judge  Wilson,  followed  her  in  less  than  two  weeks.  Both 
died  in  christian  faith  and  hope.  He  was  elected  a  Corresponding 
Member  of  the  Society  in  1863. 

Proceedings. 

Bostont  Wednesday,  July  6,  1864. — A  quarterly  meeting  was  held 
this  day.  Rev.Dorus  Clarke,  D.D.,  ofWaltham  was  called  to  the  chair. 

Rev.  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee,  the  corresponding  secretary,  reported 
letters  from  Rev.  B.  F.  De  Costa  of  Charlestown,  Dr.  Waleott 
Richards  of  Waltham  and  Benjamin  B.  Torry  and  Edward  M.  Gary 
of  Boston,  accepting  resident  membership  to  which  they  had  been 
elected. 

John  IT.  Sheppard,  the  librarian  reported  as  donations  since  the 
last  meeting  8  volumes,  38  pamphlets,  a  photograph  of  the  ancient 
copper  plate  recently  exhumed  at  Castine,  and  two  MS.  pedigrees, 
namely  of  the  Scott  and  Appleton  families. 

William  B.  Trask,  the  historiographer,  read  biographical  sketches 
of  the  late  Beriah  Botfield,  M.P.,  F.S.A.  &c.  of  Norton  Hall,  Dav- 
entry,  Eng.,  and  William  J.  Davis  of  New  York,  both  corresponding 
members,  abstracts  of  which  were  printed  in  the  July  number. 

Rev.  John  A.  Vinton  of  South  Boston,  read  a  very  interesting  and 
carefully  prepared  paper  on  Deborah  Sampson,  who  served  as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  continental  army  during  three  years  of  the  revolutionary 
contest,  under  the  name  of  Robert  Shurtleff.  She  was  born  in  Plym- 
ton,  Mass.,  December  17,  1760.  A  descendant  of  John  Alden,  of 
Miles  Standish,  of  Rev.  Peter  Hobart  and  of  Gov.  William  Bradford, 
a  cousin  of  Simeon  Sampson,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  naval 
commanders  of  the  revolution — there  was  much  in  her  family  rela- 
tionship to  awake  her  patriotism  and  inspire  her  prowess.  The  first 
male  attire  she  donned  previous  to  her  enlistment,  and  as  an  intro- 
duction to  the  army,  she  spun  and  wove  with  her  own  hands.  She 
enlisted  under  the  above  assumed  name  in  April,  1781,  had  a  per- 
sonal share  in  the  siege  of  Yorktown  where  the  entrenchments  were 
carried  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet,  and  witnessed  the  scene  of  the 
surrender  of  Cornwallis.  She  was  afterwards  wounded  east  of  the 
Hudson.  On  recovering  from  her  wounds  she  was  engaged  in  some 
severe  engagements  with  the  Indians,  and  was  finally  appointed  aide- 
de-camp  to  General  Patterson,  and  taken  into  his  family;  and  all  this 
time  without  a  suspicion  of  her  sex,  and  all  subsequent  knowledge 
proves  her  virtue  and  chastity  without  a  blemish.  Many  exceedingly 
interesting  details  of  her  encounters  were  given  by  Mr.  Vinton.  Her 
sex  was  finally  discovered  by  the  physician  who  attended  her  in  a 
severe  illness  in  Philadelphia,  and  was  disclosed  by  him  only  to 
female  attendants.  She  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  army 
Oct.  23,  1783, — she  received  the  same  pension  as  other  soldiers.  A 
few  months  after  she  had  left  the  army  she  was  married  to  Benjamin 
Gannett  of  Sharon,  and  was  the  affectionate  and  exemplary  mother 
of  a  respectable  family  of  children.  She  died  in  that  town  April  27, 
1827,  aged  66  years. 

Mr.  Vinton  said  that  in  many  years  of  historical  study,  he  could 


1864.]  N.  E.  Ilist.-Gen.  Society.  ■       385 

truly  say  that  he  thought  no  parallel  to  Deborah  Sampson  is  to  be 
found  in  the  annals  of*  any  nation,  The  story  of  Semiramis  is  now 
fully' exploded;  Penthcsilea  and  the  Amazons  never  existed  but  in 
epic  poetrj  ;  Boadicea,  Joan  of  Arc,  Elizabeth  of  England  and  Catha- 
rine of  Russia  are  great  names,  but  practised  no  concealment  of  sex, 
and  the  last  two  are  of  doubtful  virtue.  It  is  to  be  hoped  a  life  of 
this  remarkable  person  may  be  written  out  more  fully  by  Mr.  Vinton 
at  a  future  day. 

William  Reed  Deane,  exhibited  a  photograph  of  a  tablet  in 
the  chancel  of  the  church  at  Haverhill,  England,  to  the  memory  of 
the  Rev.  John  Ward,  of  that  place,  the  inscription  on  which  was 
printed  in  the  last  number.  The  photograph  was  sent  by  Mr.  Bore- 
ham  of  Haverhill,  Eng  ,  to  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ward,  in  this 
country. 

Mr.  Deane  also  exhibited  an  engraved  caricature  picture  dated  1780 
of  England  in  the  time  of  our  revolution,  its  commerce  represented  by 
a  milch  cow — the  American  Congress  sawing  off  her  horns  and  a  jolly 
Dutchman,  a  Frenchman,  and  a  Spaniard  filling  their  bowls  with  her 
milk. 

Boston,  August  3. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon,  Vice 
President  Moore  in  the  chair,  and  John  H.  Sheppard  acting  as  secre- 
tary pro  tern. 

The  librarian  reported  6  volumes  and  29  pamphlets  as  donations 
since  the  last  meeting. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  reported  that  letters  accepting  resi? 
dent  membership,  to  which  they  had  been  elected,  had  been  received 
from  Henry  G.  Clark,  M  D.,  of  Boston,  and  Henry  C.  Kimball  of 
Needham, 

The  historiographer  read  biographical  sketches  of  two  deceased 
resident  members,  viz.,  William  Davis  Ticknor,  the  well-known  Bos- 
ton publisher,  and  Thomas  Simes  Dennett,  a  Brigade  Quartermaster 
in  the  U.  S.  service;  also  of  Sir  Louis  Hypolite  Lafbntaine,  Bart., 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench  of  Lower  Canada,  a  cor* 
responding  member. 

David  Pulsifer,  editor  of  the  Plymouth  Colony  Records,  read  an 
elaborate  paper  on  Matthew  Cradock  the  first  Covernor  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Company,  and  the  founder  of  the  town  of  Medford  in  this 
State.  Many  interesting  extracts  from  Gov.  Cradock's  cor;espond- 
ence  were  given.  He  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Long  Parliament 
which  met  Nov.  3,  1640.  but  died  May  27,  1641,  before  it  had  sat 
many  months.  George  Cradock,  who  claimed  to  be  a  descendant  of  the 
governor, — a  claim  that  had  been  doubted — camo  to  New  England  in 
the  last  centurv  and  settled  at  Boston.  The  only  living  descendants 
of  George  Cradock  are  through  a  daughter  who  married  Nathaniel 
Brinley,  whose  son,  Robert  Brinley,  a  highly  respected  citizen  of 
Tyngsborough,  Mass.,  is  now  living  at  an  advanced  age. 

Amendments  to  the  By-Laws. 
Continued  from  vol.  xvi,  page  194. 
Article  13. — Life  and  Resident  Members  only  shall  be  allowed  to 
vote. — Amended  July  6,   1864. 
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Akticle  25. — There  shall  be  a  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry 
consisting  of  five  members.  The  duty  of  this  committee  shall  be  to 
collect  and  preserve  information  in  regard  to  Heraldry  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  to  consider  such  matters  as  may  be  referred  to  it  by  vote 
of  the   society. — Adopted  Feb.  3,  1864. 

Article  26. — The  Honorary  Vice  Presidents  shall  not  exceed 
twelve  in  number  at  anyone  time,  and  shall  be  chosen  from  members 
of  the  society  residing  in  the  States  which  they  represent.  Vice 
Presidents  shall  be  chosen  from  resident  or  life  members  in  their 
respective  States.  All  other  officers,  as  well  as  the  Standing  Com- 
mittees and  Trustees,  shall  be  chosen  from  resident  or  life  members. 
Adopted  July  6,  1864. 


BRIEF  MEMOIRS  AND  NOTICES  OF  PRINCE'S  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Continued  from  page  258. 
[By  Wm.  H.  Whitmore,  Esq.,  of  Boston.] 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Barnard  of  Marblehead.  He  was  b.  at  Boston  26 
Nov.,  1681,  and  was  son  of  John  Barnard  by  his  wile  Esther,  d.  of 
Daniel  Travis,  as  our  Suff.  Deeds  show,  though  Savage  omits  the  mar- 
riage. In  the  3d  Series,  Mass.  Hist.  Collection,  vol.  V.,  will  be  found 
is  autobiography,  a  most  interesting  and  valuable  work.  He 
mentions  "  Capt,  Robert  Robbinson,  formerly  an  apprentice  to  my 
good  father,  (whose  son,  an  admiral,  has  married  my  brothers  only 
dau.)  was  commander  of  her  majesty's  yacht,  the  Carolina."  This  is 
the  only  hint  he  gives  as  to  his  English  relatives. 

He  graduated  in  1700,  and  begun  preaching  in  1702.  In  1704  he 
preached  at  Yarmouth,  and  in  1707  was  appointed  chaplain  in  the 
expedition  against  Annapolis.  In  1709  he  went  to  Barbados  and 
thence  to  England  and  returned  in  Nov.,  1710.  In  1713  he  was  to 
have  been  settled  at  the  New  Church  in  Boston,  but  the  influence  of 
the  Mathers  prevented   this.     In  1715  he  was  settled  at  Marblehead. 

He  m.  18,  Sept.  1718  "  Miss  Anna  Woodbury  from  Ipswich,  an 
only  child  whose  parents  were  both  dead."     He  had  no  children. 

Mr.  Barnard  published  some  twenty  sermons,  as  he  says,  including 
"Zeal  for  Good  Works,"  a  Boston  lecture,  1742;  "  The  Mystery  of 
the  Gospel  ;"  "Confirmation  of  the  Truth  of  the  Christian  Religion  " 
and  "  The  Imperfection  of  the  Creature  and  the  Exceeding  Breadth 
of  the  Divine  Commandment  ;  "  besides  a  "New  Version  of  David's 
Psalms.', 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Chauncey  wrote  of  him:  "  I  esteem  him  to  have  been 
one  of  our  greatest  men.  Had  he  turned  his  studies  that  way  he 
would  perhaps  have  been  as  great  a  mathematician  as  any  in  this 
country.  I  had  almost  said  in  England  itself.  He  is  equalled  by 
flew  in  regard  either  of  inventions,  liveliness  of  imagination,  or 
strength    and  clearness  in  reasoning." 

He  died  24  Jan'y,  1770.     An  excellent  funeral  sermon  was  delivered 


1864.J  Prince's  Subscribers.  387 

and  published  by  Rev.  William  Whitwell,  his  colleague,  son  of 
William  VV.  of  Boston,  who  m.  G  Sept.,  1762,  adau.  of  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Hancock  of  Martha's  Vineyard. 

Mr.  Barnard  claimed  the  credit  of  starting  the  fish  trade  of  this 
town,  and  names  Joseph  Swett  as  the  first  man  he  induced  to  under- 
take it.  This  public  service  alone  would  entitle  him  to  a  prominent 
place  in  our  annals. 

Mr.  Edward  Lutwyche. — In  the  Register  VII,  21  will  be  found,  nearly 
all  that  is  known  of  this  family.  It  seems  that  there  were  two  brothers, 
Lawrence  and  Edward,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  the  name  continued  here. 
The  will  of  Lawrence,  is  not  exactly  as  quoted  in  the  Register.  It 
mentions  his  brother  Edward,  distiller,  and  gives  .£50  to  his  kins 
man,  Richard,  son  of  Robert  Lutwyche  if  he  desires  "to  go  from 
this  to  London  ;  kinsman  George  Gray  of  Boston,  innholder.  In 
case  his  son  Edward  Goldstone  Lutwyche  died,  his  property  was  to 
go  to  the  "  heirs  of  Stockett  and  Robert  Lutwyche  of  the  county 
of  Radnor  in  North  Wales." 

I  learn  that  Edward,  the  Subscriber,  m.  Thankful  Parmeter,  10  Aug., 
1727  :  and  he  was  published  with  Elizabeth  Gray  1  Aug.,  1734,  but, 
I  can  learn  of  no  issue. 

Edward  Goldstone  Lutwyche  m.  (see  Holgate's  American  Geneal- 
ogy, p.  20)  Jane  dau.  of  John  de  Rapaljeof  New  York,  and  had  Cathe- 
rine who  m.  Col.  Peter  Walden  of  Norwich,  Eng.  and  d.  s.  p. 

Mr.  John  Lee  of  Lime. — From  the  Lee  Genealogy  by  Rev.  Wm.  H. 
Hill,  (Albany  1851)  I  make  the  following  extract. 

Thomas  Lee  of  Lyme  1641  had  Thomas  who  m.  Sarah  Kirtland 
and  had  John  b.  21  Sept.,  1  670,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Smith,  and  had  three 
sons  and  eight  daughters.  John  the  eldest  child  was  the  subscriber. 
He  married  first  Lydia  Allen,  secondly  his  cousin  Eunice  Lee,  and 
thirdly  Abigail  Tully,  who  survived  him  and  married  6  Jany.,  1749, 
Dea.  Caleb  Chapman  of  Saybrook,  with  whom  she  lived  until  2  May, 
1773,  when  she  d.  aged  64. 

John  Lee  was  of  some  eminence,  being  Attorney  for  the  county 
and  for  many  years  representative.  By  his  son  Andrew,  he  left 
descendants  of  the  name. 

Mr.  Benjamin  Babbidge  (for  Two). — ne  was  no  doubt  son  of 
James  Babbidge  of  Boston,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Davis  6  Mch.  1693- 
4,  and  had  Sarah,  15  Oct.,  1695  ;  Bathsheba,  23  July,  1694  ;  James,  5 
Mch,.  1698,  Joseph  and  Mary,  8  June,  1699,  Benjamin,  8  Dec,,  1700. 

He  m.  Ruth  Bradly  23  Apr.,  1723,  and  had  Bathsheba  14  Feb. 
1723-4,  and  Ruth  3  Feb.  1725-6.  His  wife  dying  14  Feb.  1725-6, 
aged  22,  he  m.  Ann  Young  14  Apr.  1726,  and  had  Mary  b.  20  Sept. 
1730,  Ann,  11  Nov.  1733. 

Mr.  John  Billings  and  Mr.  Richard  Billings. — By  a  deed  dated  1 
Dec.  1694,  Sufi'.  Deeds  xviii — 257,  it  seems  that  Ebenezer  Billings 
of  Mashapauge,  and  Roger  B.  of  Dorchester,  only  surviving  sons 
of  Roger  of  Dorchester,  assigned  certain  lands  to  Joseph  of  Boston. 
Taylor,  only  son  of  Joseph  deceased,  mariner,  eldest  son  of  said 
Roger,    sen.     Suff.  Wills   xii,   305  record  the  Inventory  of  Joseph 


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senr.  who  d,  27  Nov.  1678,  wife  Elizabeth  adm.  A  deposition  on  the 
original  by  James  Homes  aged  44,  and  John  Skiner  aged  37,  states 
that  liis  widow  was  to  have  his  house  till  liis  son  was  21.  Joseph 
sr.  and  Elizabeth  had  a  dan.  Elizabeth  b.  18  Jany.  1071,  who  no 
doubt  died  young. 

The  next  recorded  deed  (xviii — 259)  is  of  the  same  property 
by  Joseph  Billings  and  w.  Hannah  to  Win.  Tilley,  dated  4  July  1698. 
We  find  that  Joseph  and  Hannah  had  Hannah  b.  15  Mch.  1693,  John, 
29  July  1697,  Richard  7  Aug.  1699.  1  have  not  found  a  record  of 
his  death. 

John  Hillings  m.  Sarah  Endieot  27  June  1727,  and  had  Sarah,  b.  2 
Jany.  1727-8  ;  John,  b.  24  Sept.  1729  ;  Hannah,  b.  11  Jany.  1730- 
1  d,*30  Jany.  1732-3  ;  Richard,  b.  15  July  1734  ;  Hannah,  b.  16  Nov. 
1735  ;  William,  b.  13  Sept.  1737  ;  Mary,  b.  3  Oct.  1739;  Elizabeth,  b. 
18  Oct.  1742;     This  was  no  doubt  the  subscriber. 

Richard  Billings  m.  Mary  Welch  17  Oct.  1 728  and  had  Joseph  b. 
25  Mch.  .1731  ;  Mary  b.  4  Mch.  1734;  This  was  probably  the  sub- 
scriber 

To  revert  to  tin.'  progenitor  of  this  family.  Roger  Billings,  son  of 
Dorchester,  will  recorded  Sufi1'.  Wills  vol.  xx,  dated  1 
May,  1717,  mentions  sons  Joseph,  of  Milton  ;  Roger,  Stephen,  Wil- 
liam, Isaac,  John,  Moses,  Hannah,  w.  of  Nathaniel  Gulliver  of  Milton  ; 
Sarah,  w.  of  John  Badcoek  of  Milton  ;  Mary,  Mehitable,  Anne,  Abi- 
gail, aged  19,  Elizabeth,  aged  17,  21  Apr.,  1718. 

This  answers  Savage's  remark  as  there  were  seven  sons  and  seven 
dan.  alive  at  their  father's  death. 

Ebenezer  Billings  was  brother  of  this  Roger  and  his  ch.  are  recorded 
by  Savage.  His  will  is  dated  2  Jan'y,  1718.  Zipporah  rn.  —  Man, 
Elizabeth   m.  —  Royall,  and   Ilepzibah   in.  —  Bradish. 

John  Billings3,  son  of  Roger'2,  of  Dorchester  gentleman,  left  bro- 
thers William  of  Stoughton  and  Isaac  of  Milton,  guardians  of  sons 
John  and  Edmund.  Tin4  former  was  of  age  about  20  Nov.,  1750 
when  a  deed  was  recorded  reciting  these  facts. 

These  Billings  owned  a  great  amount  of  land  and  it  is  curious  to 
note  that  though  Roger,  jr.  and  Ebenezer  called  themselves  yeomen 
in   1694,  they  are  styled  "gentlemen  "  in  their  wills. 

There  was  also  a  Williams  Billings  of  Boston  who  by  w.  Hannah 
had  William  b.  3  July,  1684,  John,  b.  13  Jan'y,  1687-8  ;  Hannah  b.  26 
Jan'y,  1688-9. 

The  Rev.  Air.  Benjamin  Fessenden  of  andwich  {for  Three). — From 
the  admirable  Lode  Genealogy,  p.  314,  we  learn  that  he  was  b.  30 
Jany.,  1791,  and  was  the  son  of  Nicholas  and  Margaret  ('Cheney) 
Fessenden,  of  Cambridge.  We  refer  to  the  book  for  other  particulars 
of  the  family.  W.  H.  W. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Isaiah  Lewis  of  Eastham. — He  was  settled  in  the 
north  precinct  of  Eastham,  now  called  Wellfleet,  in  1730.  Various 
notes  concerning  him  will  be  found  in  Freeman's  History  of  Cape 
Cod  ;  and  genealogical  information  in  the  Register,  xvii,  162 — 169. 
He  was  the  great  grandfather  of  Dr.  Winslow  Lewis,  President  of 
our  society. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Adams  ;  Mr.  Mathew  Adams. — For  an  account  of 


2864.]  Current  Events.  389 

Mathew,  see   Register,  x.     Tlie   Rev.  John  Adams  was  no  doubt  his 
nephew,  the  poet,  whoso  character  is  given  in  Register,  xv,  58. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Joseph  Morse  of  Stoughton  ;  Kbenezer  Morse,  Stu- 
dent at  Harvard  College. — Information  concerning  them  will  be  found 
in  tlie  extensive  but  ill-arranged  Morse  Genealogy.  The  Rev.  Joseph 
Morse  (see  appendix  and  p.  3)  was  born  25  May,  1671  ;  son  of  Jo- 
seph and    Priscilia    (Oolburne)    Morse,  who  was  son  of  John  and  gr. 

son  of  Samuel  Morse,  of  Dedham.     He  in.  Amity ,  and  had  six  ch. 

He  d   Nov.  1731. 

Rev.  Dr.  Ebenezer  Morse,  of  Shrewsbury  (see  p.  41  and  appendix), 
was  son  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Penniman)  Morse  ;  and  was  born 
2  March,  1718-18.  Joshua  was  son  of  Samuel  and  grandson  of 
Joseph  Morse  ;  the  latter  being  son  of  the  first  Samuel.  Ebenezer 
m.  Persio  Bush,  and  had  seven  children.     He  d.  in  1801. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Moody,  of  York. — From  the  Biographical 
Sketches  of  the  Moody  Family,  we  learn  that  he  was  the  fourth  son  of 
Caleb  Moody,  and  was  b.  4  Jany.,  1675.  He  m.  first  Hannah,  dan.  of 
John  Sewall;  who  d.  29  Jany.,  1728,  aged  51  ;  by  whom  he  had  Rev. 
Joseph  of  York,  Mary  wife  of  Rev.  Joseph  Emerson  of  Maiden,  and 
Lucy,  who  d.  young.  He  d.  13  Nov.,  1747.  His  son  was  the  noted 
"Handkerchief  Moody." 

Hon,  Jacob  Wendell,  Esq. — A  good  account  of  him  is  to  be  found 
in  Bridgman's  King's  Chapel  Epitaphs,  p.  237. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Benjamin  Bass  of  Hanover. —  Consult  Barry's  History 
of  Hanover,  which  says  he  was  b.  19  Dec,  1694  ;  son  of  Joseph  of 
Braintree  ;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Rev.  James  Gardiner,  and  died  23 
May,  1756,  leaving  a  son  Benjamin,  whose  issue  preserved  the  name. 
See  also  the  Thayer  Genealogy  (Hingham,  1835,  p.  61  and  53). 

Mi\  Edward  Fuller  of  Newton  ;  Mr.  Jonathan  Fuller  of  Newton  ; 
Mr.  Joseph  Fuller  of  Newton  ;  Mr.  Wm.  Hide  of  Newton. — For  these 
consult  J Dickson's  History  of  Newton.  There  aie  one  or  two  other 
subscribers  from  that  town,  who  require  a  more  ample  notice. 


CURRENT  EVENTS. 

[Compiled  by  the  Rev.  Elias  Nason,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.J 

Continued  from  p.  109. 

December,  1863. 

14.  The  great  Sanitary  Fair  at  Boston. 

15.  Frank  E.  Converse  murdered  by  Edw.  W.  Green,  Postmaster 
at  Maiden,  Mass. 

22.  Gen.  W.  W*.  Averill  returns  from  a  successful  raid  in  West- 
ern Virginia. 

27.  Funeral  of  Gen.  Michael  Corcoran  attended  by  an  immense 
concourse  of  people  at  New  York. 

29.  The  Union  and  Rebel  armies  in  winter  quarters. 

January,  1864. 

1.  Great  emancipation  jubilee  at  Portland.  Oration  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Stebbius. 


390  Current  Events.  [Oct. 

3.     John  Hughes,  Archbishop  of  New  York,  dies. 

21.  John    M.  Elliott,  the  oldest  printer  in  the  United   States,  dies 
at  Jersey  city. 

28.  A  fight  occurs  near  Williamsport,  West  Virginia. 
30.   Springfield  Armory  turns  out,  this  month,  25,700  muskets— the 
largest  number  ever  manafactured  there  in  30  days. 

February. 

I.  The  Confederates  make  a  demonstration  upon  Newborn,  N.  C. 
5.     Colt's  Pistol  Factory,  at  Hartford,  burned. 

5.  Anglo-Rebel   steamer  Cumberland  captured  by  the  U.  S.  gun- 
boat De  Soto. 

6.  Gen.  Meade  makes  a  reconnoissance  in  force    across  the  Rap* 
idan.     Our  loss  about  250. 

17.  There  are  now  but  35  newspapers  published  in  the    Southern 
Confederacy. 

17.  An  extremely  cold  day  in  Boston.     Mercury  ranging  from  20 
to  25<?  below. 

IS.  The  blockading  sloop  of  war  Housatonic  sunk  by  a  Rebel  tor- 
pedo in  Charleston  Harbor. 

18.  Great  fire  at  Gloucester,  Mass.  ;  103  buildings  destroyed. 

20.   Gen.  Seymour  defeated  in  a  battle  at  Olustee,  Fla.     Our  loss 
stated  at  about  2,000. 

22.  Gen.  A.  E.  Burnside  addresses  the  citizens  of  Portland,  Me. 
22.  The   steamer  "Bohemia,"  from  Liverpool  to  Portland,  wrecked 

on  "  Alden's  Rock,"  near  the  latter  city,  and  about  20   persons   lost. 

March. 

3.  Gen.  Kilpatrick  makes  a  raid  from  the  Rapahannock  into  the 
vicinity  of  Richmond,  with  about  5,000  men. 

4.  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  appointed  (about  this  time)  to  the  chief  com- 
mand of  the  U.  S.  armies. 

5.  A  sharp  fight  at  Yazoo  City,  Miss. 

6.  23  captured  soldiers  hung  by  the  rebels  at  Kinston,  N.  C. 

15.  The  President  issues    a  call    for  200,000    more    men    for   the 
army. 

16.  Seven  persons  killed,  and  many  injured,  by  an  explosion  of  a 
cartridge  factory  at  Springfield,  Mass. 

24.  Union  City,  Term.,  captured  by  the  Rebel  General  Forrest. 

April. 

4.  Fight  between   Gens.  Marmaduke   and   Steele,  in  Arkansas,  in 
which  the  forces  under  the  Rebel  general  are  handsomely  repulsed. 

5.  The  "  Winthrop  House"  in  Boston  destroyed  by  fire. 

7.  Smallpox  prevalent  through  the  country. 

7,  8,  9.     Battles,  and  defeat  of  the   Union  forces  under  Gen.  N.  P. 
Banks,  near  Shreveport,  La. 

II.  Fort  Pillow  captured  by  the  rebels,  and  about  300  of  the  negro 
garrison  inhumanly  massacred. 

12.  Mrs.  Caroline    M.  Kirkland,  an  authoress  of  some  celebrity, 
dies. 


1864.]  Current  Events.  391 

12.  Steamer  "  Alliance,"  a  blockade  runner,  captured  in  the  Sa- 
vannah River. 

14.   Gold  1.77  in  New  York. 

16.  Steamer  '«  Gen.  Hunter  "  blown  up  by  a  torpedo  in  St.  John's 
River,  and  three  of  the  crew  killed. 

23.  Our  naval  force  now  consists  of  617  vessels,  of  which  72  are 
irou-clads. 

23.  The  great  Sanitary  Fair  at  New  York  closes.  Receipts, 
$1,200,000.  Ship  "  Rockingham  "  burned  by  the  "Alabama,"  in  lat. 
15*  S.,  long.  32v  W. 

27.  Plymouth,  N.  0.,  captured  by  the  rebels,  with  some  1,600  pris- 
oners and  25  pieces  of  artillery. 

May. 

4.  The  army  of  the  Potomac  crosses  the  Rapidan  —  advancing 
once  more  on  Richmond. 

6.     The  great  and  desperate  battle  of  the"  Wilderness,"  between 
the  Union  and  Confederate  forces  under  Gens.  Grant  and  Lee. 
9.     Fighting  between  the  Union  and  Confederate  armies  renewed. 

9.  Gen.  John  Sedgwick  killed. 

10.  Thomas  Butler  King,  of  Georgia,  dies. 

12.  Great  battle  near  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Va. 

17.  A  sharp  engagement  between  Gens.  Sherman  and  Johnston,  at 
Resaca,  Ga. 

18.  The  "  New  York  World  "  issues  a  forged  proclamation  from 
the  President. 

18.  Gen.  Siegel  repulsed  in  Virginia. 

19.  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  the  distinguished  novelist,dies  at  Plym- 
outh, N.  H. 

20.  Maj.  Gen.  Foster  assumes  command  of  the  department  of  the 
South. 

20.  Forty-eight  Union  soldiers  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  tor- 
pedo, near  Newbern,  N.  C. 

27.   lion.  Joshua  R.  Giddings  dies  at  Montreal,  C.  W. 

30.  The  Union  steamer  "Maple  Leaf "  is  blown  up  by  a  torpedo 
in  St.  John's  River,  Fla. 

31.  John  C.  Fremont  nominated,  at  Cleveland,  O.,  for  President. 

June. 

].  Sanguinary  battle  at  Coal  Harbor,  near  the  Chickahominy,  Va. 
Lawrence  M.  Keitt,  of  South  Carolina,  mortally  wounded. 

3.  Our  batteries  still  continue  to  throw  shells  into  the  city  of 
Charleston,  S.  C. 

5.  Battle  between  Gens.  Hunter  and  Jones,  a  little  north  of  Staun- 
ton, Va.,  in  which  the  rebel  general  is  killed. 

8.  The  National  Union  Convention  at  Baltimore  nominate  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  for  President. 

10.  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler  makes  an  attack  on  Petersburg,  Va. — un- 
successful. Gen.  Sturgis,  with  8,000  men,  defeated  by  the  rebels 
under  Gen.  Forrest,  at  Gimtown,  Miss.  The  price  of  the  "Richmond 
Examiner"  is  now  $50  per  annum,  Confederate  currency. 


392  v  Current  Events.  [Oct. 

11.  Gen.  Hunter  enters  Lexington,  Va.,  with  an  army  of  some 
16,000. 

12.  Gen.  Giant  commences  moving-  his  army  across  James  Rivei, 
to  the  South. 

15.  Gen.  Polk  killed  on  the  summit  of  Pine  Mountain,  in  Georgia. 

17.  Terrible  explosion  at  the  arsenal  at  Washington,  D.  C,  by 
which  some  20  female  operatives  are  killed. 

19.  The  rebel  gunboat  "Alabama"  sunk,  near  Cherbourg,  France, 
by  the  U.  S.  gunboat  "  Kearsarge,"  after  a  light  of  one  hour  and 
forty  minutes. 

20.  President  Lincoln  visits  the  army  of  the  Potomac. 

22.  Gen.  Grant  reaches  and  attacks  Petersburg,  Va.  The  fight- 
ing continues  until  the  Sabbath,  [This  town  was  once  the  residence 
of  the  celebrated  Pocahontas,  who  married  Mr.  Nolle. ] 

24.  Heavy  artillery  tiring  by  the  5th  and  9th  corps  of  our  army 
in  front  of  Petersburg. 

26.  The  town  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  celebrates  its  100th  anni- 
versary. Hottest  day  in  New  Haven,  Ct,,  for  86  years  ;  mercury 
102y  in  the  shade.  the  "Vision,"  a  little  boat  15  ft.  long  and  4| 
ft.  wide,  sails  from  N.  Y.  to  Liverpool,  with  but  two  persons  on 
board. 

27.  Severe  battle  at  Kenesaw  Mountain,  6a.,  in  which  our  forces 
are  repulsed.       We  have  now  51,000  rebel  prisoners  in  our  hands. 

30.  The  7-30  Government  Loan  xVct  approved. 

July. 

I.  Hon.  W.  P.  Fessenden  appointed  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
vice  Hon.  S.  P.  Chase,  resigned. 

3.     Gen.  Sherman's  forces  occupy  Kenesaw  and  Marietta,  Ga. 
5.      Martial    law  is    proclaimed    in    Kentucky.      Gen.  Geo.  P.  Mor- 
ris, journalist  and    poet,  dies   at   New  York,  aged  62  years. 

7.  Col.  Jaquess  and  Mr.  Gilmore,  [E.  Kirke]  hold  a  conference 
with  Jefferson  Davis  at  Richmond. 

8.  Gen.  Rousseau  starts,  with  2,700  men,  on  a  cavalry  expedi- 
tion, which  proves  successful. 

9.  The  rebels  invade  Maryland.  Gen.  Wallace  defeated  on  the 
east  bank  of  the  Monoeaey,  Md.      Great  alarm   at  Washington,  I).  C. 

9.  Gen.  Sherman's  army  crosses  the  Chattahoochee,  and  advances 
on  Atlanta. 

II.  The  rebel  steamer  "  Florida "  captures  some  8  or  10  vessels 
off  Chesapeake  Bay. 

11.  Gold  is  2.85  at  New  York.    (Highest.) 

12.  Unsuccessful  attack  of  the  rebels  under  Early  upon  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  J     H 

15.  Terrible  accident  on  the  N.  Y.  &  Erie  Railroad,  by  which  64 
men  are  killed  and   120  wounded. 

18.  The  President  calls  for  500,000  more  men.  The  draft  to  be 
on  the  5th  of  September. 

22.  A  severe  drought  prevails  throughout  the  Eastern  States. 

22.  Terrific  battle  between  the  forces  under  Gens.  Sherman  and 
Hood,  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in  which  Gen.  J.  B.  McPherson  (graduate 
of  West  Point,  1853)  is  killed. 


1864.]  Current  Events.  393 

22.  Guerrillas  continue  very  troublesome  in  Missouri.  Their 
number  is  estimated  at  15,000. 

28.  Severe  battle  in  front  of  Atlanta,  Ga ,  continuing  from  11  A.M. 
till  3  P.  M. 

30.  Chambersburg,  Penn.,  burned  by  the  rebels. 

30.  Explosion  of  the  mine  before  Petersburg  ;  our  attack  on  the 
rebel  lines  repulsed.     Our  loss  is  stated  at  5,640. 

August. 

5.  Admiral  Farragut  enters  Mobile  Bay  ;  reduces  Forts  Gaines 
and  Powell,  and  takes,  after  a  desperate  fight,  the  rebel  iron-clad 
gunboat  "  Tennessee."  He  loses  the  "  Tecumseh,"  with  most  of  the 
crew. 

G.  A  rebel  mine  is  exploded  in  front  of  Petersburg,  doing  little 
damage. 

G.  Gen.  Sherman  makes  an  unsuccessful  attack  on  the  rebel  lines 
before  Atlanta. 

9.  Fifty-five  officers,  held  in  Charleston  under  our  fire,  arrive  at 
New  York. 

9.  Explosion  of  an  ordnance  boat,  at  City  Point,  Va.,  by  which 
more  than  70  persons  are  killed. 

10.  The  "  Empress  City,"  on  her  way  up  the  Mississippi,  severely 
handled  by  the   rebels.      Four    persons   and  the  captain  killed. 

10.  An  immense  McClellau  meeting  is  held  in  New  York  city. 

12.  Cotton  is  now  $1.75  per  pound. 

14.  Col.  B.  E.  Liebold  bravely  defends  Dalton,  Ga.,  against  an  at- 
tack of  the  rebels. 

16.  The  public  debt  is  now  $1,849,714,555. 

16.  The  rebel  gunboat  "Tallahassee,"  now  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  has 
destroyed  at  least  33  vessels  on  our  coast  within  the  last  thirty 
days. 

16.  After  a  severe  fight  of  two  hours,  the  fifth  army  corps  move 
across  the  Wcldon  Railroad  to  the  south  of  Richmond. 

18.  The  enemy  attack  the  10th  army  corps  and  are  repulsed. 

19.  Gold  is  quoted  at  $2.57. 

19.  A  heavy  battle  between  the  5th  corps  and  the  enemy  on  the 
Weldon   Railroad. 

23.  Fort    Morgan,  Mobile  Bay,  surrendered  to  Admiral   Farragut. 

31.  Geo.  B.  M'Clellan  nominated  at  Chicago  as  President  of  the 
United  States. 

September. 

2.  Atlanta,  Ga.,  falls  into  the  hands  of  Gen.  Sherman. 
4.  John  Morgan,  a  noted   Guerrilla,  killed   at  Greenville,  Tennes- 
see. 

13.  Park  Benjamin,  a  poet  and  lecturer,  dies  at  New  York  aged 
55  years. 

50 


394  Book  Notice— Errata  8fC.  [Oct.,  1864. 


BOOK  NOTICE. 

Letters  of  Phillis  Wheatley,  the  Negro  Slave  Poet  of  Boston.    Boston: 
Privately  Printed.     1864.     8vo.,  pp.  19. 

This  pamphlet  consists  of  seven  letters  from  Phillis  Wheatley  to  a  young  woman 
of  her  own  color,  Abour  Tanner,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  which  were  read  by  Charles 
Deane  at  a  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society;  with  Mr.  Deane's  re- 
marks on  the  occasion.  Till  the  appearance  of  this  brochure,  we  had  little  by 
which  we  could  judge  of  Phillis's  talent  for  prose  composition,  though  her  poems 
had  been  favorably  known  for  ninety  years.  We  agree  with  Mr.  Deane  that  the 
letters  indicate  "  much  maturity  of  mind  and  refinement  and  delicacy  of  feeling  and 
character." 

An  anonymous  memoir  of  Phillis  Wheatley  was  prefixed  to  the  edition  of  her 
poems  published,  in  1834,  at  Boston,  by  George  W.  Light.  This  memoir,  Mr. 
Deane  informs  us,  was  written  by  Margaretta  Matilda Odell,  of  Jamaica  Plain.  lUs 
Miss  Odell's  memoir  probably  that  has  be.'n  attributed  to  the  late  B.  B.  Thatcher, 
as  the  above  date  and  publisher  are  given  for  bis  book.  Mr.  Light,  however,  states 
that  this  was  the  only  memoir  of  Phillis  that  he  published.  The  mistake  probably 
occurred  from  the  fact,  which  Mr.  Light  mentions,  that  Mr.  Thatcher  gave  to  Miss 
Odell's  memoir  an  editorial  supervision,  though  he  made  only  "  a  few  alterations  in 
tho  words  of  the  manuscript."     Mr.  L.  issued  no  edition  of  the  Memoir  separately. 


ERRATA    AND    OMISSIONS. 

Vol.  xvii.     Index.     Page  380  col.  1  dele  Bronson,  378. 

"  l«    385    "     3  against  Stanley  dele  378. 

Vol.  xviii.     Under  the  cut  of  the  "  old  ship"  between  pages  3G  and  37,  insert  A 

SIDE  AND  INTERIOR  VIEW  OF  THE  OLD    SHIP  AS    SHE  WAS    SEEN    IN  MAY 

1863.     Under  the  opposite  cut,  insert  A  map  of  a  portion  of  Cape 
Cod,  showing  the   cuanoes   of  the  coast.     6  lines  from   foot  for 
Potammagutt  read  Potanumaquut. 
Page  37  1.  20  for  Potanumagut  read  Potanumaquut. 

"     76  1.  24  for  Philip  Watson  read  Philip  Watson  Challis.     Same 
page  for  Blaisden  read  Blaisdell. 

11     82  1.  21  from  foot/or  Cabls  read  Cablo. 

11     98  1.  9  for  Win,  Townsend  read  Washington  Townsend. 

"  177  1.  12 for  Chauney  read  Chauncy. 

"  185  1.  23  for  Semonitu,  is  Duke  read  Semitonius,  Duke. 

"  189  1.  9  for  old  town  farm  read  Oldham  farm. 

u  192  last  lino  for  Geenwood  read  Greenwood. 

«'  197  1.  17  from  foot/or  Caleb  N.  Curtis  read  Caleb  A.  Curtis. 

11  269  1.  33/o/-  Mountford  read  Mountfort. 

u  274  1.  1  for  Jonathan  read  John. 

"  316  1.  2  from  foot  for  avouched  read  vouched. 

"  354  1.  27  after  letters,  insert  other. 


INDEX    OF   NAMES 


Abbot,  161,   214,   240,   267, 

344. 
Abdy,  171. 
Acres,  264. 

Adams,  45,  46.  48,  81,  103, 
117,  119,  121-129,  138, 
140,  159,  160,  176,  195- 
197,225,230,242,244,245, 
264,  276,  283,  286,  291- 
294,  350,  353-356,  378, 
388,  389. 

Addington,  68,163,  165,  336. 

Addison,  356. 

Adkins,  59. 

A d!ard,  242. 

iUschylus.  136. 

Agassiz,  38,  44. 

Ahasombamet,  163. 

Aish,  237. 

Alabaster,  182,  184. 

Alc:mis,  136. 

Alden,  223,  299,  384,  390. 

Aldham,  185. 

Aldine,  333. 

Alexander,  237. 

Alford,  168. 

Alger,  212. 

Ali  Pasha,  207. 

Allan,  295. 

Allen,  17,20,30,45-47,67, 
69,74,75,87,139,  140,154 
-156,  166,  171,  176,  190, 
213,  221,  226,  237,  241, 
247,  274,  287,  290,  293, 
294,  352,  382,  387. 

AUston,  01,63,  64. 

Almon.  292. 

Ames,  12,  116,276,283,351, 
354,  357,  379,  380. 

Amey,  169. 

Amory,228,  269. 

Amoscoggin  Sam,  167.  _ 

Amsden,  191. 

Amyas,  260. 

Aiuicroon,  14. 

Anaxagoras,  136. 


Auaximander,  '136. 

Anderson,  170. 

Andrew,  108,  110,  213,  220, 

310,  379. 
Andrews,  217. 
Andries,  361. 
Ann  (Queen),  75,  305. 
Amies,  282. 
Auuibal,  75. 
A  nn ice,  282. 
Appleton,    17,    66,   80,    89, 

104,    119,    124,    132,     138, 

212,  213,    215,    243,    244, 

365,  384. 
Apthorp,  119,  124,  161,271. 
Aichdale,  287. 
Archer,  22,  37,  38,  42-44. 
Archibald,    237. 
Arentsen,  359,  360. 
Aristides,  136. 
Aristogiton,  136. 
Armington,  197,  198. 
Armstrong,  280,  301. 
Arno,  237. 
Arnold,   7,  28,   32,  34,    125, 

237,  308. 
Arthur,  237. 
Asamewes,  167. 
Ashley,  82-84,. 142, 147,  331, 

363. 
Aske,  237. 
Aspinwall,  227,  228. 
I  Assurowlaway,    165. 
Atherton,  330,  333,  381. 
Atkins,  59, 237. 
Atkinson,  93. 
Atlif,  154. 
Alturn,  75. 
Atwater,  154,  242. 
Atwood,   18,  181,   226,   238. 

278,  280-284,  350,  352,  364,' 
Aubin,  238. 
Audley,  286. 
Augustus,  137. 
Austin,  77,  176,  226. 
Averill,  389. 
Avery,  77,  242. 


Ayers,  21. 
Ayrault,  225. 
Ayres,  166. 

B 

Babbidge,  387. 

Babcock,  120,  242,  388. 

Babson,  379. 

Bachiler,  266. 

Backus,  245,  247-249,   251, 

302. 
Bacon,    150-153,     161,  227, 

242,  276,    278,    280,    281, 

290,    310,    313,   317,    351, 

352. 
Badcock,  388. 
Bagg,  145-147. 
Bagley,  331. 
Bagot,  306. 
Bailey,    194,   238,    275-277, 

279-282,  284,  349-351,  382. 
Bain  bridge,  206. 
Baird,  115,  218,  238,  242. 
Baker,    168,    184,    213,   238, 

247,272,  285,  286,  315. 
Balch,  276,  279-283,  349-351. 
Baldwin,   61-65,  89,  96,  97, 

218,  222,  306. 
Ball,  83,  84,  188. 
Ballantiue,   170,  318. 
Ballard,  115,  187,  188,238. 
Ballston,  171,  188. 
Barnes,  290. 
Bancroft,  143-147,  191,217, 

218,  308. 
Bangs,  217,  218. 
Banks,  108,  390. 
Barber,  198. 
Barden,  287. 
Barker,    102,  238,  271,  275, 

277,   278,   280,   281,    285, 

350-352,  372. 
Barlow,  170,  295,  331. 
Barnaby,  257,  361-363. 
Barnard,    74,  76,    169,    180, 

213,    238,   313,    333,    386, 

387. 


396 


Index  of  Naines. 


Barne,  131. 

Barnes,  76,    249,    250,   275. 

Baroj,  358. 

Barrett,    181,   195,  198,  285 

Barrington,  238. 

Barron,  281. 

Barrows,   110. 

Barry,  389. 

Batstow,  74,  212,  213,  285, 

286,  309,    313,    323,   370, 
381. 

Bartholomew,  157,  158. 
Bartrum,  96. 
Bartlet,  215,  216,  310. 
Bartlett,  30,31,80,  178,  189, 

190,  238,  277,  349,  361. 
Barton,    97,    153,   245,   317 

352,  380. 
Bass,  119,  120,  122-125,  300 

389. 
Bassett,  371. 
Batchelder,  296. 
Bate,  329. 
Bates,     121,    261,    262,   264, 

265. 
Bathan.  238. 
Baxter,'   118,    119,   122-125 

238. 
Bayel,  282. 
Bay  ley,  76,  79,  115. 
Baylie,  287. 
Baylies,  5,  18,  245,246,285, 

287,  363-356. 
Bayze,  59. 

Beale,    119,    121,    123,    126, 

191,264-266. 
Beals,  262. 
Beaman,  144-146. 
Beard,  193,  194. 
Beare,  336. 
Bearso,  44,  59. 
Beauclmmp,  272. 
Bebee,  195,  197. 
Beck,  286. 
Bedie,  236. 

Bedortha,  84,  85,  142,  143. 
Bee,  198,  199. 
Beebe,  103,  195,  197. 
Beecher,  216,  254. 
Beers,  238,  241. 
Belcher,  71,   117,    125,  162, 

289,  328. 
Belding,  54,  59. 
Belknap,  18,  20,  165,  238. 
Bell,  212,  213,  383. 
Bellamy,  216. 
Bcllingham,    173,   269,  327, 

333. 
Bellows,  214. 
Bemis,  192,  213. 
Bendall,  68. 
Benedict,  245,  249,  251. 
Benham,  242. 
Benjamin,  393. 
Bennet,  238. 
Bent,  46,  47,  119,    124-126, 

140,  141. 


Benthnisen,  358. 

Bentley,  71,  217. 

Bernard,  311. 

Berthelot,  306. 

Bethune,  259. 

Belts,  246. 

Bihye,  131,  132. 

Bickford,  238. 

Bicknell,  119,  126. 

Bickner,  239. 

Biddle,  23,  29,  152. 

Bienveim,  305. 

Bigelow,    61,   64,    190,   213, 

217. 
Bigland,  131,   132. 
Bigbd,  185. 
Bill,  331. 
Billings,  119,  124,  126,  387, 

388.' 
Binfield,  188. 
Binney,  159,  187,  188. 
Bird,  116,  242. 
Bisher,  286. 

Bishop,  154,  157,  244,349. 
Bissell,  242. 
Bitl'eild,   171. 
Black,  119,  121,  123,  127. 
Blackleach,   199. 
Blackmail,  167. 
Blackmer,  285. 
Blackstone,  333. 
Blague,  177. 
Blair,  77,  239. 
Blaisdell,  76,  282,  283,  351, 

352,  394. 
Blake,  59,  62,  78.   169,  213, 

217,  239,  296. 
Blanchard,  213,    239,   262- 

264.  296,  297. 
Blaney,   18l,  239. 
Blanford,  45,  46. 
Bleyker,  360. 
Blin,  58. 
Bliss,    84,    85,    89,    142-147, 

200,  221,  246,  248. 
Blott,  170. 
Boardman,  53,  126. 
Bocke,  234. 
Bode,  184. 
Bogle,  332. 
Bodwell,  100. 
Boite,  239. 
Boleyn,  305. 
Bollman,  209. 
Bomaseen,  162-165. 
Bonaparte,  224. 
Bond,  35,  78,  189,  213,  263, 

278,  303,  323,  336,  379. 
Bonker,   139. 
Bonner,  269. 
Booth,  286,  287. 
Borden,  211. 
Bordmau,  53. 
Boreham,  273,  385. 
Bosboom,  231-234,  358,  360, 

361. 
Bossovile,  175. 


Botfield,  304,  305,  384. 
Boudroit,  162,   163. 
Bourne,  67. 
Bous,  234. 
Bovie,  358. 
Bowditch,  211,  228. 
Bowdoin,  81,  269. 
Boweu,  58,  227,  248,  360. 
Bowers,  380. 
Bowes,   185. 
Bowhonnon,  331. 
Bowker,  48. 
Bowles,  227,  242. 
Bowman,  213,  267,  362. 
Boyce,  153. 
Boyd,  239. 
Boyden,  333. 
Boyes,  239. 
Boylstou,  213,  239. 
Boynton,    71,  276-278,  280, 

284,  350. 
Bra,  283. 
Brackett,   118-120,   123-126, 

242,   328. 
Bradbury,  71,  104,  212,  213, 

239. 
Braddock,  35. 
Bradford,   18-20,  37,  3£,  71, 

218,219,  248,  330,  384. 
Bradish,  47,    104,  206,    207, 

388. 
Bradlee,    89,  103,  104,    159, 

197,  212,  213,  215,  384. 
Bradley,  186,  239,  282,  363, 

387. 
Bradstreet,  17,  152,  269. 
Bragginton,  164. 
Bramerd,  178,  242. 
Brame,  85. 
Branch,   184. 
Brandt,  149. 
Bratt,  149,  150,  231-237,  358, 

360. 
Brauwer,  300. 
Bray,  161. 
Breck,  98,  239,  348. 
Brentnell,  141. 
Brewer,    47,    139,    141,  226, 

239,  296. 
Brewse,  184. 
Bre water,  18-20,  53,  104,  116, 

213,  239,  242,  3b6. 
Briant,  120,  130. 
Bridge,  213,  '239. 
Bridgoinun,  83-85,   142,  177, 

26y-27l,  324,  380. 
Bridges,  02. 
Bridgham,  170. 
Briesler,  119,    123. 
Brigham,    78,   89,    119,   123, 

242. 
Briggs,    285,   287,  297,  368, 

370. 
Bright,  52,  213,  239,  242. 
Hrightman,  362. 
Brimmer,  366. 
Brinley,  269,  319,  385. 


Index  of  JVaines. 


397 


Brinsmead,  348. 

Briuton,  95. 

Brisco,  I  OS,  213,  332. 

Bristow,  248. 

Broad,  268. 

Brooklebank,  277. 

Bronsdon,  3G. 

Bronson,  111,  180,394. 

Brook,  273,  274. 

Brookine,  169. 

Brooks,  11,  143-147,  199, 
239,  244,  250,  251,  285, 
28G,  298,  378. 

Broome,  171. 

Brough,  108. 

Brouwers,  150,  231-233,  358, 
361. 

Browne,  30,  32,  34,  46-48, 
70,  79,  112,  114,  139-141, 
157,  182,  184,  189,  193,  197, 
213,  215,  223,  239,  246, 
217,  249,  250,  253,  255, 
256,    209,    319,    349,    375. 

Brow n ell,  257. 

Browning,  78,  173. 

Brueu,  242. 

Bryant,  129,  130,  194,  195. 

Bryer,  241. 

Bryson,  242. 

Buchanan,  303. 

Buck,  285,  286. 

Buekminster,  223. 

Buoknell,  172. 

Buddie,  336. 

Buell,   102. 

Burlington,  250. 

Bugbee,  227. 

Bulkley,  226,264,269. 

Billiard,  245,  250,  252,  253, 
254,  256. 

Bullock,  239,  245. 

Bulwer,  184. 

Bui  upas,  285. 

Bumstead,  171,  333. 

Buniels,  276. 

Burbank,  275-282,  284,  351, 
352. 

Burbeck,  239. 

Burohsted,  240. 

Burd,  183. 

Burl'ut,   184. 

Burgess,  186,  367. 

Burgoyne,  32-34. 

Burke,  45,  52,  185,  220,  272, 
334. 

Burnam,  164,  169. 

Burnell,   182,  240. 

Burnet,  262. 

Burns,  90. 

Burnaide,  107,  217,218,  390. 

Burnton,  240. 

Burpey,  270,  281. 

Burr,  213. 

Barrage,  213. 

Burrill,  123,  168,  240,  262. 

Burro  ugh,  320. 

Burt,     82-84,    142-144,    146, 


147,240,362.     . 
Bnrtis,  89. 
Burton,    182. 
Bush,  47,  140,  389. 
Buswell,  350. 
Butcher.  227,  228. 
Butler,    63,    55,  59,  94,  154- 

150,    226,     240,    242,    267, 

336,  381,  391. 
Butterworth,  247,  255,  256. 
Buttolph,  331. 
Button,  68,  328. 
Buzzil.  282. 
Bylield,  269,  288,  289. 
Byles,  289. 
Byron,  136. 

C 

Cabel,  82,  394. 

Cable,  82,  394. 

Cadmus,  130. 

Cadwalader,  23. 

Caldwell,  242. 

Caley,  131. 

Callahan,  208. 

Cal  lender,  108,290. 

Cainac,  21. 

Camden,  334. 

Camment,  337. 

Campbell,  282,  350. 

Campfort,  358. 

Canady,  361. 

Candish,  337. 

Candler,  212,  213,  243. 

Canning,  209. 

Capen,  129,  269,305. 

Capron,  242. 

Carey,  259. 

Carleton,  275,  276,  280-283, 

340,   351. 
Carlisle,  45,  337. 
Caroline  (Queen),  209. 
Carpenter,  329,  380. 
Carr,  76. 
Carrington,  154. 
Carter,  69,  150,  206,  337. 
Cartvvright,  337. 
Gary,  268,  384. 
Case,  242,  243,  320. 
Cass,  212,  227. 
Caswrell,  363,  370,  381. 
Cathcart,  337. 
Caulkius,  80,  244. 
Caxtoo,  305. 
Center,  109. 
Cervantes,  310. 
Clunfbourne,  213. 
Chad  wick,  278,  280-283,  3  ,9, 

352. 
Challis,  76,  394. 
Chamberlain,     46-48,      109, 

124,  290,  337. 
Chambers,  208. 
Champion,  199,  200. 
Champlett,  337. 
Chandler,  93,  197,  227,   244 

278,  337,  349,  350,  378. 


Chapin,    83,    104,    143,     144, 

147,  242. 
Chaplin,   175. 
Chapman,  71,  161,  212,  310, 

387. 
Charade,  337. 
Charles,  110. 
Charles    (King),     131,    173, 

175,  200,   245,  247. 
Chase,  08,  74,  108,  191,  193, 

284,    303,    315,    316,  337, 

350,  383,  392. 
Chauncy,  123,  138,  177,  199, 

200,  212,    288,    347,    386, 

394. 
Chaucer,  134. 
Checkley,  171,  238,  269. 
Cheesman,  203,  337. 
Cheever,  109,  208. 
Cheney,  278,  270,  282,  283, 

351,  388. 
Chester,  81,  86,  213. 
Chew,  32. 

Chickering,  110,  349. 
Child,  213,  268. 
Ohilds,  324,  361. 
Chipman,  89-91,  242,  353- 

356. 

Chippenham,  90. 

Chittenden,  286. 

Choate,  73. 

Chubb,  72. 

Chubbuck,  119,  123. 

Church,  15,23,  78,  101,285, 
350,  361. 

Claassen,  233. 

Claese,  150,  231,  232,  234, 
236. 

Clatiin,  194. 

Clap,  47,  77,  140,  141,242, 
243,  246,  248,  285,  287, 
290,  329,  330,  345,  371. 
I  Clarke,  33,  34,  69,  77,  78, 
84,  85,  142,  143,  154,  106, 
174,  175,  208,  212,  225, 
226,  211,  242,  258,  202, 
203,  208,  '-'09,  280,  282, 
285-287,  289,  207,  309, 
310,  313,  332,  337,  302, 
368,  373,  383-385. 

Clay,  114. 

Clayton,  241. 

Cleare,  332. 

Clegat,  82. 

Clement,  280. 

Clements,  151,  337. 

Cleveland,  90,  110,200,205. 

Cliffe,  286. 

Clinton,  20,  240. 

Clopton,  112,   183-186. 

Close,  330. 

Clothier,  287. 

Clough,  338,  350,  351. 

Clute,  149,  358. 

Coale,  81. 

Cobb,  5-7,  9,  II,  12,  17,242. 

Conbott,  10«. 


39S 

Cochrane,  35,  98. 

Cock,  185. 

Cockrane,  35. 

Coddington,  241. 

Coe,  242. 

Coffin,   110,    113,    171,   243, 

258,  259. 
Coggan,  183. 
Coggshall,  241. 
Cogswell,  88,   176,  215,  297, 

352. 
Coke,  310. 

Col  burn,   89,  212,  217,  389. 
Colby,  76,  283,  338. 
Cole,    55,  109,  171,  200,  240, 

283,  350,351. 
Coleridge,  311. 
Collamore,  154,  285. 
Collicutt,  171,  326. 
Collier,  54,  169. 
Collins,    26,    54,    172,    241, 

299,  338. 
Col  man,  123,  239,  264,  286, 

290,  342,  347. 
Colt,  31)0. 
Colton,  84. 
Columbus,  63,  310. 
Conant,  59. 
Condee,338. 
Condree,  338. 
Condy,  338. 
Coningsby,  185. 
Conklin,  201. 
Converse,  378,  389. 
Conyn,  360. 
Cooke,  15,59,  101,  103,  119, 

126,  197,  200,  264,  286. 
Cookson,  176. 
Cooley,  83-85,  142-146. 
Coolidge,   45,   48,   71,   200, 

201,  213,  243,  338. 
Coombe,  305. 
Coombs,  55. 
Coon,   188. 
Cooper,  83-85,  142-145,  147, 

238,    289,    298,   311,    338, 

347. 
Cope,  242. 
Copley,    105,    208-210,   226, 

367. 
Copp,  287,  338. 
Coquerel,  296. 
Cor  bin,  227,  228. 
Corcoran,  3S9. 
Cordies,  159. 
Correy,  181,  213. 
Corlet,  347. 
Corliss,  374. 
Cornbury(Lord),  348. 
Cornish,  33d,  384. 
Corn  wall  is,  7. 
Corn  well,  241. 
Corwin,  383.  - 
Cottie,  182,  184. 
Cottle.,  280.  [366. 

Cotton,  18,  75,  80,  103,  106, 


Index  of  Names. 

Couch,  .55. 

Coulton,  85,   142-145.    | 

Coverdale,  305. 

Cowdell,  80. 

Covvell,  22,  338. 

Cowper,  90,  294. 

Coytmore,  66,  183. 

Cradock,  289,  385. 

Craft,  227. 

Crafts,  77,  338. 

Cragin,  242. 

Craig,  276. 

Craigie,  30. 

Craik,  34,  35. 

Cranch,  119,  125,  160. 

Crandall,  242,  243. 

Crane,  56,  57,    119,124,   126, 

181,  225,  243. 
Crawford,  191. 
Cressey,290. 
Croak  um,  188. 
Crocker,  75,  218,  367. 
Crombie,  338. 
Cromwell,    15,   52,   53,    187, 

245,  247. 
Crooker,  301- 
Crosby,  39,  201.  297. 
Cross,  333,  338,  350. 
Crouch,  78. 
Crovvell,  73. 
Crowfoot,  145-147. 
Crowley,  86. 

Crummy,  276,281,  282,352. 
Cud  worth,  285,  286. 
Crura  well,  333. 
Culliek,333. 
Culliver,  338,  388. 
Cummiugs,  213,  264. 
Cunnabell,  338. 
Cunningham,  190,  191. 
Currie,  70. 
Currier,  278. 
Curtis,  45.  89,  119,  124,  139, 

197,    225,    227,    262,     275, 
v     285,286,394. 
Curwen,  269.  316,  353. 
Gushing,    74,  77,   161,  262, 

269,  286,  292,  367. 
Cushmau,  135,214,  215,313, 

321.325.381. 
Cussens,  338. 
Cutler,    103,    124,    190,    213, 

253. 
Cutting,  101,  192,  213. 

D. 
Daggett,  338. 
Dakyns,  335. 
Dallmg,  290. 
Dalrymple,  104. 
Dalton,  106. 
Dame,  105. 
Damford,  282. 
Damon,  157,  262,  285,  286. 
Dane,  65,  263,  264,  338. 
Dan  forth,  289,  3526,351,  352 
Danielse,  148,  236,  359,  360 


Darey,  184. 

Darlington,  94-98,  111. 

Dashwood,  336. 

Davenport,  201. 

Davie,  71.  72,  359. 

Davies,  259. 

Davis,  76,  77,  82,  132, 
153,  2  21,  224,  227, 
279,  285,  308,  309, 
331,  339,  352,  306, 
379,    382,    384,    387, 

Dawbury,  184. 

Dawes,  290. 

Dawson,  110,  159,  308, 
339 

Day,  146,  147,  275,  282, 
349,  350,  352. 

Dayton,  262. 

Deaken,  326. 

Deal,  339. 

Deaman,  157. 

Deane,  87,  88,  104,  115, 
185,     2S5,     212-215, 
263,    264,    266,     319, 
339,  363,  365,  308,  385, 

Dearborn,  62,  147,  308. 

De  Backer,  148. 

De  Chuphore,  162. 

De  Costa,  384. 

Deering,  158,339. 

De  Craaf,  149,  231. 

De  Lagransi,  236. 

Delano,  366. 

De  la  Warr,  172. 

Dellius,  148,  149. 

Demick,  74. 

Deming,  53-55,  58,  179. 

Deinstall,  171. 

Dene,  185. 

Dennett,  380,  381,  385. 

Dennison,  80,  153,  197, 
327. 

Denny,  99. 

Dens,  331. 

Dent,  188. 

DePeyster,  115,315. 

Derby,  77,  153,  203,  22g 

Descartes,  310. 

De  Schan,  358. 

Dethick,  334. 

Detruas,  150. 

Dewey,  54. 

Dexter,  12,  18,  104,212, 
242. 

Dyer,  231,  232,  230. 

Dibble,  83,  84. 

Diekason,  81. 

Dickman,  321,  323. 

Dickson,  339. 

Dickinson,  225,  244,  28^ 

Dis^by,  269. 

Dikes,  179. 

Dikston,  237. 

Dill,  2G2. 

Dirkse,  150,  23 1,  236. 

Dirksen,  359. 

Dix,  97,  190,  207,  213. 


142, 
203, 
321, 
367, 
392. 


314, 

283. 


116, 

242, 

338, 
394. 


326, 


213, 


Index  of  Names 


399 


Dixon,  104. 
Doak,  339. 
Doane,  39,  43. 
Dodge,  128,  210. 
Dodson,  2S6,  287. 
Dosgett,  185,  365,  367. 
Do'lbear,  339. 
Dole,  110. 
Doness,  86. 
Donnell,  266. 
Dorchester,  142,  144. 
Dorr,  92,  346. 
Dorothy,  339. 
Dorsey,  383. 
Doubleday,  339. 
Douglas,  257,  339. 
Dowse,  268,  280. 
Downs.  199,  339. 
Dow,  30. 

Downing,  113,  183,  347. 
Downe,339. 
D'Oyley,  185. 

Drake,  7G,  88,  172,  182,  197, 
212,    214,    291,    293,    316, 
319,  346. 
Draper,  242,  292,  355. 
Dresser,  275,  349. 
Drew,  164,  165,  366. 
Drinkvels,  150. 
Drown,  103,  339. 
Drummond,  306. 
Druny,  48. 
Drury,  48,  140. 
Dry  den,  311. 
Duane,  91. 
Du  Bois,  242,  243. 
Du  Cane,  210. 
Dudley,     15,    75,    112,    178, 

183,  227,  242,  209,  302. 
Duffield,  21-23. 
Dugdale,  131. 
Duke,  184. 
Duniaresq,  242.  ■ 
Dumbletun,  86,   142-146. 
Dunnner,  1«9,  301. 

Dunbar,  380. 

Duncan,  77,  379. 

Dunham,  339. 

Dunkenlield,  339. 

Duukley,  77. 

Dunlap,  228. 

Dunnel,  191,  193,  242. 

Dunton,  339. 

Dupee,  339. 

Durham  (Lord),  306. 

Durkee,  195. 

Durkim,  278. 

Durrie,  243. 

Du  Scheen,  234,  359. 

Dussce,  290. 

Dutch,  132. 

Du  Trieux,  149. 

Dutton,  61,  242,  243,  316. 

Duyckiuck,  93,  94,  111. 

Dwelle,  119,  126,285,  286. 

Dwight,  216,  217. 

Dwinnell,  91,  191,  192,  282. 


Dyer,  80,  299,  327,  360. 


Eales,  339. 

Eames,     264,   281-283,   349, 

351,  378. 
Early,  392. 
East,  169. 

Easterbrook.  214,  243. 
Eastman,  215,  284. 
Easton,  241. 
Eaton,  201,  275,339. 
Eckeon,  161. 
Eckley,  2G9. 
Eddy,  115,  214,290. 
Edgerly,  91,  281. 
Fdmonds,  340. 
Edson,  362 
Edward   (King),    131,     172, 

185,  272. 
Edwards,    83-85,    142,    143, 

200,    216,    331,   340,    346- 

348,  350. 
Edwars,  87. 
Eells,  370. 
Egermet,  163. 
Egerton,  185. 
Eisinger,  340. 
Eldredge,  159. 
Eliot,  18,  20.  295. 
Elizabeth  (Queen),  219. 
Ellery,  104,  201. 
El  let,  279. 

Elliot,  76,  175,331,390. 
Ellis,  78,  381. 
Elmer,  22. 
Elmes,  286. 
Elsivier,  20. 
Ely,  146,  147. 
Emerson,  90,  277,  389. 
Emery,  5,  6,    69,    193,    259 

276,  278. 
Emmons,  216. 
Emory,  381. 
Kndieott,  15,    153,  210,  211 

215,  220,  333,  388. 
English,  171,  331. 
Ensign,  286. 
Epes,  379. 
Erving,  177. 
Estabrook,  199. 
Essex  (Karl  of),  334. 
Estes,  241. 
Euclid,  136. 
Eustis  340. 

Evans,  97,  241,  257,  362. 
Everdill,  243. 
Everett,  62,  109,  220,  242. 
Everill,  68,  333. 
Eversen,  359. 
Eveiton,  340. 
Ewell,  241,  286,  323. 
Ewer,  88,  105. 
Ewing,  161,242. 
Excell,  142-145. 
Eyers,  166, 167. 
Eyre.  214. 


P 

Fairbanks,  373. 

Fairfield,  281. 

Fairservice,  340. 

Eales,  280,  281. 

Eaneuil,  269. 

Farley,   103. 

Farmer,  247. 

Kami i am,  325. 

Farnsworth,  380. 

Farnum,  276,  277,  283,  340. 

Farragut,  393. 

Farrar,  104,  111,  213. 

Farrow,  286. 

Farwell,  220. 

Fauconberg,  175. 

Favors,  340. 

Faxon,  119,  123,  126,  242. 

Fayerweather,  176. 

Fearing,  367. 

Felbrig,  185. 

Felt,  18,73,212,274. 

Felton,152,  153.210. 

Fenno,  119,  124. 

Ferguson,  367. 

Fermor,   185. 

Ferris,  114. 

Ferry,  146,  147. 

Fessendeu,  77,  388,  392. 

Petty  place,  321. 

Field,     119,    125,    177,    193, 

242,  260,  261,  268,  331. 
Fields,  112,  113,  382. 
Fitield,  194,  196,340. 
Fikston,  232. 
File,  234. 

Fillmore,  207,  212. 
Firmin,  184. 
Fish,  74. 

Fisher,  77,  105,  212,  333. 
Fibke,    129,    166,    177,    178, 

189,  192,  214,  317. 
Fitch,  36,  58,  248,  269,  330. 
Pitzhugh,  184. 
Fitzroy,  200. 
Fitz- Walter,  363. 
Flacke,  169. 
Flagg,  161,  189,  214. 
Pleeson,  24. 
Fletcher,  244,  254. 
Flint,    128,     129,    151,    153, 

242,  327,  328. 
Flood,  282. 
Floyd,  109,  181. 
Flucker,  177. 
Flynt,  129,  288. 
Pobes,  365. 
Pones,   183,  185,  186, 
Poote,  76,  1 14,  197,  282,  284. 
Forbes,  57,  78. 
Forrest,  390,  391. 
Porsythe,  95. 
Port,  149,  358. 
Forth,  112,  183.  184. 
For  we  11,   153,  154. 
Fosdick,  201,  340. 


400 


Index  of  Names. 


Foster,  46,  159-161,  195,215 
268,    209,    276,    285,   340, 
349,  351,  362,  391. 
Fowle,  268,  347. 
Fowler,  104,  1U5,  327. 
Fownes,  185,  186. 
Foxcroit,  338,  347. 
Foye,  71. 
Frame,  76. 
Francis,  63,  57,93,  184,  277, 

295. 
Franklin,    21-23,    91,     107, 

168,  317. 
Fransen,  235,  360. 
Frary,  170. 
Frederick  (the    Great),     8, 

115. 
Freeborn,  241. 
Freeman,    18,   45,   47,    140, 

340,  388. 
Freer,  235,  359. 
Freernian,  234. 
Freeze,  340. 
Freke,  269. 
Freliughuysen,  207. 
Fremont,  391. 
French,  119,   123,   192,   193, 

264. 
Frisell,  269. 
Frizell,  227. 
Frooman,  234. 
Frost,  45,  47,  141,  163,   164, 

183,  265. 
Frothingham,  61,  130. 
Frye,  277. 
Fuller,   197,    198,   214,    242, 

255,  263,  273,  389. 
Fullerton,  22,  340. 
Futhey,  97,  98. 

G 

Gage,  7,  17,24,275-281,283, 

349-352. 
Gale,  189-197,  336. 
Galileo,  310. 
Gallatin,  96,  207. 
Gallison,  340. 
Gallop,  332,  340. 
Gannett,  384. 

Gansevoort,  28,31,  232,234. 
Gansey,  227. 
Gardiner,  269,  341,  389. 
Gardner,  56,  92,  180,  261. 
Garfield,  46,  189-191. 
Garrett,    57,    169,   285,  286, 

327,  332. 
Gascoyn,   150. 
Gasey,  227. 
Gaskill,  150. 
Gaskin,  150,  151,  153. 
Gatchell,  311. 
Gates,  26,  26,  29,  31. 
Gay,  30,  191. 
Geddes,  243. 
Gedney,  161,   152,   164,  270, 

341. 
Gee,  239,  269,  341. 


Geer,  116,  242. 

Gendall,  166,  167. 

Gennings,  45. 

George,  275,  341. 

George  (King),  52,  79. 

Gerris,  358, 

GerrLsh,  186. 

Gerritse,  150,359. 

Gerry,  221. 

Gibaut,  228. 

GibUms,  126,  367. 

Gibbon,  134. 

Gibhs,  45,  47,  48,  56,  139 
141,  175,  206,  217,  226 
242,  269. 

Gibson,  175,  210. 

Giddings,  391. 

Giffordi  267. 

Gitford  (Lord',  209. 

Gilbert,  54,  56,  14 J- 145,  153, 
154,  187,  212,  301,  302. 

Giles,  12,  316,   341. 

Gill,  77,  262,  29^. 

Gillam,  14,  172,  333. 

Gdlitt,  67. 

Oilman,  242,  258,  259,  302. 
Gil  more,  392. 
Crimson,  76. 
Girouard,  305. 
Gladding,  242. 
Glass,  285. 
Gleason,  46,  48,  380. 
Glenn,     149,     150,    231-236, 

358-360,  361. 
Glover,  119,    124,    126,    146, 

147,  171,  333,   365. 
Goble,  174,  264. 
Goddard,  214. 
Godfrey,  341. 
Goethe,  311. 
Goii'e,  55,  56. 
Goldsmith,  76,  134,  209. 
Goldstone,  214. 
Goldthwait,  341. 
Goodale,  267. 

Goodell,  116,  150,  213-215. 
Goodenow,  45,  47,    48,  139- 

141. 
Goodfellow,  56. 
Goodhue,  72,  73,  290,  360. 
Goodier,  171. 
Gooding,  276. 
Goodrich,  53-55,226,  269. 
Goodridge,  269,  276,   341. 
Goodwin,    53,    57,    76,   218, 

365-367. 
Gookin,  80,  178,  288,  328. 
Gore,  51. 
Gomes,  115,  287. 
Gorse,  284. 
Gorton,  249. 
Gosnold,  37,  42-44. 
Goss,  275. 
Gostling,  183. 
Gould,    242,   264,    316,  341, 

363,  371. 
Goulding,  242. 


Gove,  214. 

Graham,    57. 

Grant,    108,    195,    197,    390- 

392. 
Graven,  149,  231. 
Graves,  98,  139,   141,332. 
Gray,    90,  237-240,  337-342. 

387. 
Greaves,  268. 
Greely,  349. 
Greem,  195. 
Greene,    8,  45-47,    77,    110, 

119,    124,     126,     190,    208, 

216,    220,    229,    230,     242, 

275,   276,    280,    281,    288, 

289,    324,    325,    345,    316, 

348,  389. 
Greenleaf,    75,  77,  119,  121, 

123-126,  153,  154,  157,  160. 
Greenough,  60-65,  168,  171, 

213,     281-284,    332,     342, 

351,  352,  368. 
Greenwood,  36,  67,  192,  269, 

394. 
Gregg,  195,  197. 
Grey,  341,  362,  367. 
Grice,  342. 
Grid  ley,  155,  166. 
Griffin,  46,  57,276,  277,  280, 

282,  283,  350,  352. 
Griggs,  170,  227. 
Grimble,   184. 
Grimes,  56,  180. 
Griswold,  302. 
Grizell,  177. 
Groot,     149,     150,    231-236, 

359,  361. 
Grotius,  310. 

Grout,   45,  47,  48,    192,  242. 
Groves,  71. 
Grow,  256. 
Grushea,  276. 
Gullison.  340. 
Gulliver,  388. 
Guppy,  342. 
Gurnell,  248. 
Gurney,  261,  327. 
Gutte ridge,  342. 
Gwinne,  286. 
Gyles,  316,  317. 

H 

Haal,  231,  359. 

Ilabell,  331. 

Hacker,  342. 

Hadden,  76. 

Hadley,  76. 

Haen,  234. 

llagan,  30,  33. 

Hagar,  192,214. 

llag^et,    276,    283,  349,  351, 

362. 
Hague,  383. 
Hahn,215. 
Hail,  24  9,  250,  27 1. 
Haines,    46-48,91,  140,  141. 
Hair,  78. 


Index  of  Names. 


401 


Hale,    55,    57,  66,    67, 

231. 


180,1 
349, 


258,     276-278 

351,  352. 
Haley,  342. 
Hall,     106,    119,    121,    123, 

124,    159,     180,    213,    232, 

234,     241,     276-279,    281, 

283,  301,  342,  352,    364. 
Hal  leek,  107,  201,  202. 
Halliwell,   111. 
Hallowell,  269. 
llallock,  201,  202. 
Halsey,  185,  342. 
Hamilton,  8,  33,  116,  342. 
llamlett,  352. 
Iiamui,  290. 
Hammett,  159. 
Hammond,    192,    193,   214, 

217. 
Han  bury,  68. 
Hancock,    8,    34,  117,    118, 

129,  288,  347,  387. 
Handel,  136. 
Hanmer,  55,  57,  225. 
Hannahs,  342. 
Hanse,  231,  232. 
Hansen,  234. 
Hanset,  67. 
Hapgood,  214,309. 
Harding,  336. 
Harbert,  169. 
llardca.st.M-,  342. 
liar  by,  272. 

Hardwicsk,  119,  124-126. 
Hardy,  275,  .'84,  319-352. 
HarlaUenden,  318, 
Harlow,  159,  297,361. 
Harman,  83-85. 
Harniodius,  136. 
Harnden,  181. 
Harriman,  282. 
Harrington,  78,  141,214. 
Harris,    62,    180,    181,    214, 

217,    225,    242,     277,    281, 

342. 
Harrison,  58,  170. 
Hart.    103,    153,    174,    207, 

225,  262. 
Hartshorn,  78. 
Harvey,  71,72,76. 
Harwood,  67,  169. 
Huseail,  225. 
Haseltine,  '275,277-283,350, 

352. 
Haskell,  290,  297. 
Hassel,  264. 
llassey,  109. 
Hastings,  32,  77,214. 
Hasty,  243. 
Hatch,   58,    161,  225,    285- 

287. 
Hathaway,  362. 
Hathorne,  280. 
Haugh,  332. 
llawes,  75. 
Hawkins,  184,  286. 
Hawthorne,  383,  391. 


Hav,  333. 

Hayden,    76,   123,  141,  242, 

343. 
Hayes,  33,  34,  192,  342. 
Haynes,  45,  76,  83. 
llayno,  342. 
Haywaivi,    91,    92,  180,  212, 

221,  343. 
Haywood,  77. 
Hazeltine,  276,  352. 
Head,    276,    278,    2S1,    283, 

349,  350,  352. 
Headly,  47. 
Heald,  263. 
Heale,  186. 

Healey,  46,  47,  78,  139. 
Hearsey,  77. 
Heath,  327,  362. 
lleber,    133. 
Hector,  163. 
Hedge,  365. 
Hedges,   169. 
lleewstraat,    233-236,   358- 

360. 
Begin,  163. 
Helmut,  286. 
Helmerse,     150,    231,    232, 

236,  360. 
HVnan,  343. 
Henchman,  89,  347. 
Henderson,  242,  299. 
Hendrickson,  114. 
lienny,  182. 
Henry,   182,    194,   195,     197, 

343. 
Henry  (King),  189,  305. 
Henryson,    146. 
Henshaw,    77,    78,   99,  100, 

116,  215,  226. 
Hepworth,  105. 
Herbert,  94,   172. 
Herkimer,  31. 
Hermon,  142-144. 
Herrick,  284,   352. 
Hersey,    187. 
Hesling,  232. 
llesselink,  360. 
Hew  ins,  246. 
Heyland,  139. 
lley'er,  343. 
Hey  ward,  267. 
Hibbard,  280. 
Hicks,  343,  355,  364,368. 
Higgins,  159,  167. 
Higginson,  113. 
Higiman,  161,  163. 
Hi  land,  285. 
Hildreth,  100-104, 
Hill,    55,    68,   86,    87,    180, 

184,  226,  343,  387. 
Ilillar,  343. 
Hillborn,  95. 
Hilles,  184,  281,  352. 
Hillyer,  343. 
Hinckley,  75,  195,  242. 
Hinde,  242. 
Hinds,  267,  268. 

51 


Hinksman,     J6. 

Hinman,  :    ,    179,  225,  242. 

Hinsdell,  226. 

Hirst,  343. 

Hitehborn,  332,  343. 

Hitchcock,  58,  147,  242. 

Hoar,  214. 

Hobart,    119,    125,  178,  185, 

200,  222,  367,  384. 
Hodges,  212,    213,  301,309. 
llogeus,  225. 
llolbrook,  71,  242,245,  286, 

2S7,  327. 
Holden,  242. 
Holgate,  26,  387. 
Holland,    21,    159,  212,  272, 

309,  311-313. 
Holies,   173. 
Hollis,  249. 
Hollister,  179. 
Hol.oway,     165,     156,     169, 

170. 
Holmes,    18,   71,    180,    218, 

276,  316,  344,  353,  354. 
Holt,  382. 
Holton,  77. 
Holyoke,   6,  15,  82-85,   142, 

144,  269. 
Homer,    136,  284,  344. 
Homes,  388. 
liony,  284. 
Hood,  392. 
Hooker,    53,     66,   70,    108, 

225,  243,  310,  340,  347. 
Hooper,  71,  352. 
Hope  Hood,  167. 
Hopkins,    90,  216,  295,  327, 

3*44. 
llopkinson,   275,    277,  278, 

281-284,  349,  351. 
Hoppin,  215. 
Horace,    137,  222. 
Horn  blower,  212. 
Home,  208. 
Horner,  179,  225. 
Horrex,  336. 
Horrobin,  116. 
Horsford,  225. 
Horton,  146,   147,  201. 
Hoskins,  344. 
Hosmer,  242. 
Hough,  344. 
Houghton,  243. 
House,  285,  286. 
Hovey,   276,    280,  344,  349, 

350. 
Howard,   104,  180,  241,  261, 

279,  306,  344,  366. 
Howe,  25,  32,  33,  45,  47,  48, 

139. 
How  land,  241,  242. 
Hoyt,  76,  277. 
Hubbard,  18,  54,  57,  66,  77, 

81-84,    214,  227,  242,  261, 

269,  319,  369. 
Hudson,    79,   80,    114,    212, 

266,  331,  361. 


402 


Index  of  JVames. 


Hughes,  390. 

Hull,   67,    70,  171,  178,  217, 

241,  332,  369. 
Humphrey,    215,    225,    227, 

328,  330. 
Humphreys,  93,  212. 
Huu,  57,  179,  180. 
Hunniwell,  179. 
Hunt,    76,  78,  213,  242,  273, 

283,  306. 
Hunter,    20,   146,    147,  391, 

392. 
Hunting,  344. 
Huntington,    110,    195,  242, 

302. 
Huntley,  49. 
Hurd,  89,344. 
Hu'rlbut,  58,  59,  179,  242. 
II use,  243,  275. 
lluson,   344. 
Hutchins,  275,  277,  287. 
Hutchinson,    18,    112,    223, 

226,  269,  344,  356,  366. 
Hyde,  214,  302,  318. 
Hyelton,    185. 
Hyer,  344. 
Hyland,  382. 

I 
Ide,  198. 
lderseu,  360. 
Inches,  366. 
Ingersoll,  159,  344. 
Ingle,  287. 
Ingolls,  17. 

Ingrahani,  226,  242,  344. 
lugs  (see  English). 
Irving,  115,  295. 

J 

Jackson,  7,  22,  68,  71,  108, 
159,  168,  170,  176,  190, 
230,  249,  285,  286,  344, 
380,  389. 

Jacob,  285,  236. 

Jacobs,  210,  211,  219. 

Jaiirey,  265. 

James,  111,  119,  125,  217, 
285. 

Janes,  226. 

Janse,  148,  150,  232-234. 

Janssen,  233,  234,  236. 

Jaquess,  281,  351,392. 

Jaquish,  283. 

Jarvis,  6. 

Jay,  116. 
.JeiTers,  261. 

Jetfersou,  101,  116,  194,  200, 
241,  252. 

Jell rey,  265. 

Jeffries,  265,  268. 

Jenkins,  119,  123,  164,  212, 
266,  285. 

Jenks,  89,  110,216,217,253. 

Jeiiner,  268. 

Jenney,  18,  185. 


Jennings,  47,  140,  226,   276, 

282,  352. 
Jennison,  214,  218,  265,  316. 
Jersey  (Lord),  305. 
Jesse,  83. 
Jewell,  115,  242 
Jewett,  92,  214,  275-277,  280, 

282-284,  351. 
Joes  bury,  315. 
John  (Rin&>),  172. 
Johnson,    45-47,    57;  70,  80, 

89,   93,   113,    134,  141,  159, 

170,    214,    227,    276,    278- 

280. 
Johnston,  30-32,  37,  40,  41, 

391. 
Johonnot,   160. 
Jones,  76,  77,83-86,  93,  108, 

141-147,       168,    187       188, 

190,  191,213,  214,218,219, 

242,  318,  332,  391. 
Jonkers,  236,  360. 
Jonson,  310,  313. 
Jordan,  296. 
Josselyn,  123,  285. 
Joylitle,  187. 
J  u  dali,   198. 
June,  93. 
Juxon,  289. 


Kahler,  159. 

Kane,  161. 

Kayne,  184. 

Keating,  119,  125. 

Keep,  147. 

Keghley,  185. 

Keitt,  391. 

Kellogg,  107,213,  242,  243 

Kemp,  78. 

Ken,  94. 

Kenny,  191. 

Kent,  110,  259,  352. 

Kerman,  66. 

Ketchuin,  3('9. 

Keyes,  78,  203. 

Kidd.'r,    104,    212-215,    242, 

274,  309. 
KU borne,  226. 
Kilby,  226. 
Kilpatrick,  107,  390. 
Kimball,  76,   168,   213,  214 

244,275-284,  349-352,  385. 
King,  12,  115,  184,  188,  218, 

242,  285,  287,  391. 
Kingman,  223. 
Kingsbury,  71,  99,  242. 
Kinney,  2*80. 
Kihsmun,  276, 
Kinton,  30(J. 
Kirby,  226,  241. 
Kirk,  219. 
Kirk  bride,  21. 
Kirkland,  217,  387,  390. 
Kithcath,  74,  75. 
Kittredge,  91,  100,  367. 
Klaas,  234,  359. 


Klaessen,  235,  359,  360. 

Klein,  359. 

Knapp,  48,  139,  141. 

Kneeland,  170,  288,  348. 
Knight,  68,    114,    157,     172, 

187,  188,  190,  328,  331. 
Ki  owles,  382. 
Knowlton,  280. 
Knox,   8,  177,  193. 
Knyvet,  184. 
Kobus,  234. 
Kreigier,  231,  359. 
Kwakkenbos,  358. 

L 

Lacey,  97,  281. 

Lackey,   191. 

Laoount,  283. 

Lafoutaine,  305,  306,  385. 

La  Fort,   149. 

Lake,  131,  132,  169,  209,330. 

Lakeman,  376,  283. 

Lamb,  81,  "142-146,  311. 

Lambert,  71. 

Lame,  81. 

Lamson,  191,  380. 

Lancaster,  76,  205. 

Lane,  172,  265. 

Laneton,  85. 

La  pate,  359. 

Lapham,  212,  241. 

Large,  76. 

Larkin,  352. 

Larned,  367. 

Larry,  173. 

Lathrop,  75. 

Latimer,  94. 

Lattimore,  57. 

Lauivntse,  231. 

Law,  345. 

Lawrence,  22,  33,61,62,213, 

214. 
Law  son,  87,  315. 
Law  ton,  362. 
Lazell,  223. 
Lazinby,  269. 
Lea,  160,  232,  234. 
Leacii,  366. 
Learned,  214. 
Leavitt,  261,  279. 
Leek,  242, 
Lee,  33,   109,  212,  302,    366, 

387,  391. 
Leeds,  197. 
Leet,  302.      . 
Leicester  (Earl  or"),  305. 
Leighton,  304. 
Leland,  192,  252. 
Lornmon,  268. 
Lempriere,  319,  320. 
Lenay,  360. 
Lench,  234. 
Lenksen,  236. 
Lenyn,  236. 
Leonard,  6,  82-86,  103,  142- 

147,  291-294,  316,  353-357, 

364. 


Index  of  J\'a 


mes. 


403 


Leslie,  352. 

Lessen,  281. 

Lessing,  311. 

Leva ns,  227. 

Leverett,  15,    155,    156,   269, 

289. 
Le  Ville,  162. 
Lewell,   186. 
Lewis,  21,  81,  103,  109,   133, 

'J  1 2-214,     269,     310,     313, 

388. 
Libbertee,    149. 
Lidgett,  268,  269. 
Lieijobl,  393. 
Light,  394. 
Lincoln,    8,  .11,  34,  89,    108, 

110,      203,  213,    216-218, 

220,   261,     265,    285,    300, 

391,  3  92. 

Lind,  291. 

Lindal  1,316,  350,  352. 
Lindsay,  179,  350. 
Linne,  236. 
Linnell,  38,  39. 
Lippincott,  242. 
Litchfield,  242,  285. 
Li  tell,  285. 
Little,  92,  114. 
Littlehale,  280. 
Livermore,    140,     193,     214, 

280,  349,  350. 
Livingston.  24-26. 
Lobdell,  186-183,286. 
Locke,    157,    203,    313,     318, 

388. 
Lockwood,  242,  243,  320. 
Lolira,  21. 
Lokannans,  359. 
Loker,  47,   139. 
Lombard,  59,  143,  187,  267. 
Long,  93,  96,  282. 
Longfellow,  300. 
Longman,  2-20,  243. 
Longstreet,  109. 
Look,  257' 
Loonies,  151. 
Lor.l,  49,  50,  110,    194,    196, 

258,  313,  347. 
Loring,  158,    159,    161,    187, 

188,269,286,300,348. 
Lossing,  308. 
Lovejoy,  76. 
Lovering,  336. 
Low,  1 16,  284,  286. 
Lowell,  85,  '217,  271,  349. 
Lowther,  200. 
Lncasse,  232,  Luce,  194,  196. 
Lugg,  333. 
Lull,  277. 

Lumbert,  59,  84,  86. 
Lund,  264. 

Lunt,  106,123,  125,  129,  130. 
Lurvy,  278. 
Luther,  246,  249. 
Lutwyche,  387. 
Lyde,  289. 
Lyman,  217. 


Lynde,  67,  242,  269. 
Lyndburst  (Lord)  105,  208- 

210. 
Lyon,  227. 

M. 

Macau  lay,  317. 
Macarty,  317,  379. 
•Muck,  366. 
Mnckay,  222. 
Alackcoon,  226. 
Mackintosh,  379. 
Macomber,  285. 
Madison,  12,  101,  116. 
Mahomet  Ali,  224. 
Maboone,  171. 
Makepeace,  242,  363. 
Malbauck,  185. 
Malins,  241. 
Manchester,  365. 
Mangelse,234,  359. 
Mann,  47,  139,  141,  241,313, 

370,  388. 
Manning,  171,  269. 
Mannock,  184. 
Mans,  30. 
Mansfield,  71. 
Marble,    73,    109,    282,  283, 

287. 
March,  164. 
Marcom,  315. 

Marden,  275,  279,  284,  351. 
Marian,  184. 
Marion,  336. 
Marines,  359. 
Marinus,  231. 
Marius,  231. 
Marlowe,  310. 
Marmaduke,  108,  390 
Marselis,  30. 
Marsh,  6,  119,  125,  126,   129, 

191,    192,     195,    277,    279, 

314 
Marshall,    78,   79,    96,   287, 

316. 
Marshfield,  142-147. 
Marston,  365. 
Martin,  23,  72,73,76,77,98, 

104,  169,  171,  184,253,281, 

383. 
Marty n,  269. 
Mason,   124     176,  214,    245- 

256,  317,  331,  362. 
Masterson,  364. 
Mateston,  185. 
Mather,    17,  70,     112,   138, 

166,  218,    259,     290,   319, 

344,  347,  348,  386. 
Matthews,  83,  84,  102. 
Mattock,  330. 
Maule,  153. 
Maxlield,  349. 
May,  227. 

May  hew,  68,  74,269. 
Maynard,  45,  47,  140,  141. 
Mayo,    119,   123. 
McAllister,  105. 


McAm,  351. 

McClellan,  227,  393. 

McConihe,  297,  298. 

McCr<-a,  29-31. 

McGaw,  HO. 

McHenry,  27,28. 

Mcintosh,  103. 

McKenzie,  30. 

Mcl'bedris,  265. 

McPherson,  392. 

Meade,    108,    109,    300,  351, 

390. 
Means,  103,  381. 
Meatbus,  227. 
Mebie,  150,231-234,236,360, 

361. 
Meekins,  58. 
Meeres,  332. 
Megdaniell,  170,  333. 
Megus,  132. 
Meinders,  237. 
Mellen,  190,  300. 
Melody,  191. 
Melton,  188. 
Melvin,  308. 
Mendall,  286. 
Mendelsohn,  136. 
Mercer,  76. 
Mercy,  227. 
Meres,  310. 
Meriam,  306-308,  313. 
Merriam,  244,  298    367. 
Merrick,  82-85,  110,  143-147, 

178,  199,  242,  276,  283. 
Merrill,  194,    281,  286,    349- 

352. 
Merritb,  82-84. 
Merritt,  286. 
Mesgreve,  236,  360. 
Mnssinger,  212,  212. 
Metcalf,  76,  242,  243. 
Metcalfe  (Lord),  306. 
Middlet,  276. 
Middleton,  277,  230. 
Miers,  24. 

Mifflin,  24,  28,  30,  35. 
Migbill,  277. 
Miide,  184. 
Miles,  163,  378. 
Mildmay,  112,  182,  184. 
Miller,  75,  79,  86,   119,  123, 

142-  147,     195,    243,    253, 
356. 
Mills,  217,  355. 
Miltiades,  136. 
Milton,  134,  311. 
Minerva,  14. 
Mi  not,  378. 
Milliken,  378. 
Mitchell,  18-21,  98,  221-224, 

242,  282,  283. 
Mltchelson,  48. 
Mixer,  140. 
Mixter,  214. 
Modockawando,  162. 
Molenaer,  236. 
Moutacute,  272. 


404 


Index  of  Names. 


Montague,  83. 
Montaigne,  310. 
Montford,  185. 
Montgomery,  213,  242. 
Moody,  389. 
Moore,   45-48,78,    103,    104, 

139-141,212,215,  242,  309 

385. 
Moors,  325. 
Mora,    194. 
A' ore,  282. 
Moivy,  74,  363. 
Morgan,  6,  27,83-86,94,  102 

109,  111,  142-144,242,302 

300,  393. 
Morison,  306. 
Morris,  21,  110,161,  227,241, 

380,  392. 
Morse,  44,  78,  89,  116,  212, 

214, 227,  242, 243, 245,  266 

267,    283,    300,    350,    351, 

389. 
Morton,   18-20,  37,  160,  221, 

361. 
Moseley,  105. 
Mosse,  333. 
Motley,  298,  299. 
Mott,  287. 
Moulton,  278. 
Mounjoy,  45,  140. 
Mountfort,     104,    212,    269, 

299,  394. 
Mower,  195,   196. 
Moxish,  162. 
Moxon,  82-84. 
Mudge,  242. 
Muhlenberg,  109. 
Mulliken,  276-278,  280-284, 

349-352. 
Muliins,  299. 
M  unden,  83. 
Munn,  85,  142-144,  146. 
Munnings,  70,  169,170,  184 

332. 
Munroe,  230. 
Munsell,  111,  214,  218,219 

242,  243,  314,  317-319. 
Murray,  106,  350. 
Muskett,  184. 
Myers,  308. 
My  lam,  169. 
Myles,  246,  255. 

N 
Napoleon ,  372. 
Nash,    172,    242,    261,   262, 

331,  333. 
Nason,77,l04,  107,212,  242, 

290,  389. 
Nazro,  77. 
Neal,  125. 
Need  ham,  160-153. 
Neele,  81. 
Negus,  332,  333. 
Weill,  21,  23. 
Nelson,  5,  162,  280,  284,  289, 

336,  361. 


Neville,  272. 

New  berry, '24 1. 

Newcomb,  69,  74,  119,  123- 

126,  214,  261,   262,  295. 
Newdigate,  2<  9. 
Newell,  140,  187. 
Newgate,   163 
Newman,  69,  100,  242. 
Newton,  92,  218.  * 

Nichols,  76,  186,   192,   205, 

235,  287,  351. 
Niconumby,  167. 
Nightingale,    117,   119,  123- 

126,  374. 
Niles,  366. 
Nixon,  352. 
Nobel,  359. 
Noble,  146,  147. 
Noerman,  359. 
Norcross,  78,  193,  214. 
Norgrave,  170. 
North,  81,  243. 
Norton,    36,    74,    118,    242, 

349. 
Mott,  179,  180. 
Nowell,   17,  67,  183,  332. 
Noyes,  87,  110,  115,  139-141, 

243,  276. 
Nucella,  233. 
Nurse,   190. 
Nutts,  21. 

O 
Oakes,  81,  82,  159. 
O'Callaghan,      xvii,      378, 

xviii,  317. 
Odell,  188,  394. 
Odurne,   184. 
Oldham,  214,  286. 
Oliver,    154-156,     158,     159 

269,  287,  365. 
Onigohcriago,  233. 
Ordway,  283. 
Oivii,  180. 
Osborne,  84,    85,    143,    144, 

146,  333. 
Osgood,    104,    151-153,  210, 

211,  275,  287,  350. 
Otis,    0,    15,  37,  44,  75,  161, 

213,    217,    285,    286,    353, 

382. 
Ott,  242,  243. 
Otten,    150,    231,   232,    236, 

360. 
Oukes,  234,  359. 
Oxenbridge,  272. 

P 

Packard,  61. 

Pacy,  169. 

Paddy,  332. 

Page,    126,    193,    194,    263, 

281,  384. 
Paige,  203. 
Paine,   7,   99,  154,  161,  170, 

217,   218,     246,    265,    271, 

297,  328,  330,  355. 


Palfrey,   18. 

Palmer,    87,    109,    125,  212, 
241,    264,    275,    276,    278, 

279,     281-284,    286,    320, 

351,  352. 
Palmes,    101. 
Palsgrave,  330. 
Pani/zi,  335. 
Papinean,  305. 
Param,  172. 
Paris,  07. 

Park,  124,  214,  227. 
Parker,    264,    275,  276,  279- 

287,  319-351. 
Parkhnrst,  190,  214. 
Parks,  70. 
Parnielee,  202. 
Pannenter,  45-48,141,  387. 
P arris,  264. 
Parry,  349. 
Parslow,  266. 
Parsons,  84-86,  105,  1 10, 138, 

142,     144-147,      177,     205, 

222,    280-284,  307. 
Parstow,  266. 
Par  ton,  317. 
Partridge,  321. 
Patterson,  96,  178,  243,  367, 

384. 
Pattishall,  72. 
Paul,  21,  330. 
Payne,  78,   181,  319,  320. 
Pay  son,  352. 
Pea  body,  110,  211,  201,  262, 

276,  280,  350. 
Peacocke,  109,  227. 
Peake,  67,  227. 
Pearl,  349. 
Pearly,  277. 
Pearse,    169,    170,  326,  331, 

332. 
Pearson,  148,  231,  284,  352, 

357. 
Pease,  107,  168,  203,  204. 
Peck,    176,    192,    198,     206, 

217. 
Peckham,  48. 
Peecenose,  167. 
Peek,      150,    231-234,    359. 
Peel,  304. 
Peirce,    214,    257,    280,  286, 

361. 
Peitall,  184.  • 

Pelham,    172-175,   208,  365. 
Pellett,  263. 
Pemberton,    160,   275,    277, 

282,  331. 
Pendleton,  299. 
Penn,  22,  32,  114. 
Penniman,  333,  389. 
Pepperrell,    177. 
Percy,  379. 
Perkins,   6,   213,    215,    242, 

243,  269.  350. 
Perley,  352. 
Perry,    183,    241,   264,    280, 

231,  285,  286,  346,  350,  361. 


Index  of  Names. 


405 


Pessoe,  76. 

Pettee,  278. 

Pettengell,  282. 

Pettery,  32. 

Petty,  140,  147,  275. 

Phelps,  69,  243. 

Philip   (King),    15,  71,  198, 

246-248,  266,  319. 
Philipsen,  234. 
Phillebrown,  261. 
Phillips,    92,    169,  190,  214, 

241,   259,    261,    281,    283, 

330,  335,  347. 
Phinney,  89. 
Phipeny,  186. 
Phippy,    119,    124,  125,  224, 

245. 

Phlipsen,  233. 
Pickering,  351. 
Pick.Tt.233,  236. 
Pickles,  286. 
Pierce,    26,    120,     166,    190, 

265,  285,  286,   296. 
Pierpont,  216,  316. 
Pierson,  89. 
Pieterse,   150,  233. 
Pike,  110. 
Pikkert,  360. 
Pilsbury,  76,  98,  349. 
Pindar,  136. 
Pingry,  89. 
Pinsou,  286,  287. 
Piper,  215. 
Pitkin,  345. 
Plata,    136. 
Platts,  275. 
Playters,  181-277,  279,   282, 

351. 
Pleyel,  303. 
Plimpton,  366. 
Plummet-,  350,  351. 
PoAdaui,  211. 
Pocahontas,  392. 
Polk,  392. 
Pollard,  244. 
Poole,  268,  316. 
Poore,    110,    275-277,    282, 

340. 
Pootman,  236. 
Pope,  05,  119,  123,  124,  243, 

300,319. 
Poplnim,  115. 
Pordage,  188. 
Porter,  174,  278,  282,  333. 
Post,  318,  358. 
Potter,    160-153,     197,    257, 

275,  315. 
Potts,  21-36. 
Powell,  21,  77,  184,  311. 
Powlett,  200. 
Pratt,  66,  67,75,78,  89,  109, 

121,    128,    178,     181,    189, 

190,    214,    243,     253,   262, 

265,  286,  364. 
Pray,  119,  126. 
Prentice,  348. 
PresooU,  30,  66,  380. 


Preston,  161. 

Price,  48,  55,  123,   187,    188, 

261,  333. 
Prideaux,  185. 
Pridgeon,  174.  . 
Priest,  300. 
Prime,  188,  237. 
Prince,    37,    112,    138,     156, 

2P8,  242,  258,  259,  269. 
Prior,  123. 
Proctor,  264,  352. 
Prout,  168. 
Prowse,  76. 
Pulsifer,  274,  385. 
Purmerent,  231. 
Putnam,   29,    65,    103,    210. 

295,  309. 
Pynchon,  84,  86,    142,    146. 

369. 
Pythagoras,  136. 


Quackenboss,  358. 

Quick,  87. 

Quinby,  76. 

Quincy,  110,   117,    119,  123 

124,    214,     216,    217,    269, 

288,  328. 

R. 

Raleigh,  310. 
Knid,     113,    212,    215,  242, 

290. 
Randall,  285,  286,  297. 
Randolph,  167,200. 
Ranlet,  106,  309. 
Kapalje,  387. 
Rathbone,    115. 
Raven,  184. 
Raw,  274. 
Rawlins,  76,  170. 
Rawson,  68,73,  82,  119,  124, 

154-158,  328. 
Raymond,  55,  244,  366. 
Read,  47,  48,    70,    104,    140, 

141,169,  171,213,264,274, 

333 
Redlield,  243. 
Reding  on,  214. 
Reed,  26,  203,  213,  257,  380, 

3H2. 
Reeves,  85. 
Regnier,  103. 
Revell,  188. 
Reyerse,  231,  232. 
Reynolds,  63,  92,    168,   363, 

365. 
Rhymes,  259. 
Rice,   45-48,     139-141,     190, 

191,  192,  378. 
Richards,  78,  191,    253,  262, 

384. 
Richardson,  21,22,  124,  213, 

214,    241,    242,     269,    278, 

279,  281,  316,  351. 
Picker,  204. 
Riddel.  88. 


Ridder,  280. 

Riddle,  119,  123,  128. 

Riedesell,  33. 

Riley,  64,  56,  146,  147. 

Rinkhouts,    234,     235,    358- 

360. 
Ripley,  89. 
Rix,  69,    168. 
Roach,  290. 
Rubbertt,  160. 
Robbins,  69,  199,  221,  259. 
Roberts,  168,  172,    220,   280, 

296,  298,  362. 
Robertson,  134. 
Robinson,  153,  154,  156-158, 

166,    170,     198,   243,    281, 

316,  317,  331,332,  386. 
Roby,  78,  313. 
Rochambeau,  14,  228. 
Rocke,  170-172. 
Rockwell,  363. 
Rockwood,  245. 
Rodman,  241. 
Roe,  132 
Rogers,  38,  39.  81,  243,   259, 

273,    274,     286,    347,    365, 

36y. 
Roleuings,  280. 
Rolfe,      184,      267,    275-277, 

279,281,  392. 
Rollins,  281,  283-286,  351. 
Ropes,  210. 
Rouse,  285. 
Rose,  286. 

Rosecrans,  107,  108,  201. 
Rosel,  243. 
Ross,  47,    103,  141. 
Rosse,  20,  63,  333. 
Rouse,  48. 
Rousseau,   392. 
Rowe,  132,281. 
Rowell,  76. 
Rowland,  243. 
Royall,  268,  289,  388. 
Rubens,  310. 
Ruck,  325,  326. 
Ruggles,  227. 
Rutnrell,  78. 
Rundlett,  71. 
Runnels,  275,  280,  282,  283, 

350. 
Rush,  21. 
Russell,   75,    110,   161,    204, 

217,   241,    251,    252,    255, 

279,  285,  331,  366. 
Rust,    164. 

Rutter,  21,  140,   141. 
Rvkman,  150. 
Ryle,  273. 
Ryms,  233. 


Sabiu,  227. 
Sabine,  23,  201),  353, 
Sackett,    143. 
Saddler,  190. 
Sallin,  332. 


406 


Index  of  Names. 


Salter,  156. 
~altonstall,  214,  365. 
•-amnion,  76. 
ampson,  92,  116,  185,  316, 

363,  384,  385. 
Sander,  232. 
Sanders,  379. 
Sanderse,  150,  231. 
Sanderson,  190,  214. 
Sands,  168. 
Santbrd,  331. 

Sanger,  214,  227,  243,  245. 
Sappho,  136. 
Saragumby,  167. 
Sargeant,  76 
Sargent,    76,    100,    106,  159, 

181,280,  '.'81,291,349,353, 

379. 
Saunders,  156. 
Savage,    18,    60,"  65-67,    87, 

116,  124,  132,  153,  172,  176, 

177,     186,    188,    262,   265- 

267,    271,    289,    321,    330, 

386,  388. 
Saville,  51,  119,  124. 
Savory,   275,  280-284,   350- 

352. 
Sawin,  46,  47. 
Sawyer,  190,  191,  313. 
Saxton,  171. 
Scanimon,  93. 
Scarborough,  227. 
Sehagel,  195. 
Schermerhoorn,       231-234, 

236,  237,  360. 
Schlegel,  311. 
Sell  ivy  ler,  30,  35,  360 
Scott,  96,  104,  146,  147,  365, 

384. 
Scottow,  68,   169. 
Scribner,  94,  116. 
Scull,  30,  32. 
Seabury,  39,  240. 
Seager,  78. 
Seagrave,  115. 
Seaman,  131,  307. 
Searle,  82,  282. 
Sears,  160,  269. 
Seaver,  119,   124. 
Seavey,  71. 
Seaverns,  298. 
Sedgwick,  108,  299,  319,  391. 
Segar,  334. 
Segers,   148. 
Segerse,  148. 
Seimer,  56. 

Semitonius  (Duke),  185,  394. 
Senreant,  91,  96. 
Serle,  347. 
Sessions,  275,  281. 
Sever,  110. 
Sewall,  67-71,  74,  75,  79,  85, 

110,  138,152,291-295,353- 
356,  389. 
Seward,  204. 
Seymour,  305,  390. 


Shakespeare,  113,    1J5,  !34, 

216, 309-313. 
Shalleross,  36. 

Slianklatid,  367. 

Sharpo,  182,  285. 

Shaituck,  36,  264.  298. 

Shaw,  80,  119,  123,  153,  217, 
264,  364. 

Shea,  xvii,378,  xviii,  316. 

Sheafe,  168. 

Shearer,  333. 

Shears,  48,  141. 

Sheepscut  John,    163. 

Sheldon,  302. 

Shelly,  30t. 

Sherman,  47,  48,  157,  170, 
195,  197,  214,  391-393. 

Shepard,  72,  3-J9. 

Sheppurd,  IU4-100,  212,  213, 
215,309,  311-313,384,385. 

Sherwin,  282. 

Shippen,  27,  31-33,  241. 

Shirley,  16,  208,  271. 

Shiveriok,  75. 

Shore,  171. 

Shorey,   111. 

Shove,  69,  70. 

Shrimpton,  168. 

Shulze,  96. 

Shurtlell,  364. 

Shutt,  333. 

Siegel,  391. 

Sigourney,  49. 

Sikes,  83-85,  142. 

Sdl,  243. 

Silliman,  101. 

Silluvvay,  352. 

Simmons,  281,  361. 

Simons,  236,  359. 

Simonse,  360. 

Simoiismi,  359,  360. 

Simpkins,  171. 

Simkinson,  243. 

Simpson,  197,  296. 

Sims,  243. 

Singletarv,  191,  193. 

Six  berry,  233. 

Sixherge,  236. 

Skill,  74. 

Skinner,  181,  290,  314,  315, 
367,  3^8. 

Slade,  -53. 

Skitter,  104,  212. 

Slijk,  360. 

Slingerland,  233,  234,  360, 
361. 

Sluman,  225. 

Smibert,  71. 

Smith,  22,  30,  37,42,  45-48, 
50,  59,  77,  78,  82-85,  89, 1 
108,  114,  125,  140-142,  165, 
170,  171,  185,  191,  192, 
196,197,204,212-214,232- 
234,  242,  256,  266,  269, 
275,279,296,  324,351,363, 
364,  3(i0,  371,  378,  387. 

Smyth,  204. 


Snath,  333. 

Snelling,  184,  269,  331. 

Snoop,  261. 

Snow,  333. 

Socrates,  136. 

Sol  lending  264. 

Solley,  265. 

Somerby,  189. 

Soper,  170,  266. 

Sophocles,  130. 

Sorry  Ned,   167. 

Southampton  (Karl  of),  310. 

Souther,   110,  119,  124. 

Southey,  6. 

Southward,  262. 

Southwick,  1 50- 153. 

South wo>'th,  299. 

Spa  ford,  276,  283. 

Sparhawk,  177,  214,  243. 

Sparks,  181. 

Spaule,  157. 

Spear,  119,  123-128,  158,161, 

328. 
Specks,  276. 
Spencer,   204. 
Spencer  (Lord),  305. 
Spenser,   134,  310,  313. 
SpoOord,  282,  349,  351.  . 
Spooner,    77,    214,  215,  336. 
Sprague,  108,  115,  226,  266, 

371. 
Spring,  189,  190,  214. 
Springer,  280. 
Springsteen,  360. 
Sproat,  286. 
iStaliord,  242. 
Stagle,  204. 
Standish,  384. 
Stanford,  242. 
Stanhope,    45,  47,   140,  141. 
Stanley,  111,  394. 
Stanton,  80. 
Stapleton,  241. 
Stark,  32,  259. 
Starkweather,  99. 
Starr,  169. 
Starter,  81. 
St.  Clair,  290. 
Stearns,    78,    193,    205,  214, 

379. 
Stebhins,    56,    84,    85,     110, 

142-145,      168,     180,     243, 

326,  379,  389. 
Stedmau,  190. 
Steele,    18-21),    54,  243,  270, 

352,  J90. 
Stephens,  150,  232. 
Stephson,  333. 
Sternhold,  295. 
Stetson,  266,  286. 
Stevens,    76,    169,  234,  276, 

284,  359,  367. 
Steward,  30,  290. 
Stewart,  26,  30,  31. 
Sticklen,  80. 
Stickney,     259,     276,     276, 

278-284,  349-351,  368. 


Index  of  J\rames. 


407 


Stiles,    146,    193,   242,   243,1 

269,  345,  363. 
Still,  182,  184. 
Stillman,  159,  160. 
St.  John,  173. 

Stockbridge,    170,  285,  381. 
Stocker,  21. 
Stoddard,  30,  159,  261,  262, 

33-J,  347,  348. 
Stonn,    46-48,    69,   140,  171, 

205,  214,  219,  242,  331. 
Stonnard,  174. 
Storer,  269. 
Stothoff,  242. 
Stoughton,     75,    227,    268, 

269,  289,  367. 
Stowe,  69,  216,  298,  383. 
Stratton,  '-2 14. 
Streeter,2l2,  290. 
Strioklan,  89. 
Stringer,  25-28. 
Strong,  217,  307. 
Strother,  315. 
Stroud,  172. 
Stuart,  61,  03,  306. 
Stubbs,    159,  333. 
Sturgis,    205,    269  366,  391. 
Styles,    187. 
Suddtey,  366. 
Sullivan,  71. 
Sunnier,  '222,  269,  300. 
Sunderland,  333. 
Swan,  100,  3U0,  325,  352. 
Swart,     149,    231-233,     236, 

369. 

Svvearengen,  103. 
Sweet,  o31 
Sweetser,  181,  290. 
Swett,  61,  62,  64,  104,  105, 

110,  213,  387. 
Swift,  267,  343. 
Swinck,  145,  146. 
Swits,  150,  231,  232,   236, 

237,  357,  359,  361. 
Swords,  242. 
Sylvester,  286. 
Syraonds,  132,  286. 
Synionse,    148,    150,    231- 

237. 


Tailer,  74,  7 
Tainter,  243, 
Taintor,  320. 
Talbot,  214. 
Talcott,  53. 
Talford,  278. 
Tanner,  204,  394. 
Tapley,350. 
Tappan,  210. 
Tarbell,  214. 
Tarr,  316. 
Tasso,  310. 


289. 


Taylor,  46,  47,  71,   74,   77, 

81,  82,  85,  94,  119,   124, 

140,    142-145,   216,   243, 

259,  289,   315,  327,   329, 

362,  366,  378. 
Tel  ham,   180. 
Teller,  236. 
Temple,  204,  268,  366. 
Tenney,    105,  110,  275,    277, 

279-281,283,296,352. 
Terry,  75,  145-147,  285,  286. 
Teunise,  148-150,  231,  233. 
Timelier,  17,  18,  166,  181,365. 
Thacker,   173. 
Thatcher,  30,  74,  155,  391. 
Thuxter,  74,  75. 
Thayer,    119,    123,  262,  300, 

301,  389. 
Thessebenmaecker,  148. 
Thickstone,  232,  237. 
Thing,  259. 
Thomas,     84-86,    107,    108, 

142-144,  146,  147,209,217, 

218,223,285,313,317,330, 

365. 
Thompson,  69,  227,  243,  367, 

373. 
Thong,  140. 
Thorndike,  299. 
Thome,  286. 
Thornell,  170. 
Thornton,  131,  132,  178,213, 

214,  269,  301. 
Thockmorton,  272. 
Throgmorton,   185. 
Thurston,  279-281,  349-352. 
Tioklior,    61,   64,    112,     113, 

285,  287,  381-383,  385. 
Tidd,  209. 
Tiffany,  242,  243. 
Tilden,    104,    285-287,    313, 

382. 
Tileston,  166,  285. 
Tilghman,  32. 
Tiller,  86. 

Tillinghast,  214,  221,  242. 
Tillotson,  28,  30. 
Tilly,  154,  388. 
Tilton,  22,  113. 
Tirrell,  202. 
Tisdale,  301. 
Tobev,  362. 
Todd",  282. 

Toll,  141,  231,  232,  360. 
Tolman,  92,  93,  366. 
Tompson,  129,  264. 
Tonissen,  359. 
Toppan,  243. 
Torrey,  104,  166,  384. 
Tottingham,  193,  194. 
Touro,  62. 
Tower,  261,  265. 
Towne,   193-195,  2i0,  212 

215. 
Townsend,30,  74,   75,  95 

98,  111,168,  270,  394. 


Tozer,  49,  50. 

Tracy,  302,  318. 

Trail,  270. 

Trask,  93,    104,    116,    151, 

153,  205,  206,  212,    214, 

215,  242,  2b0,   281,   304, 

313,  325,  330,  350,    380, 

384. 
Traun,  115. 
Travis,  169,  3S6. 
Treat,  30,  32. 
Trerice,  Hi),  67. 
Tresswell,  334. 
Treworgie,  258. 
Trow,  242,  243. 
Trowbridge,  243. 
Truax,  149,  231,  233. 
True,  100,  103. 
Trueman,   159. 
Truesdale,  188. 
Trumbull,  26,  28,    29,    GQ, 

138,  190,  302,  355.  382. 
Tryan,  57. 
Tucker,  42,   93,    205,    241. 

253,  362. 
Tuckerman,  261. 
Tudor,  61    353. 
Tufts,  119,  123,  181. 
Tully,  3«7. 
Turell,  168. 
Turner,    75,  81,  119,   126, 

161,    206,  285-2b7. 
Tustin,  249. 
Tuthill,  269. 
Tuttle,  109,  242. 
Tuxberry,  76. 
Twidall,  180. 
Tyler,  115,  275-277,  352. 
Tyley,  79. 

Tyndal,  112,  183,  185. 
Tyng,  157,  158,   167,  176, 

177,  264. 

U 
Ulysses,  13. 
Updike,  80. 
Upham,  78,  181,  214. 
Upshall,  168. 
Upton,  213. 
Usher,  153,  264,  268. 

V 
Valentine,  308. 
Van  Antwerp,  148. 
Van  Antwerpen,  148,   150, 

233,  236,  359,  360. 
Van  Benthuysen,  115,  232, 

234,  300. 

Van  Bokhoven,  359. 
Van  Brakel,  150,233,  359. 
Van  de  Bogart,  234,  235. 


408 


Index  of  Names. 


Van  de  Linde,  233; 

Vanden  Bogart,  360. 

Vander  Volgen,  231. 

Vandervoort,  149. 

Van  de  Werff,  53 

Vanderzee,  149. 

Van  Dyck,   149,  150,  231, 
232,  234,  3 GO. 

Vane,  15,  200. 

Van    Eps,    150,    231-234, 
23G,  358,  360. 

Van  Nieukerke,  149. 

Van  Olinde,  359. 

Van  Petten,  234,  359. 

Van   Petten.  234,  237,  359 
360. 

Van  Slyck,   150,   231-234, 

236,  237   358-360. 
Vantol,  237. 

Vanvelsen,  148. 
Van  Vesanevelt,  53. 
Van  Voist,  234,  236,  360. 
Van  Voorhout,  148. 
Van   Vranken,  196. 
Van   Wagenen,  307. 
Van  Westbroeck,  148. 
Varick,  26. 
Varney,  72,  73. 
Vassall,  271. 
Vaughan,  95,  269,  363. 
Veasie,  119,  126,  182,  328. 
Vedder,  149,  150,231,233, 

234,  236,  358,  359-361 
Veeder,  148,  150,231-237, 

358-360. 
Veet.s,  5  6. 
Verbraak,  235. 
Very.  316. 
Viafl,  333. 
Vicars,  186-188. 
Vickers,  30,  186-188. 
Vickery,  186-1S8. 
Viele,  234,  235,  358,  359. 
Vikele,  232. 
Vila,  92,  366. 
Vile,  150,  231,  232. 
Villebone     162. 
Vinal,  266,  286,  287. 
Vinton,  316-318,  384,  385. 
Vischers,  236,  359. 
Volckertse,  148,  233,  235. 
Volgen,  235,  358. 
Vonda,  234,  359. 
Vroiuan,  150,  231-234,  236, 

357,359,360. 
Vyselaer,  360. 


W 

Waddington,219. 


Wade,  261, 


336. 


Wain wright,  73,  74,    177, 

183,  288,  371. 
Wake,  47,  181,  298. 
Walcutt,  217. 
Waldegrave,  185. 
Waldeii,  387. 
Waldo,  176,  177,  264,  28S, 

318. 
Waldron,   169,  196,  199. 
Wales,  331,  332,  364. 
Walker,    45,    47,    48,    68, 
139,   141,   168,  205,  243, 
263,  267,  276,  2^2,  283, 
349,  350,  37!).  • 
Wallace,  218,  219,  350.   363, 

392. 
Waliey,  269. 
Wallingford,  275,  278,    279, 

281,  283,  284. 
Wa Ira tli,  301. 
Walters  363. 
Walworth,  318. 
Wanton,  2-11. 

Ward,  45,  77,   93,    139,    141, 
154-166,  IG9,  211,212,215, 
216,    268,    273,     274,    295, 
353,  367,  385. 
Wardwell,   131,  330,  350. 
Ware,  298. 
Warham,  348. 
Warner,    82,    83,    205,    226, 

264,  275,  280,  315. 
Warren,  29,  30,  62,  65,   103, 
184,    213,    214,    311,     33\[ 
355,  361,  366. 
Warren  er,  147. 
Warumbee,  163. 
Was  I  .burn,  213. 
Washington,  7,   8,    12,    14, 
15,  23,  26-29,    32,    34,    35, 
105,    106,     228-230,     240, 
243,  295,  308,  310. 
Waterman,    194,    212,    215, 

364. 
Waters  191,  265,  290. 
Waterson,  363. 
Watkin,  76. 
Watkins,  227. 
Watson,    5-2,    76,    160,    208, 

213,314,363  368,394. 
Watt,   363. 
Watts,  278,  351,  363. 
Waxaway,  164. 
Way,  22, 
Wayne,  314. 
Weaver,  257,  361. 
Webb,  58,70,  168-171,    176, 

299,  301,  316. 
Webber,  281. 

Webster,  138,  217,  275,  277, 
27H,    280,    281,    283,    333, 
349-352. 
Wedge,  45-47. 
Weed,  76,  80. 
Weems,  23. 


Weeks,  329,  330. 
Welch,  263,  367,  388. 
Weld,  160,  264,  326. 
Welham,  175. 
Wellington,  214. 
Wellington  (  Duke  of),  224. 
Wells,  55,  59,  76,    129,    130, 

201,217. 
Welsh,   197. 
Welsteed,  269,  341. 
Wendell,  149,  150,  231,233- 

236,  242,  269,  288,  368-360, 

389. 
Wentworth,  49-53,  212,  391. 
Wemp,  148,  359,  360. 
W'eniple,    28. 
Wenne,  359. 
Wesson,  253. 

West,  172,  209,  276,349,  367. 
Weston,  184. 
Wet  her  bee,  268,  286. 
Wetniure,  177,  243. 
Whale,  139. 
Whall,  124,  139. 
Wharton,  170. 
Wheatley,  394. 
Wheaton,  248,  249,  253. 
Wheeler,  140,  181,  H42,  298, 

306,  331,  332,  337. 
Wheelwright,  52,  53,  270. 
Whi.ston/-2K5. 
Whi taker,  201,321. 
Whitcomb,  77,  '286. 
W'hite,  113,    171,    214,    241, 

243,  245,  '25 J,  254,  256, 
285-287,  290,  296,  351, 
364-366. 

Whitbering,  304. 
Whiting,   54,  111,  183,   2)2, 

244.  264. 

Whitman,  30,  78,    161,   327. 

Whitmarsh,  262. 

Whitmore,  86,  104,  116, 
131,  176,  182,  186,  212- 
215,242,243,  260,261,265, 
266,  268,  298,  301,  313, 
386. 

Whitney,  48,  89,  116-119, 
121-123,  125,  127-130,  140, 
191,  197,  213,  214,  219, 
243,  296,  350. 

Whiton,  286. 

Whittaker,  267. 

Whittemore,  205,  206,  214. 

Whittier,  300. 

Whitwell,  215,  387. 

Wibird,  120,  122-124,  129, 
130. 

Wi  borne,  170,  171. 

Wicome,  281,351. 

Wiggin,  282,  296. 

Wigglesworth,  105,  213,  290. 

Wight,  140,  141. 

Wilbur,  362. 

Wilcom,  280. 

Wild,  119,  124,  261. 

Wilder.  213. 


Index  of  Karnes 


409 


Wilkins,  206. 
Wilkinson,  30,  31. 
Willard,  17,  -16,  48,  61,  64, 

140,  141,  166,213. 
Willcutt,  '261. 
Willet,  119,  123,  246. 
Will^ttS,  109. 
Williams,  B,  6,    30,    46,    66. 

67,  169,  171,  179,  206,217, 

279,    281,     348,   350,    351, 

362,  364,  365,  379. 
"Willis,  6,  45,    47,    140,    141, 

159,  285,  298,  299,  367. 
Wills,  286. 
Willson,  230. 
Wilmarth,  198,  255. 
Wilson,  82,    153,    155,    188, 

213,     216,    242,     243,   259, 

275,   276,    280,    305,    320, 

383,  384. 
Wimp,  149,   150,    231,   232, 

235-237. 
Winch,  47,  48,  141. 
Winchester,  75. 
Wincott,  185. 
Winne,  234,  281. 
Wing,  68,  170,  266,  267. 
Winslow,  19,  138,  161,  173- 


175,    177,    270,     301,    302,' 

361,  362. 
Winsor,  18-20,  299. 
Winthrop,  15,    18,    19,   66-! 

67,  77,  112,  113,  138,    182, 

186,  243,  265,  269. 
Wise,  73. 
Wisner,  118. 
Wiswall,  70, 157,  158. 
Witherell,  159. 
Wolcott,  55,   138,    177,    345,1 
346. 
Wolfe,  15,  200. 
Wompas,  178. 
Wood,    119,    126,    127, 

245,    248,     268,    278, 


144, 
279, 

352.1 


281,    282,    284,    351, 

380. 
Woodbridge,  70,   258,    302, 

303. 
Woodbury,   98,    138,     244. 

386. 
Woodde,  156,  330. 
Woodhouse,  57. 
Woodman,    164,     277,    278, 

280,  283,  350-252. 
Woodmansey,  171. 
Woodruff,  30,262,  319. 

52 


Woods,  216,  261. 
Woodward,  6,  124,  192,  214, 

244,  265,  266. 
Woodworth,  266,  285-287. 
Wool,  281. 
Wooley,  262. 
Woolson,  48. 
Worth,  75. 
Woster,  275,  279. 
Wright,  48,  54,   69,   82,   83, 

140,  143,  145-147,243,248, 

264,  267,  297,  315,  328. 
Wyate,  188. 
Wyllis,  318. 
Wyman,  214,  237,  242,  265, 

283,  290,  300,  336,  337. 
Wvngaurd,  232. 


Yard,  81,  158. 

Yates,  81. 

Yelverton,  185. 

Young,  19,  30,  71,  194,   196, 

286,  387. 
Youngs,  201. 


Zouch,  185. 


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CONTENTS. 


i  Some  Remarks  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Gon.  David 

Cobb, 5 

E  Testimony  of  Samuel  Gage,  166a,. ,.....,..  ...»v  17 

I  Boston  Thursday  Lecture,  1679, ....'  17 

k   The  True  Date  of  the  Birth  find  Death  of  Elder  Brewster, .  18 

m  Biographical  Sketch  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Potts, ..,„..-  21 

I  Historical  and  Philosophical  Genealogy, ,...'..>....  36 

I    Greenwood  Portraits,  &c, *>#>,$-••  •■> .i .  36 

E   An  Account  of  the  Discovery  of  an  Ancient  Ship  on  the 

Eastern  Shore  of  Cape  Cod,... 37 

I  Sudbury  Records,,. «,...".,.;.. ........... y.Vi..«  45 

1  William  Went  worth,  the  Emigrant  Settler, .../.;,..  49 

I  Deposition  of  Elder  William  Brewster  and  others, 5'J 

I  Records  of  Wet horsfleld,  Conn.,..,,.., 63 

I  No  wcomb  Family—  Ouorics,.... 59 

1  Horatio  Greenough,  tho  Designer  of  Bunker  Hill  Monu- 

i     rnenr, 61 

|  TheSprinein  Roxbury  Street ;,....... i.'..:,  65 

•Pratt  and  Trorico, 66 

|  Letter  from  Win.  Penko  to  John  Hull,  1671 ~,"  67 

Depositions  of  Joshua  Scottow,  James  Evorill  and  Richard 

Knight  of  Boston,  163^, .' C8 

^Letter  from  Rev.  Experience  Mayhew  of  Martha's  Vine- 

yard,  1720, .....;  68 

Letter  from  Rev.  Soth  Shove  of  Sirasbury,  Conn.,  to  Capt.  « 

Samuel  Sowall  of  Boston,  1692,.  ...^ \  69 

Deposition  of  John  Wiswall,  Jr.,  1695, 70 

Petition  of  George  Davlo  to  the  General  Court  in  Massa. 

chusotts,  1676 , 71 


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Skotoh  of  Proceedings  in  Irelatlon  to  Building  the  Firet^ 

Meeting  House,  Second  Parish,  Ipswich,  called  Chebac^f 

'co  Parish,  now  Essex,  Mass.,... ,,,...,».', &$. 

'A  Journal  of  Proceedings  to  Martha's  Vineyard  from  Octy*^1 

2,  1712,  to  Oct,  15, , ,,  .,.......'.......  jfjg 

Petition  to  the  General  Court  from  Amesbury,  MasB.,  in  re-" 

lution  to  a  Mi  itary  Officer,  ., ,.. ,.' 

Copy  of  a  Commission  to  Capt,  David  Honshaw  of  Leicesv 
■?    ter,  and  of  the  Company  Roll  of  his  Command*,.,.  .,,* 

Bill  of  Sale  of  a  Neero  Servant  in  Boston.  1724 7 

Abstraot'of  the  Will  of  Ellezer  Hudson  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  - ; 

1727,.; .,..„. ..S  7 

The  Testimony  of  Thomas  Stanton ,  1662, ,,.,,.....; 

Important  Documents  discovered, 80 

Genealogical  Waifs,.. ................ 81; 

Records  of  Springfield,  Mass,, ,..'82 

Will  ofBenjamln  Whitmore,  1696, .,..,..,...........,.,." :.'88»«rti 

Rev.  Deodato  Lawson, .;.i. .,...,..,., ..,'  87„rPj 

History  of  the  Register  j  additional  Facts,  ..,...,,..  ,.;ir..f  83 

Marriages  and  Deaths, ../,,...'   89 

New  England   Historic-Genealogical  Socioty:  Obituary  of n*  - 

Deceased  Members,  93;  Proceedings^  ..,.,......,..,..,  103 

Anecdot  e  of  Washington, .,,,.,.,....,..,,.,,,..,. .... , . . , *  106  , 

Current  Events, .-...' ..", . , . ,. . , .. . ..... .............  107| 

Thomas  Cheevei'e  Scholars,  Rumney  Marsh,  now  Chelsea,     .<.'■■'" 

Mass.,  1709,  10,..,.. ,   ...,,......-...,. .109 

Centennials,  ...... ...j... ,..,..,.,.......  ...<'..*..,, .,..-  110 

Book  Notices, ..,..,, .,..,,.,. ............ ,,.....,. ...*,., ,  111 

Corrections,   .....,...,,....,....,...........,,.,.,.,. ,..-.  116 

Committeo  for  Piepnrtng  anew  Genealogical  Dictionary,,;  116 


Printing  Clubs  in  New  York  CiTY.--Henry  B.  Dawson, 
|  Esq  ,  of  Morrinania,  N.  Y,,  writes  thus  under  date  of  Dec.  7, 
to  one  of  tho  Publishing  Committee  :  "In  addition  to  my  pri- 
|  vate  series-— of  whlcn  Stony  Point  will  be  ready  in  ten  days-r- 
and Mr.  Bushnell's  private  series,  of  which' seven  numbers  are, 
out,  the  Bradford  Club  have  a  new  volume  In  Munaell'a  hands, 
and  two  others  are  on  tho  anvil  nearly  ready;  the  Zenger  Club 
have  tho  concluding  parts  of  their  volume  ready  for  the  press  ; 
the  Holland  Club  have  issued  one  volume,  and  have  another 
| ready  ;  and  the  Occidental  Club  have  two  very  choice  tracts  In 
t  hand  and  nearly  ready— the  first,  tho  Trial  of  Major  Andre,  in 
Mao-simile,  and  the  Welde  tract  on  your  Antlnomtan  troubles, 
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Norwich,  Conn— Frances  M.  Caulkins,author  of  tho  Ills, 
[tory  of  Nonoich,  published  in  1845,  has  prepared  a  new  edition, 


ANNOUNCEMENTS,: 

which  brings  the  history  down  to  the  present  time,  and  coni" 
tains  a  large  amount  of  additional  matter  respecting  the  whole^, 
Nine- MUes-Sqv  are  of  the  original  town.,. It  is,  in  fact,  a  "novyB 
work,  entirely  re-wrltten,  and  the  former  edition  having. been 
for  several  years  out  of  print,  this  is  designed  to  take  its  place*4i 

It  will  be  put  to  prees.  as  soon  as  a  sufficient  number  ofsflib^r. 
eoribers  is  obtained  to  justify  tho  undertaking.  It  will  com«£& 
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handsomely  printed,  on  good  paper.  Price,  three  dollars,* 
Those  who  would  like  to  encourage  theundertaklng  will  pleaa^ 
address  the  author,  Frances  M.  Cuulkins,  Now  Loudon,  Conn.^i 

Root— Rev.  J,  P.  Root  of  Providence,  R,  I.,  has  colleeto&sy. 
considerable  material  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  various  branches  5 
of  tho  Root  Faiwly  in  America,  which  will  be  ready  for  pubiuj| 
cation  soon.  'Information   respecting  any  member  of  this  nu.  ' 
nvrous  family  will  be  lhankfully  revived  by  tho  compiler.,  >>w 

Bascom.— Edward  D.  Harris,  Esq.,  41  Tremont  street,  Boston,,1 
is  engaged  on  a  genealogy  of  this  family,  and  would  desire  thoaj> 
interested  to  communicato  with  him. 


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CONTENTS. 


A  Church  of  the  First  Congregational  (Unitarian) 

Society  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  built  in  1732, 117 

Deposition  of  Mary  Roe,  1664 .132 

(Annual  Address  of  the  President,. , .,  133 

jSudbury  Records, . 139 

(Records  of  Springfield,  Mass., '.,,..  142 

|Extracts  from  the  Doop  Boek,  or  Baptismal  Regis- 
ter of  the  Ilef.  Prot.  Dutch  Church  of  Schenec- 
tady, N.  Y. , .148 

Potter  Family  Records, ........ 150 

Abstracts  from  the  Earliest  Wills  on  Record  and 
on  the  Files  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Mass., ..  153 

Spear  Family  Record,  158 

Statements  of  Grace  Higiman  and  others  in  rela-  • 

tion  to  being  taken  Captive  by  the  Indians, ....  161 
Testimony  of  Moses  Eyers  of  Dorchester  (1688), 
who  was  taken  Captive  by  the  Indians, 166 


Boston  Records, 168 

Will  of  Herbert  Pel  ham,  Eeq.,  1672 " 

Brief  Memoirs  and  Notices  of  Prince's  Subscrib- 


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176; 

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Letter  from  Daniel  Gookin  to  Gov.  Dudley,  ;...,' 

Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn., 

Synopsis  of  Inscriptions  in  the  Old  Maiden  Bury- 
ing Ground , 181 

Notes  on  the  Wiuthrop  Family  and  its  English;,,:?; 
Connections,  viz.,  the  Families  of  Forth,  Clop- 
ton,  Tyndale,  and  Fones, ,...., 182';.; 

The  Gale  Family,  ..,.,,.,....,..  . . . . . ,.,,.,,.  ♦,/  189; 

Marriages  and  Deaths, ...*.'.,.  197, 

New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society— Obit-  ...  1 
uaries  of  Deceased  Members,  206 ;  Officers  for  t-  ' 
the  year  1864,212;  Proceedings,  1864, 213 

Book  Notices, 216* 


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Memoir  of  Hon.  Nahum  Mitchell,  author  of  the,:/ 

History  of  Bridgewater, . . . . ...  221 

Records  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  . . . 2.25 

Origin  of  Woodstock,  Conn.,  and  Names  of  First 

Planters,. .... . 227 

Reminiscences,. ...'...... ....... . .. ....*... . .. 228 

Prolixity  in  Historical  Addresses,  ....:...., ./...'  230 
Extracts  from  the  Doop-Boek,  or  Baptismal  Reg- 
ister of  the  Reformed  Protestant    Church  of 

1  Schenectady,  N.  Y., %,..„..... ........  <•  .231 

New  Brick  Church,  Boston,. .........  237 

Early  Marriages  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  from  Friend's 

Record,.. 240 

'List  of  American  Genealogies, . . . ...»  242 

Rogers,  Sparhawk  and  Crane,  ...... '. . . ... .  243 

One  Branch  of  a  Family  of  Adams, .........  .'.  ,V  244 

j  Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist  and  Dragoon  in  Oli- 


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Sketch  of  the  Weaver  Family  of  Swanzey,  Mass.,  257 

Brief  Memoirs  and  Notices  of  Prince's  Subscrib 


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Woodruff  and  Clark  Families, . .... . . . ..... ... ,-. .  262 

Dane  and  Deaue  Families,  of  Concord,  Mass., ....  263 

Gleanings,  No.  9, 264 ^| 

Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Heraldry,,  268 
Pedigree  of  Rev.  John  Oxenbridge,  of  Boston,.  ..272 
Epitapli  of  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Haverhill,  Mass.;  273 

Early  Marriages  in  Bradford,  Mass,, -.-  275 

Marriages  at  Scituate,  Mass.,' prior  to  1700, . . ... . . .*'  285 

Gorges  and  Archdale,  .,..",_.,. . , ,  287. 

Researches  among  Funeral  Sermons,. . . .588 

Sweetser  and  Wigglesworth, ; .'  290 

Old  Mill  Prisoners,  etc., .. ,". . . .-. . , ... ,  290 

Author  of  Massachusettensis, ...  ,V  291 

Record  of  Interments,  ... , 295 

Early  American  Books,. .;. , . v. . , .  295 

Man'iages  and  Deaths, ..  .,•••• .  • .,.,...,.,  296 

Date  of  the  Incorporation  of,  the  Counties  in  Mas- 
sachusetts,  , 303 1 

New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,.;',,.  304 1| 

Barnard,  Roby,  Thomas,.... ....313' 

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'Biographical  Sketch  of  the  Hon.  Henry  WVCush* 

I    man, .,321* 

Suffolk  Wills, 325 

Boston  Records, . . , , 330 

Herald's  Visitations, .......  334 

Covering  Family, .... ....  336 

Brick  Church  Records,  Boston,  .. ....  337 

Researches  among  Funeral  Sermons, . . . . ....  345 

Early  Marriages  in  Bradford, . .  ...... , , .  v  349 

The  Author  of  Massachusettensis,, .. ,....,,  353 

Extracts  from  the  Schenectady  Doop-Boek,  . ....  357 

The  Barnaby  Family, .....361 

The  Watson  Genealogy,  ..... ...,. 363 


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Massachusetts  Small  Bills  of  1722,. 

William  Hubbard  the  Historian, , 

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Deaths, T. ......  •', , 37& 

New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society:- 

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Current  Events,  .,.,.,,., ,,..,,;.,,....:  389 

Book  Notices, . . . . . . . . . , ... , , .  \  394 

Errata  and  Omissions, 


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\  A^DOVER.—Alfred  Poor,  editor  of  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Researches  in  Merrimack  Valley,  has 
removed  to  Anduver,  Mass.,  and  is  now  gathering nta- 
terial  for  a  very  full  history  of  that  ancient  town,  in- 
joluding  extended  genealogies  of  each  family.  He  will 
be  pleased  to  receive  any  assistance  from  those  inter- 
ested in  the  enterprise.  -  .■■■. :~%::>  ..-•...■ 
Waltham. — The  Waltham  Free  Press,  newspapeis 
is  publishing  the  reoords  of  that  town.  The  church 
records  of  the  West  Precinct  of  Watertown  to  1738, 
when  the  precinct  was  incorporated  as  a  town  by  the 


name  of  Waltham,  have  already  appeared.    The  T$fL 
cords  of  the  same  church,  after  it  became  the  First  .;tJ» 
Church  of  Waltham,  were  begun  in  the  paper  for,  ^ 
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WiNSLow.—The  genealogy  of  this  family,  already-; 
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death   of  Rev.  Hubbard  Winslow,  D.  D.,  though  it'!} 
may  delay  it  some.    His  son,  Kenelm  Winslow,  who  %t 
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